"It means you're welcome back anytime, but for now you've got to take a break," she said with a grin as she ushered a guitarist from the booth.

"Just to go and play the guitars [Fred Casey] makes is amazing," [Micah Erenberg] said. "It's such a good experience to be able to play with the random musicians that come by there."

"We're just going to find a nice quiet place to play, and play what we know," said first-time festival-goer [Jackie Tessier] as the trio made a loud musical march to the main gate.