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Here is an overview of each musical act performing this year. Click on the band names for more information about them.
Tickets can be purchased at the Maintenance Shop with a valid ISU ID. The hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
March 28 to April 8: $7 for one night, $10 for both.
April 11-14 (VEISHEA week): $10 for one night or $15 for both.
April 15 and 16 (performance nights): $10, no discount
Friday
Molecular Biology Parking Lot
6 p.m. – 2 a.m.
The lineup
- VolHolla (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Last.fm)
- Genre: Hip hop/pop
- From: St. Louis
- Album: “Villains EP“
- Members: CeCe, Matt Elifiritz
- Cedar Avenue (Website, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, Last.fm)
- Genre: Pop rock
- From: Minneapolis
- Albums: “Someday Soon,” “Running Home EP“
- Members: Jesse Mathews, Derrin Mathews, Kyle Wachter, Shawn Burtis
- Jon McLaughlin, for fans of Jason Mraz, Plain White T’s and Eric Hutchinson (replaces Andy Grammer) (Website, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, Last.fm)
- Genre: Pop rock
- From: Anderson, Indiana
- Albums: “The Early Recordings,” “Industry EP,” “Indiana,” “OK Now,”
- Love and Theft, for fans of Luke Bryan, Josh Gracin and Jack Ingram (Website, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, Last.fm, Wikipedia)
- Genre: Country
- From: Nashville, Tenn.
- Albums: “World Wide Open,” “Live in Savannah“
- Members: Eric Gunderson, Stephen Barker Liles
- Cloud Cult, for fans of Andrew Bird, Mates of State, Modest Mouse and Wolf Parade (Website, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Last.fm, Wikipedia)
- Genre: Indie rock
- From: Minneapolis
- Albums: “The Shade Project,” “Who Killed Puck?,” “Lost Songs from the Lost Years,” “They Live on the Sun,” “Aurora Borealis,” “Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus,” “The Meaning of 8,” “Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes),” “Light Chasers“
- Members: Craig Minowa, Connie Minowa, Scott West, Shannon Frid, Shawn Neary, Arlen Peiffer, Sarah Elhardt
- Headliner Big Boi, for fans of Outkast, Kanye West and Cee Lo Green (Website, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, Last.fm, Wikipedia)
- Genre: Hip hop
- From: Savannah, Georgia
- Albums: “Sir Lucious Left Foot…The Son of Chico Dusty,” Daddy Fat Sax: Soul Funk Crusader” (summer 2011)
- Albums (with Outkast): “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik,” “ATLiens,” “Aquemini,” “Stankonia,” “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below,” “Idlewild“
Saturday
Molecular Biology Parking Lot
6 p.m. – 2 a.m.
The lineup
- The River Monks (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Last.fm)
- Genre: Folk
- From: Des Moines
- Album: “Jovials“
- Members: Joel Gettys, Nicholas Frampton, Drew Rauch, Ryan M. Stier
- Deluka (Website, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Last.fm)
- Genre: Indie/Electronic
- From: Birmingham, UK / Brooklyn, New York
- Album: “You Are the Night“
- Members: Ellie Innocenti, Kris Kovacs, Stevie J. Palmer, Robbie G
- The Downtown Fiction, for fans of Summer Set and The Maine (Faceboook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, Last.fm)
- Genre: Alternative rock
- From: Fairfax, Virginia
- Albums: “Best I Never Had,” “The Downtown Fiction,” “The Double EP“
- Members: Cameron Leahy, David Pavluk, Eric Jones
- Neon Trees, for fans of The Killers, The Stokes and The Bravery (Website, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, Last.fm, Wikipedia)
- Genre: Pop rock
- From: Provo, Utah
- Albums: “Start a Fire EP,” “Habits“
- Members: Tyler Glenn, Branden Campbell, Elaine Bradley, Chris Allen
- The Ready Set, for fans of Fall Out Boy and Cobra Starship (Website, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, Last.fm, Wikipedia)
- Genre: Electronic pop
- From: Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Albums: “Cascades EP,” “Tantrum Castle,” “I’m Alive, I’m Dreaming“
- Member: Jordan Witzigreuter
- Headliner Gloriana, for fans of Matt Serletic and Taylor Swift (Website, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, Last.fm, Wikipedia)
- Genre: Country
- From: Nashville, Tenn.
- Albums: “The Way It Goes,” “Gloriana“
- Members: Tom Gossin, Rachel Reinert, Cheyenne Kimball, Mike Gossin

















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