With a 27-second teaser video released early evening Sept. 9, Fairfield University Student Association said it will announce the fall concert lineup on Thursday, Sept. 19.
In the lower level Barone Campus Center, from 6 to 8 p.m., FUSA has scheduled a “FUSApalooza,” with food and music provided by the Nauti Dolphin and WVOF, respectively. The concert reveal will also be a part of the FUSA office’s grand opening; the student body organization has moved from its space near the commuter lounge into the former Manor office.
President Alex Long ’14 said FUSA chose the two artists for the Oct. 19 concert based on the responses from a student survey sent out in May. “Students who are very passionate about seeing the concert will have filled out the form,” Long said. A hundred students responded, with the top two genres being techno and rap. Following the results, concert organizers Katie Donahue ‘15 and Andrea Butler ‘15 began searching for concert artists over the summer.
“We really think the students will like it,” Long responded when asked about the student reaction to FUSA’s upcoming announcement. “We have high hopes that this concert will sell out in the first couple weeks of ticket sales.”
Long also said the concert artists represent genres that have already been performed at Fairfield. “In the recent years, we’ve had acts that performed well among students and [with this concert] we hope to capitalize on student interest,” Long said.
Sophomore Christian Eybergen would go to see artists representing techno or rap. “I’m interested in who they’re gonna get,” he said.”
Freshman Taylor Willerup said she will go to the concert, but if she had a chance to see the survey, techno and rap “wouldn’t be my top picks,” she said, adding that she prefers pop and alternative.
For last year’s fall concert, FUSA brought in headliner Diplo with EDM group Krewella as the opener. Between 1,850 and 1,900 tickets were sold and responses after the concert lauded the artist choices.
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