This photo essay runs thanks to Humanities Nebraska, Nebraska Department of Economic Development, Peter Kiewit Foundation, Center for Rural Affairs, Pinnacle Bank, Nebraska Loves Public Schools, Union Pacific Railroad, Viaero Mobile, Huber Chevrolet and Sandhills Energy.

Read coverage of Thursday night’s concert in Hastings here.

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The Good Living Tour’s second weekend had its share of extremes. Norfolk’s Friday night concert saw the biggest crowd to date, boosted by a local stage hosted by Midwest Music Center, a classic-car cruise night and a food truck event billed by the Norfolk Daily News as a “rumble.” Lines from each of the taco trucks lining Third Street ran into each other, spilling out onto the main drag and into the parking lot under the Johnny Carson mural. Estimations put the crowd at more than 1,000 total attendees.

The next night, Lyons — the tour’s smallest community at just more than 900 people — turned out big for its 7 p.m. show, which culminated in a Satchel Grande-led dance party at sunset on the town’s Main Street. Concertgoers collected stagefront, on the Storefront Theater bleachers and in the beer garden outside Fallout Bar; an altogether bonafide party atmosphere. And in O’Neill, country/pop artist Rachel Price played a well-attended homecoming show at a Cottonwood-shaded Ford Park as tour enjoyed its second relaxing Sunday in a row.

The weekend’s most vivid memories: narrowly avoiding a Hastings rain-out; seven-straight hours of live music in Norfolk; a massive food truck crowd (and some great cheek tacos); Rothsteen’s hair-raising solo set; Twinsmith bringing its friend Paul onstage to play auxiliary percussion; taking over an entire main street in Lyons; seeing its Storefront Theater in action; drummer Kekeli Dawes’ final Mesonjixx show; homecomings for both Price and Jordan Smith (Norfolk); and fitting all ten members of Satchel Grande onto the Vessel stage.

See these moments and more in our captioned photo essay below.

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Friday: Norfolk

Hundreds gathered at 3rd and Norfolk Ave Friday for the city’s first-annual “food truck rumble” during the 2016 Good Living Tour Concert | photos by Andrew Dickinson

Patrons stand in line for a food truck during Norfolk’s first-ever food truck rumble. Lines often stretched longer than 20 customers throughout the evening. | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Omaha DJ Really Real spins tracks during Norfolk’s Good Living Tour Concert | photo by Lindsey Yoneda 

A father and son dance during Norfolk’s Good Living Tour Concert Friday, July 29 | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Young patrons laugh between sets Friday night at Norfolk’s Good Living Tour Concert | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Norfolk-based Baker Explosion plays to a hometown crowd during the city’s Good Living Tour Concert Friday night | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Baker Explosion | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Baker Explosion | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Omaha R&B singer Rothsteen performs Friday night in Norfolk for the Good Living Tour | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Rothsteen | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Rothsteen | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

The beer garden at 3rd & Norfolk during Friday’s Good Living Tour Concert | photo by Andrew Dickinson

photo by Andrew Dickinson

Twinsmith’s Jordan Smith sings to his native home Friday night at Norfolk’s Good Living Tour concert | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Twinsmith drummer Ryan Menchaca | photo by Lindsey Yoneda 

Twinsmith plays Norfolk’s Good Living Tour Concert | photo by Andrew Dickinson

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Saturday: Lyons

Better Friend vocalist Meghan Munyon sings Saturday night during Lyons’ Good Living Tour Concert | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Better Friend’s Alex Steele and Aaron Lee | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Better Friend’s Aaron Lee | photo by Andrew Dickinson

A small crowd gathers outside Fallout Bar for Lyons’ Good Living Tour concert | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Lincoln’s Evan Bartels & the Stoney Lonesomes plays Lyons Saturday night for the Good Living Tour | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Evan Bartels & the Stoney Lonesomes Saturday night in Lyons | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Omaha funk band Satchel Grande plays Saturday night in Lyons for the Good Living Tour | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Concertgoers sit on Lyons’ Storefront Theater bleachers Saturday night during the Good Living Tour | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Satchel Grande | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Children dance during Satchel Grande’s Saturday night set in Lyons for the Good Living Tour | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Sunday: O’Neill

A young O’Neill student sings a selection from Les Miserables Sunday during the town’s Good Living Tour Concert | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Lincoln hard rock band Laughing Falcon plays Sunday evening in O’Neill’s Ford Park for the Good Living Tour | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Laughing Falcon | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Children lay in a hammock in O’Neill’s Ford Park during the town’s Good Living Tour Concert | photo by Andrew Dickinson

A relaxed Ford Park crowd Sunday evening in O’Neill for the Good Living Tour concert | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Lincoln soul band Mesonjixx plays O’Neill’s Ford Park for the Good Living Tour | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Mesonjixx guitarist Myles Jasnowski | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Concertgoers watch Mesonjixx perform during Sunday’s Good Living Tour Concert | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Mesonjixx drummer Kekeli Dawes plays Sunday during O’Neill’s Good Living Tour concert; it was his last with the band | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Mesonjixx vocalist Mary Lawson | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Fans dance in front of the stage during Rachel Price’s Sunday evening set. It was a homecoming show for the O’Neill-native singer/songwriter. | photo by Lindsey Yoneda

Rachel Price | photo by Andrew Dickinson

O’Neill music fans watch Rachel Price’s Sunday evening concert | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Rachel Price engages young fans in O’Neill’s Ford Park | photo by Andrew Dickinson

Rachel Price | photo by Andrew Dickinson