Photos: LöFest celebrated art, music, expression and bread at Last Exit Live

Last week, we told you about LöFest. Namely, what it was in practice (an arts and music celebration organized by local musician-media host Adam Carter); the performers involved (the supergroup HammrLöf alongside Snailmate, The Color 8, A Casual Divorce and The Saturn III); and even some of its main objectives and goals (celebrating community, artistic expression and tasty bread).

But none of that best answered the $64,000 question: What is LöFest truly?

Because, unlike other great recent local shows, the nature of LöFest is inherently intangible and nebulous. A music-arts festival born out of friends making bread together was never going to be an easy sell, and that's mostly the point. It was an evening that you had to attend if you were ever going to meaningfully grasp LöFest and its larger value and significance. Or, as Carter told us after the event, it was an experience that was so much more than the sum of its silly parts.

"At the end of it all, LöFest was a happening," says Carter. "It was a gathering of community and the music scene in pursuit of performance art of the highest local quality. The night unfolded like a storyline, celebrating bread and the resurgence of the lost LöFest through an abstract lens, making everyone in attendance a participant."

If you're still seeking enlightenment regarding LöFest, enjoy some snapshots from the event below. They're each a little morsel of insight that'll fill you with the warmth of great art and even greater community. Like yummy bread for the heart and soul, yeah?