Photo by Alejandro Ulloa/FUSA Director of Photography

Students packed into Alumni Hall Saturday evening for the Fairfield University Student Association’s fall concert, which has been ruled a success, according to Lindsey Hanley ‘15, chair of programming at FUSA, and many students.

Bassjackers opened with an electrifying performance, followed by the headliner Bingo Players, an internationally known EDM duo hailing from the Netherlands. Bingo Players played many popular EDM tunes as well as their original hits, including “Cry Just a Little,” and “Rattle,” which was also their encore selection.

As expected, Maarten Hoogstraten represented Bingo Players alone.  His partner Paul Bäumer has been unable to tour since July, when he was diagnosed with cancer.

Although the event did not sell out like FUSA’s Diplo and Kendrick Lamar concerts last year, around 1,700 tickets were sold, according to Hanley.  Most of the attendees were students, which was a result of a new age requirement of 18 years or older in order to attend.  “This made it more of a Fairfield student atmosphere, which the students loved,” said Hanley.

FUSA had a budget of $40,000 for the artists and a few thousand dollars more for the stage setup, Hanley said.  According to Hanley, the total revenue from the ticket sales is “still in the works.”

Frank Ficko, associate director of the Department of Public Safety, said there were 10 medical transports from the event.  Seven of those transports were Fairfield students, and all were alcohol-related.  There were also several individuals who were denied access to the event for being underage, and numerous fake IDs were confiscated.

Despite those incidents, Ficko agreed that the event was an overall success.  “The majority of students who attended the concert knew how to have fun and enjoy themselves,” said Ficko.

Freshman Caroline McConnell said she had a lot of fun at the concert.  McConnell also said that, “even though it’s not my style of music, I enjoyed it anyway,” and, “the atmosphere was really cool.”

Freshman Anya Collen said that “it was very loud, but still a cool concert.”

Senior Gianluca Laboni said it was a “great choice in artist, and the music was great.”  Laboni also noted that sound quality could have been better, especially towards the back of the crowd where the reverberation distorted most of the music.

FUSA President Alex Long ‘14 said: “We were extremely happy with the student turnout and response to the fall concert.  We are very optimistic about being able to have a spring concert and will look to the students for input on how we can execute the best plan.”

Want to read about last year’s concert? Check it out.

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