Sun God Festival
| Sun God Festival | |
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| Dates | May 13th, 2023 |
| Location(s) | RIMAC Field at UC San Diego |
| Years active | 1983 – Present |
| Founded by | AS Concerts & Events, UC San Diego |
| Website | sgf |
The Sun God Festival is an annual campus festival at the University of California San Diego that takes place every spring quarter. The daytime festival is produced by the AS Concerts & Events office and paid for by the student body activity fee. The festival has featured a vast variety of entertaining elements since its inception, including a cross-campus fair, lounge areas, and multiple stages which have featured art performances, live comedy, student talent, DJ sets, and a mix of underground and commercially successful musical performers. All of this occurs on RIMAC Field.[1] The main stage is traditionally opened by the winner of the Battle of the Bands, a competition that UCSD student musicians perform in leading up to the festival.[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 grown and moved numerous times, from Price Center to the now-demolished Mile High Field, eventually finding a more permanent home at its current location on RIMAC field.
The festival provides an opportunity for students to enjoy themselves and relax before midterm examinations, and is regarded as an end-of-the-year experience that provides a sense of campus community and celebration. Many members of campus, including police, administrators, student planners, and University staff work throughout the year to support the event, as it presents unique challenges due to its scale and culture. In recent years, the Festival has often been used as a platform to promote safety initiatives such as bystander intervention peer workshops, alcohol and drug education, and sexual assault awareness.[5]
Due to the number of students who were being hospitalized from alcohol and drug abuse at the festival, students and administrators opted to eliminate guest tickets and increase safety measures. The changes saw a decrease in hospitalizations from 48 to eight from 2013 to 2014.[6] These measures have improved the safety of the festival, but the loss of guest tickets and the increased security measures have also been a severe detriment to the event budget.
During Spring Quarter of 2016, the Associated Students of UC San Diego ran a fee referendum to increase the student activity fee, which is the primary source of funding for the event. The new funding was meant to replace the festival's guest ticket revenue, which was lost when guests presented increased liabilities to student safety at the event. The student body overwhelmingly supported this fee increase in order to preserve the Sun God tradition, passing the referendum by a margin of nearly 40 percent.[7]
In 2018, Associated Students replaced the headlining act, blackbear, with Roy Woods when blackbear cancelled on account of a series of pancreatic attacks.[8] In 2020, the Sun God Festival was among the many public events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, over concerns that the virus could spread quickly at large gatherings such as concerts.[9]
Past Lineups[edit]
- 1983 – Sparks
- 1985 – Los Lobos[10]
- 1990 – The Call
- 1991 – The Beat Farmers, The Untouchables[11]
- 1992 – Blur, Senseless Things, Food For Fleet, Flatten Manhattan[11]
- 1993 – Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms, Blacksmith Union [11]
- 1994 – They Might Be Giants, No Doubt, Frente!, Brian Dewan[11]
- 1995 – The Pharcyde, 311, B-Side Players, DJ Greyboy, Oversoul[11]
- 1996 – Rocket from the Crypt, Souls of Mischief, Buck-O-Nine[11]
- 1997 – De La Soul, Save Ferris, Clyde's Ride, Switchfoot, DJ DIEM[11]
- 1998 – Social Distortion, The Roots, d.f. Rost[11]
- 1999 – Cypress Hill, Reel Big Fish, Black Eyed Peas[11]
- 2000 – Dishwalla, Rahzel, The Aquabats, F.o.N.[12]
- 2001 – Naughty By Nature, Face To Face, XZIBIT[12]
- 2002 – Cake, No Use For A Name[11]
- 2003 – Mos Def, Bad Religion, Kinky, White Starr, Maxeen[12]
- 2004 – Busta Rhymes, Goldfinger, The Dandy Warhols, Stellastarr, Moving Units, The Bronx[12]
- 2005 – Ludacris, Phantom Planet, Damian Marley with Stephen Marley, Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Walkmen, Rufio[12]
- 2006 – My Chemical Romance, Cypress Hill, Talib Kweli, No Use For A Name, Bedouin Soundclash, Ozma, Boy Sets Fire, The Fully Down, Versus The Mirror[12]
- 2007 – T.I., Ozomatli, Third Eye Blind, Ben Kweller, Fifty On Their Heels, High Tide, Busdriver, Self Against City, Meho Plaza[13]
- 2008 – Coheed and Cambria, Sean Kingston, Matt Costa, Say Anything, Living Legends, Richard Vission, The Aquabats, Little Brother, Sleepercar, Lady Dottie & The Diamonds, The Muslims, DJ Artistic, The Drowning Men, The Modlins, Bill Magee Blues Band, Radio Racer, Neon Trees, The Frantic Romantic, Masterpiece[14]
