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The Wooden Shjips band -- no, it's not a typo -- performed on the Porch Stage Friday night. It was darker than the picture makes it look.

As evening began to descend, the popular Deer Tick -- featuring a left-handed bassist -- took the Main Stage.

Kids have a good time at NMF, too. Here, 3-year-old Louisa of Millfield explores the joys of cotton candy, all squooshed together.

On the Porch Stage, Combo Chimbita drew a big crowd. The weather was steamy -- it had rained a short time before -- and the music was steamy, too, and the audience didn't mind the former and loved the latter.

Perenially popular Twain made unusual and pleasing guitar effects on the Boxcar Stage Friday.

NMF is one of the few times when it's okay for the kids to play on the railroad tracks.

The lowest notes, and certainly the most soulful ones, at this year's NMF probably came from the baritone saxophone of "Moist" Paula Henderson.