Review: Weather doesn't stop students from dancing, partying during a cold, snowy MayFest celebration.
The cold weather and occasional snow wasn't enough to scare away the Syracuse University students looking for free food, drinks and music at Walnut Park for University Union's annual MayFest celebration Friday.
And, if you weren’t expecting to see Tigger and Elmo dancing on stage dressed as Scoop Jardine and Kris Joseph, you were in for quite a surprise.
After weeks of criticism from students, up-and-coming house DJ Kaskade, alt-rockers Cold War Kids and Phantogram are set to entertain thousands in the Carrier Dome.
Is anyone going to Block Party this year? That might be a question you hear around campus lately.
After University Union announced last month Block Party 2012 would feature DJ Kaskade and alt-rock act Cold War Kids, some students quickly vocalized their displeasure for the choices.
Past Block Parties brought acts such as Kid Cudi, Nas, Kanye West and N.E.R.D., so expectations for big name artists this year were high again.
Concert to pair unique mix of dance, soulful rock tunes.
House music DJ Kaskade and indie rockers Cold War Kids, along with one more act to be announced, will perform at this year's Block Party, University Union said Monday.
Artists Outasight, Timeflies, AER, 5 & A Dime to perform Mayfest 2012.
Indie-pop influenced dance artist Outasight, Brooklyn dub-rap duo Timeflies, Syracuse University-based acoustic jam-rap fusers AER and mashup-dubstep artist 5 & A Dime will perform at Mayfest 2012, University Union announced Sunday night.
It is no myth that if you advertise anything as free, college students will come running. Mayfest 2011 was no exception.
Free chicken kabobs, corn dogs, cotton candy and tornadoes — not to mention free beer for those 21 and older — had Syracuse University students hiking on down to Walnut Park Friday to get in on the good grub.
Joe Blum goes behind the beer and controversy to show what the new SU-sponsored block party is really like.
Want to know what Mayfest is really like? Well, wonder no more. Joe Blum and his trustworthy handheld camcorder take you inside the controversial celebration. With plenty of colorful characters, Capri Sun and profanity-riddled rants, Mayfest is not your ordinary school day.
Making Block Party history, headliner Drake performed at the Dome Friday for a record-breaking 9,500+.
Leading up to Block Party this week, campus was buzzing with several questions about the status of Drake’s voice. After canceling a show at University of Massachusetts-Lowell Wednesday due to a vocal problem, the Toronto native’s situation dominated conversations around campus.
But once Drake took the stage in the Carrier Dome, he wasted little time easing the audience’s concerns.
“The doctor told me to take three days off,” Drake said while sipping on some water. “But I couldn’t do that to my family at Syracuse.”
With more than 3,000 in attendance, the new Mayfest in Walnut Park prevailed, but the Euclid Avenue party lingers on.
Free food and free beer was too much for students to resist during this year’s Mayfest celebration.
More than 3,000 students showed up in Walnut Park to take advantage of the Syracuse University sponsored Mayfest party on Friday afternoon. Euclid Avenue, in contrast, remained eerily quiet as a few students lounged outside their houses, quietly playing music, watching Syracuse City Police drive by.