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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
What: Spring Jam 2014 The Biggest Spring Jam to date
When: Thursday April 24 Saturday April 26
Where: University of Minnesota Twin Cities campusContact: Ashley
Herink, Student Unions & Activities Program Board Marketing
Coordinator,[email protected]
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (2/18/14) We are excited to announce Spring
Jam , the largest student- planned three day music festival April
24-26, will have an adjusted schedule for 2014. The improvedchanges
will allow the Student Unions & Activities Program Board to
bring in bigger name artists to drawlarger crowds throughout the
festival; resulting in the biggest Spring Jam the University of
Minnesotahas hosted to-date.
The first major change to this years schedule will be the
Saturday headlining show. The evening show
will take place in Mariucci Arena on Saturday, April 26. This
will be a ticketed show. General seating andticketing options on
the floor will be available to students and the general public.
Student Unions & Activities asked University of Minnesota
students if they would be willing to pay for aSpring Jam headlining
artists through paper surveys at events, online surveys after the
HomecomingConcert, and feedback through social media. The response
from students was overwhelmingly positive.Open ended questions
indicated that students are willing to pay $5 to $50.
In response to the changed location and price of the headlining
concert, Student Unions & Activities hasadded an additional
free concert to be held on Thursday, April 24 at 12pm on Coffman
Front Plaza.
The Spring Jam 2014 concert schedule will be as follows:*Times
and locations are subject to change.
Thursday, April 24o Noon Concert (12pm, Coffman Front Plaza)o
Evening Concert (7pm, Northstar Ballroom, St. Paul Student
Center)
Friday, April 25o Noon Concert (12pm, Coffman Front Plaza)o
Battle of the Bands (5pm, Coffman Front Plaza)o Evening Concert
(9pm, Coffman Front Plaza)
Saturday, April 26o Headliner Concert (9pm, Mariucci Arena)
With the adjusted schedule, Student Unions & Activities
feels confident that the majority of students will be satisfied
with the wide variety of events and performances planned for the
festival. The genres ofartists include: pop, rap, alternative,
hip-hop and country. The Spring Jam artists will be revealed
onMarch 29 and headlining tickets will go on sale soon after.
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Celebrating the warm weather and the end of the school year,
Spring Jam is the largest student-planned,campus-wide three-day
music festival event April 24-26 at the University of Minnesota. As
part of theStudent Unions & Activities Programming Board,
Spring Jam is planned by a student committee thatorganizes the
three-day music festival including live performances, competitions,
and a variety of specialevents.
For more information, including a complete list of events and
ticketing information, please visitspringjam.umn.edu
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