Venture beneath the trees and into the aura that surrounds the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park’s Amphitheater Stage (oldtimers still call it the “Mushroom Stage”) and something becomes clear. People here love their hammocks. Depending on the music festival or concert, they can number into the dozens strung from the Florida live oaks that are a unique part of the musical production. It’s a sight to behold – laser lights shining through the trees and hammocks hung between them.
Whether at a music festival or out camping among nature, it’s easy to become part of #HammockLife. Cop a hang in someone else’s vacant hammock (Unofficial SOSMP Rule: any open hammock and or festival chair is yours to use until the owner returns), or string up your own, hammocks bring a kind of oneness with the venue.
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