"We've played a handful of shows here, but we didn't expect anything like this," said The Districts' frontman Rob Grote, staring out from center stage at a sold-out Union Transfer crowd. Philadelphia loves The Districts the way that a parent might love a child—the four–piece folk rock band grew up playing shows in the Lancaster and Philadelphia areas. Finally, they just released their first album A Flourish and a Spoil and are getting ready to tour Europe. With an intensity that matched the passion of the crowd, The Districts showed why they deserve the unconditional love of Philly's music fans, especially on the evening of Valentine's Day. Grote and the band jumped energetically around the stage and into the crowd (Ed. note: By "into the crowd," I mean directly onto my face. It hurt.). For The Districts, it's clear that performing for a sold out crowd at Union Transfer—a venue the band frequented as teenagers—is a dream come true. 

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