Dumb Fest 2 may have been over one month ago already, but the rest of the internet is not about to be done talking about how great of a time it was. Thanks to Dumb Fest 2 photographers Priten Vora and Franklin Wallace, photos of Dumb Fest 2 got out there and the Springfield-based punk festival is being noticed in a few online publications.

Online based music magazine Symphonic Magazine had a few pages dedicated to the fest in the most recent issue. You can find issue 10 of Symphonic Magazine right here, and be sure to skip ahead to pages 16-17 where you can read a write-up of Dumb Fest 2 and also find a few photos. From the write-up (by Priten):

Dumb Fest serves as an eye-opening reminder about why it’s so crucial to keep supporting local music scenes. Small, local shows and festivals have a very unique atmosphere about them. They are far more intimate than most concerts, and they have an easygoing freedom about them that is extremely rare to see at larger festivals and venues. There are no security guards, no barriers, and no real restrictions. The organizers choose to trust people to regulate themselves, and the local community responds by not letting them down. Dumb Fest hits a sweet spot when it combines the efficiency needed to run events like this with the ability to give showgoers the sense of free dome to do whatever they want, and I look forward to attending more for many years to come.

Aside from Symphonic Magazine, popular punk and indie photo site Punktastic also featured a gallery of photos taken by Franklin Wallace of Dumb Fest 2. If you like the photo pictured above, you might want to check the rest of them out right here. We are also constantly adding to our Dumb Fest 2 photo album on flickr. You can find that album right here. Don’t forget that we are also hosting Black Sheep Fest this Saturday.