photography | MATT STEFFEN

Cincinnati natives The National returned home this weekend with a gift for their hometown, transforming riverside Smale Park into a two stage, two day event they called Homecoming Festival.  Headlining both nights, they invited Sam Amidon, The Breeders, Mouse on Mars, Father John Misty, Ben Sloan, Future Islands, Alvvays, Moses Sumney and more to fill  out the weekend.