Sun God Festival
| Sun God Festival | |
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| File:Sun God Festival Logo.png | |
| Genre | Hip-hop, Rock and roll |
| Dates | Mid-May |
| Location(s) | UC San Diego |
| Years active | 1983 - present |
| Founded by | Associated Students of UCSD |
| Website | Official website |
The Sun God Festival is an annual campus festival at the University of California, San Diego that usually takes place the sixth or seventh week of the spring quarter. Put on by the Associated Students Concerts & Events office and paid for by the students with an "activity fee" assessed to tuition, the festival contains a fair, as well as multiple stages which feature art performances, DJ performances, and a main stage which features a mix of underground/indie bands with headlining mainstream groups. All of this occurs on or immediately adjacent to RIMAC Field.[1] The main stage is traditionally opened by the winner of the Battle of the Bands at UCSD.[2]
The festival's name references the Sun God, an on-campus statue by French artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002). The Sun God was the first contribution to the famous Stuart Collection. The first Sun God Festival coincided with the one-year anniversary of the statue's arrival in 1984.[3][4] The festival's original location was adjacent to the statue, but it has since moved numerous times, from Price Center to the now-demolished Mile High Field, to its current location on the RIMAC field.
The festival and concert provide an excuse for students on what many consider a socially dead campus to finally let loose following their midterms with binge drinking, psychoactive substance abuse, and public displays of affection.[5] Campus police, reinforced by other San Diego Police Department precincts, have in the past stepped up enforcement with plain clothes officers and random open-container checks.[6]
The festival/fair portion of Sun God consists of booths made for the most part by student organizations. Booths are organized into food, information, game, etc. In addition, the Junkyard Derby down hill race typically takes place on the day of the Sun God Festival, where students, faculty, and any combination of the two can form groups to create downhill racers made from old/junkyard parts.[2]
Past headliners
- 1990 - The Call
- 1991 - The Untouchables
- 1992 - Blur and Dileep
- 1993 - Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms
- 1994 - They Might Be Giants and No Doubt
- 1995 - The Pharcyde and 311
- 1996 - Rocket from the Crypt and Souls of Mischief
- 1997 - De La Soul, Save Ferris, and Clyde's Ride
- 1998 - Social Distortion, The Roots
- 2000 - Dishwalla, Rahzel, The Aquabats, EoN
- 2001 - Naughty By Nature, Face To Face, and XZIBIT
- 2002 - Cake
- 2003 - Mos Def, Bad Religion, and Kinky
- 2004 - Busta Rhymes and Goldfinger
- 2005 - Ludacris, Damien Marley, and Phantom Planet
- 2006 - My Chemical Romance, Cypress Hill, and Talib Kweli
- 2007 - T.I., Third Eye Blind, and Ozomatli
- 2008 - Coheed and Cambria, Sean Kingston, Matt Costa, Say Anything, Living Legends
- 2009 - N.E.R.D, Iron & Wine, Girl Talk, Motion City Soundtrack[7]
- 2010 - Drake, Michelle Branch, Thrice
References
- ^ http://sungodfestival.ucsd.edu/2009
- ^ a b @UCSD: Celebrating Our Sun God
- ^ Pincus, Robert (October 28, 2001). "The 20th anniversary of UCSD's Stuart Collection celebrates a grand experiment in public art". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Williams, Jack (September 14, 2002). "James DeSilva; visionary collector of art for UCSD". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ http://www.ucsdguardian.org/cgi-bin/news?art=2006_05_22_06
- ^ http://ucsdguardian.org/viewarticle.php?story=opinion02&year=2007&month=05&day=24
- ^ http://sungodfestival.ucsd.edu/2009
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