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Ferris Fest Promises Music, Food and Fun

The eagerly awaited free festival is back and ready to rock

by Published: Apr 18, 2012

If you don’t have plans for April 21, you’re about to.

Ferris Fest is back, and it will be held from 12 to 6 p.m. in the quad. Most impor­tantly, it’s free.

There will be two stages, with musi­cians All Time Low, Travis Porter, KingRut and Pharoah and more. In addi­tion to the eight musi­cal per­for­mances, there will also be activ­i­ties such as a bounce house, photo booth and human bowling.

Evan Pazkowski, Entertainment Unlimited mem­ber and FSU fresh­man in music indus­try man­age­ment, thinks Ferris Fest has improved this year by bring­ing in a rock band.

“Last year there was a hip-hop head­liner; this year there will be a rock head­liner, which has a higher pro­duc­tion value,” Pazkowsi said. “There are more ele­ments that go into a rock show, which could be more entertaining.”

Alex Lorenz, FSU junior in pub­lic rela­tions and Ferris Fest coor­di­na­tor, is excited for what she hopes is a great turnout for the event. Entertainment Unlimited picked the musi­cians by send­ing out a sur­vey and then book­ing acts FSU stu­dents requested that were in the price range.

“Students can expect a wide vari­ety of artists,” Lorenz said. “We have all dif­fer­ent gen­res on main stage and also stu­dents on the sec­ond stage. They can expect to have a really good time.”

Many stu­dents are already famil­iar with All Time Low and Travis Porter, as they are promi­nent musi­cal groups.

“It’s an oppor­tu­nity for stu­dents to be a part of a free con­cert with some nation­ally known bands. It’s also free, so every­one should come,” Pazkowski said.

Lorenz is con­fi­dent that the many activ­i­ties and attrac­tions of Ferris Fest will draw stu­dents in and ensure a great time.

“This is dif­fer­ent than any con­cert I’ve ever been too because it’s a free fes­ti­val,” Lorenz said. “Normally for fes­ti­vals you’ll have to pay a lot, but not Ferris Fest. The fact that stu­dents can just walk from their dorms down to the quad and see All Time Low, get some food from Jet’s Pizza, and go inside a human bowl­ing ball, all for free, is some­thing pretty unique.”

The con­cert is open to the pub­lic. In the event of rain, fes­tiv­i­ties will be moved to the Wink Arena.