Vinyl Scratch is intent on spearheading a new and abrasive genre of music all throughout Equestria. The first show to play at happens to at a picket. Or a picnic. She could never tell the difference, anyway. The signs and speeches of freedom didn't seem to ring any bells.

Eagerness drivers her to make things right with an irritable cellist, and perform the show of a lifetime for her audience. Along with a guitar-wielding pegasus, and a pint-sized growler, Vinyl finds that this "picnic" isn't all she thought it would be.