Okeechobee Music Festival returned to Okeechobee, FL this past weekend for four days of live music from ODESZA, Baby Keem, GRiZ, Excision, Earth, Wind & Fire, Goose, Big Boi, Free Nationals, Break Science, Channel Tres, SunSquabi, and scores of other acts. On Saturday, an all-star crew of musicians from across the 2023 lineup came together for the annual Okeechobee PoWoW! featuring a special appearance by Anderson .Paak.
The funk-and soul-focused 2023 Okeechobee PoWow!, led for the second straight year by Earth, Wind & Fire’s Morris Pleasure, featured Free Nationals (best known as .Paak’s backing band) alongside trumpeter/rapper Maurice Brown, Rick Mitarotonda and Peter Anspach of Goose, Adam Deitch (Lettuce) and Borahm Lee of Break Science, the Earth, Wind & Fire horns, singer India Shawn, and more. The collaborative set also featured a billed appearance by Big Boi, who stormed the stage with Sleepy Brown mid-set to perform a rendition of one of his OutKast favorites, “The Way You Move”.
Other highlights of the set included a number of Free Nationals originals (like “Beauty & Essex” and “Eternal Light”), a Drake hit (“Hotline Bling”), EWF Gratitude classic “Can’t Hide Love”, Average White Band cut “Pick Up The Pieces”, and a joyous cover of Stevie Wonder‘s “Superstition”.
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As the PowWow! wound down, the Free Nationals hinted at the big surprise to come with a medley of Anderson .Paak tracks before Andy himself took the stage in a pink track suit and a long, Rick James-like wig (which he quickly threw into the crowd) to help close the show with “Come Down” and “Suede”.
Below, check out a gallery of photos from the 2023 Okeechobee PoWoW! via Taylor Regulski, Kristina Bakrevski, Ian Meneses, Adi Adinayev, Jamal Eid, and Yvonne Gougelet courtesy of Insomniac Events.
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