Briston Maroney’s Paradise Is Our Superbowl
Words by Allyson J.L. Clayton
Graphic by Lauren Mitchell
Photos by Sierra Sevier and Jackilyn Cooper
photo by Sierra Sevier
Briston Maroney is bringing Paradise back to Nashville starting TOMORROW, October 12th! If you’re in Nashville, meet us at Brooklyn Bowl!
Maroney specially curated the intimate 2-Day festival, named after his hit single of the same name, for its inaugural year in 2022 and Pleaser had the luxury of attending. It was a weekend of pure, unfiltered joy with a lineup so scrumptious, we were kind of overwhelmed!
Day 1 was full of beautiful performances from Annie DiRusso, Sunflower Bean, The Greeting Committee and, of course, Mr. Maroney. There was bowling and special tattoos, a photo booth with Paradise-themed photo strips, merch galore, and an atmosphere that felt like we were at our best friend’s backyard hang.
Day 2 was more of the same atmosphere but with more stellar performances from Cece Coakley, MICHELLE, and Indigo De Souza —one of my all-time personal faves. Trust me when I say I was transported.
photo by Jackilyn Cooper
Our journey to Paradise was such an event for me and a bunch of my friends— it felt like the perfect culmination of the Year of Briston Maroney. (The year in which I racked up 24 Briston Shows and made so many friends along the way.)
We felt so at home at these shows. We had the honor of celebrating a ton of our favorite artists all in one place and we could only hope to do it again!
Our wish was granted and Paradise 2023 is about to be in full swing, but this year, Pleaser wanted to step it up a notch!
Poster by DREYFUS
Playing off the idea that male fans of sports are allowed to be overzealous about and create entire identities around sports teams while female music fans are ostracized for being supportive of their favorite bands, we are going to be treating Paradise like our Super Bowl. It’s the event of the year for us and we feel like it deserves the hype.
Briston Maroney is one of those artists that feels like family. He actively creates an atmosphere of love and acceptance everywhere he goes and he inspires everyone around him to love harder, always. We hope to capture some of that energy and the ultra-pure (🤭) silliness that radiates around Maroney and his crew, while adding a little Pleaser flair!
Make sure to grab your tickets for this year’s shows! You have 3 whole nights to catch Briston at his only official Nashville shows this year, PLUS Samia, Hovvdy, Charlie Burg, Arcy Drive, Olivia Barton, Skullcrusher AND SO MANY MORE!
Grab your tickets and stop by our table at the show to write a letter to your favorite artist playing the fest!
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photo by Jackilyn Cooper