- 2009 – N*E*R*D, Iron & Wine, Girl Talk, Motion City Soundtrack, Sara Bareilles, Augustana, The Cool Kids, Grand Ole Party, Rootbeer, DJ Nu-Mark, Nosaj Thing, Anavan; Nooners: Iglu & Hartly, Rob Crow, Dear And The Headlights, Lady Dottie & The Diamonds, The Shys, The Pheromones, Crash Kings, Wizard Wolves[1]
- 2010 – Drake, Michelle Branch, Z-Trip, Relient K, Thrice, B.o.B, Crash Kings, The Parson Red Heads, Designer Drugs, Skeet Skeet, Robbed By Robots[15]
- 2011 – Wiz Khalifa, Jimmy Eat World, Mike Posner, Crystal Castles, JFK of MSTRKRFT, Best Coast, Big Sean, LA Riots, Kill The Noise, Ocelot[16]
- 2012 – Silversun Pickups, Paul Van Dyk, Chiddy Bang, Ra Ra Riot, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Tommy Trash, Dia Frampton, Murs, Tokimonsta, Clockwork, Oliver, Yacek[17]
- 2013 – Kendrick Lamar, Porter Robinson, Portugal. The Man, Andrew McMahon, Danny Brown, Adrian Lux, Youngblood Hawke, RAC, DJ Geo-D, IndO[18]
- 2014 – Diplo, Young the Giant, Juicy J, New Politics, The Colourist, Joey Bada$$, Ty Dolla $ign, Audien, Torro Torro, 2ToneDisco, Jhameel[19]
- 2015 – Snoop Dogg, STRFKR, Jhené Aiko, OK Go, Mike Czech, DJ Demon[20]
- 2016 – Miguel, Nico & Vinz, Louis the Child, Great Good Fine Ok, Paradise[21]
- 2017 – ScHoolboy Q, DJ Mustard, Bad Suns, Khalid, Manila Killa, Mild High Club, Kinjaz, 220 Second to None, Choreo Cookies, Mark Johns[22]
- 2018 - Roy Woods, MadeinTYO, Sir Sly, Cuco, Robotaki, Ashe, Temporex, Sorah Yang, The GOOD Project, Choreo Cookies, Femme Fatale, 220 Second to None, Stay For the Fireworks, Headliner Blackbear canceled due to medical emergency[8][23][24]
- 2019 - Vince Staples, Joji, Hayley Kiyoko, Whipped Cream, HUNNY[25]
- 2020 - Festival cancelled due to COVID-19[9]
- 2021 - Festival cancelled due to COVID-19, replaced by Sunny Days Virtual Festival[26] Gryffin, Chloe x Halle, Aubrey Plaza, Omar Apollo, Eric Nam, Hasan Minhaj
- 2022 - Iann Dior, Keshi, Umi, Peach Tree Rascals, Berhana[27]
- 2023 - Smino, Knock2, Dayglow, Khai Dreams, Boys World, Podcast But Outside
- 2024 - JPEGMafia,[28] Fousheé
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Sun God Festival 2009". Archived from the original on February 9, 2010.
- ^ @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 April 29, 2007.[dead link]
- ^ Williams, Jack (September 14, 2002). "James DeSilva; visionary collector of art for UCSD". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ Somers, Kyle. "Talking About Pills". UCSD Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ "Sun God on Trial". UCSD Guardian. 4 November 2014.
- ^ "2016 AS Election Results" (PDF). Associated Students. UCSD. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ a b Metu, Amarachi (April 6, 2018). "BLACKBEAR TO HEADLINE 2018 SUN GOD FESTIVAL". The Triton.
- ^ a b "AS Concerts and Events: Sun God Festival Update". March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "The Guardian: Sun God 2001". Archived from the original on May 31, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j UCSD Guardian, Volume 45, Issue 45
- ^ a b c d e f "Past SGF Posters". Facebook.
- ^ "UCSD Wiki: Sun God 2007". Archived from the original on April 24, 2012.
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2008". Archived from the original on April 4, 2012.
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2010". Archived from the original on March 30, 2010.
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2011". Archived from the original on April 7, 2011.
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2012". Archived from the original on May 23, 2012.
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2013". Archived from the original on April 3, 2014.
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2014". Archived from the original on March 14, 2008.
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2015".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2016". sgf.ucsd.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-07-23. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
- ^ Burke, Matthew (19 April 2017). "UCSD Announces 2017 Sun God Festival Lineup". Sound Diego. NBC 7 San Diego. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ O, Sylvia (April 27, 2018). "Roy Woods Replaces Blackbear For Sun God". The Triton.
- ^ Metu, Amarachi (April 20, 2018). "Second Wave Sun God Artists Includes MadeinTYO". The Triton.
- ^ Parajuli, Sabira. "Vince Staples to Headline Sun God". The Triton.
- ^ Johnson, Erika. "'Sunny Days' Student Festival on the Horizon". UC San Diego Today.
- ^ Arrieta, Hector (2022-04-17). "2022 Sun God Festival: Facts and Other Things to Know Before You Go". The UCSD Guardian. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
- ^ AscendedAperature (2024-04-15). "Sun God Headliner Reveal". r/UCSD. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- @UCSD: 2016 - Sun God Moves to a Saturday
- @UCSD: Lineup Released for 2016 Festival + Interview with AVP Walker
- @UCSD: Celebrating our Sun God
- @UCSD: 1997 Sun God Festival
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