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Photo gallery: Heartwood hosts Playground Music and Arts Festival

WUFT | By Ashleigh Lucas

Published January 22, 2024 at 3:07 AM EST

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Dillon Basse (left), lead singer of Flipturn, and Madeline Jarman (right), bassist, perform to a crowd of more than 1,000 people at Heartwood Soundstage during the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Quail Hollow’s vocalist and bass player Ashley Griffith sings to a crowd at The Treehouse the night before the band’s performance at the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville, Fla., Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. The Housing Crisis, Quail Hollow and Flipturn all performed at a pre-show the night before the festival. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Flipturn’s lead singer Dillon Basse performs to a crowd of more than 1,000 people at Heartwood Soundstage during the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Dominic Fonseca, vocalist and bass player of Quail Hollow, performs at a house venue, referred to as “The Treehouse,” the night before performing the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville, Fla., Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Flipturn’s guitarist Mitch Fountain performs at The Treehouse the night before the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville, Fla., Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Dillon Basse, lead singer of Flipturn, sings at The Treehouse, a small house venue in Gainesville, Fla., the night before the band’s performance at the Playground Music and Arts Festival Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Quail Hollow’s vocalist and bass player Ashley Griffith sings to the crowd at Heartwood Soundstage during the band’s performance at the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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The crowd cheers for Quail Hollow, a band signed with Swamp Records at the University of Florida, during their performance at the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Coyboi’s vocalist Cortnie Frazier performs at the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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A member of the crowd records Ihlan Magloire, guitarist of Coyboi, during the Playground Music and Arts Festival at Heartwood Soundstage in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas,/WUFT News)

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Corey Kilgannon performs alongside his sister during his set at the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Lead vocalist Matty Hendley (left) and FIddle player Andrew Gardner (right) of Happy Landing perform together at the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Matty Hendley, lead vocalist of Happy Landing, reaches toward the crowd while singing at the Playground Music and Arts Festival hosted at Heartwood Soundstage in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Happy Landing’s Andrew Gardner jumps toward the crowd while performing at the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville. Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Easy Honey’s lead singer Selby Austin (right) and Flipturn’s lead singer Dillon Basse (left) share a laugh before performing one of Easy Honey’s songs at the Playground Music and Arts Festival hosted at Heartwood Soundstage in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Easy Honey’s lead singer Selby Austin (left) and bass player Daniel Comen (right) perform on stage at the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Selby Austin, one of Easy Honey’s lead singers, tries to get the audience to start clapping while the band performs at the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Selby Austin (right) and Darby McGlone (left) of the band Easy Honey sing to a crowd at the Playgound Music and Arts Festival hosted at Heartwood Soundstage in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Girlpuppy (right), an Indie singer from Atlanta, Ga., performs at the Playground Music and Arts Festival hosted by Heartwood Soundstage in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Dillon Basse, lead singer of Flipturn, plays the guitar at The Treehouse, a small house venue in Gainesville, Fla., the night before the band’s performance at the Playground Music and Arts Festival Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Vocalist and keyboard player Jake Berglove (left) and guitarist John O’Brien (right) of the band Early Eyes perform at the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

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Flipturn’s lead singer Dillon Basse waves to the crowd at The Treehouse, a small house venue in Gainesville, Fla., the night before the band’s performance at the Playground Music and Arts Festival Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

The Playground Music and Arts Festival returned to Gainesville on Saturday.

Headlined, hosted and founded by Flipturn, an indie rock band from Florida, the festival highlighted twelve different musical groups from across the United States — including The Housing Crisis and Quail Hollow, two local Gainesville groups. Coyboi, Early Eyes, Corey Kilgannon, Happy Landing, Easy Honey, Girlpuppy, The Brazen Youth, Trash Panda and Liz Cooper also performed throughout the day.

Heartwood Soundstage hosted the festival for the second time, following the first Playground back in 2022. The festival started at 1 p.m. and ended around 11, with each group playing between 30- and forty-five-minute sets. Flipturn, originally signed with Swamp Records at the University of Florida, created this festival — in conjunction with Indie Live — to come back and perform where the band first gained traction.