The first ever Escape Music Festival took place on Governors Beach Club on Governors Island in New York, NY on Saturday October 11 and Sunday, October 12. Photographer Dana Pacifico captured performances by Alan Fitzpatrick, ASTR, Girl Talk, Mayer Hawthorne, Moby, Placebo, Plastic Plates and Sam Sparrow, Ra Ra Riot, Tesla Boy, The Crystal Method, The Joy Formidable, The Most Definitely, Wolf + Lamb, and Yeasayer. She also got portraits of ASTR, The Crystal Method, The Joy Formidable, Tesla Boy, and Alex English.