
The Orange You Glad festival kicked off last night with a pre-party at Backbooth where glitter, balloons, lights, smoke and sweat scattered across the dance floor like an explosion of hip paradise. The night featured Grimes with openers Born Gold and Michael Parallax and acted as a sort of sendoff for the four-day-long festival.
Michael Parallax stood on the ground level as fans surrounded his keyboards, dancing and moshing along with his sparkly synthesizers, cresting in rage and falling in ambiance with each new song. This was the point in time where glitter exploded in the air. Balloons also scattered across the bar from one end to the other as audience members hit and volleyed them back and forth. All the while, a screen behind Parallax flashed his lyrics or messages of his choosing. One said, “Stay Classy, Orlando!”…(full coverage here).



