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Still just an infant in the world of multi-day music festivals, Outside Lands just celebrated its third birthday in Golden Gate Park with over 60,000 concert-goers a day as guests. With the likes of Kings of Leon, Furthur, Phoenix, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes, Al Green, Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, The Strokes, My Morning Jacket, Cat Power, Empire Of The Sun and Wolfmother, among others, there to play the gig. The food, which catered to literally every craving, from Venezuelan maize carapas, to pork vermicelli bowls, all the way to gourmet pulled pork sandwiches. All much better than the usual pizza and ice-cream birthday fare, and the party favors consisting of free iTunes samplers, buzzing ears and great pictures, were a hit. It turned out to be a pretty good party.