Fallfest, a free concert for all WVU students and a highlight of the Welcome Week, is scheduled for Monday August 18 with doors opening at 6.30 p.m. in the fields of the leisure center.
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Emphasize local talents, University of Virginie-Western will welcome students on campus with Party With the headliner Sierra Ferrell – an author -songwriter and musician from Roots from the state of Mountain – Monday August 18 Center fields In the Campus Evansdale region.
Seneca, a popular group founded by university students, will also go on stage during the annual free concert to mark the start of the semester with additional music provided by DJ Max Clark of U92 The moose, putting the students directly on stage for the traditional celebration of the new academic year.
The open doors at 6.30 p.m. start at 7 p.m.
One of the most brilliant young lights of Roots Music today and a quadruple winner of the Grammy, Sierra Ferrell Bring a dose of magic beautifully strange to everything it touches.
Since the arrival of “Long Time Coming”, his first LP acclaimed to Round Records, the singer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Virginia-Western Virginia has won the Act of the Year Emerging Prize at the old Honors and honors Fair, and has collaborated with North America and Europe with its high-level subject and its performance Live-Live.
Earlier this year, Ferrell won the Grammy Award for the best album Americana for “Trail of Flowers”, his 2024 album, and also accepted Grammys for Best American Roots Song for “America Dreming”, Best American Roots Performance for “Lighthouse” and Best Americana Performance for “American Dreming”.
In accordance with a musical education that included the game everywhere, from truck stops to the harsh wagons to street corners to New Orleans, to Bluegrass Trail of Flowers in freewheeling to the old-fashioned old music of Honky-Tonk incredibly granular and beyond, constantly changing to form the immense scope of the eccentric musicity of Ferrell.
Mainly recorded in Sound Emporium Studios and featuring guest appearances for singers / composers Lukas Nelson and Nikki Lane, “Trail of Flowers” finally fulfills Ferrell’s long -standing mission to make music that transcends all the barriers of time.
Rooted in the hills of Virginia-Western, mixing the narrative soul with the energy of the modern American rock and country scene, Seneca Was trained in 2023 by WVU students and includes singer Andrew Parsons, guitarist Dylan Hunt, drummer Chris Little, bassist Jared Longmore and pianist Graham Sterling.
The young group collapsed on Morgantown’s music scene with their electrical performance that closed the streets and filled sites. Building the crowd that was growing quickly – and with the release of energetic, raw and original music – opportunities to play bigger shows and prove themselves in larger scenes quickly followed.
From small town bars to Nashville, their trip led them through Virginia-Western and really estimated scenes. Seneca’s music moves like a journey on the mountain roads of Virginie -Western – rooted, dynamic and impossible to forget.
The show will start with the music of DJ Max Clark with U92the 24/7 independent radio station managed by students who is part of WVU student mediaLocated at 284 Prospect St. Zeus, the moose will make a special appearance during the whole which will include a t-shirt and a gift.
Since 1982, U92 The Moose, WWVU-FM, has been behind the development of music and broadcaster at the university at 91.7 on the FM dial. Find more information on U92 broadcasting opportunities.
For the show, three doors will open at 6.30 p.m., door A is located at the Tennis Courts in Recl, Gate B is located at the exit of the Towers PRT and Gate station it is located on Kittie Blakemore Drive, formerly Recl Center Drive, between Student recreation center and the student health and education building.
WVU students will be slipped on the doors. Students with valid WVU students IDs are authorized to a guest 17 years and over. Students with guests can enter any door. Guest tickets are not necessary, but customers must be ready to show proof of age.
All participants must go through metal detectors before entering the event and Clear bag policy will be applied. Only transparent plastic bags, vinyl or PVC and do not exceed 12 “x 6” x 12 “; small clutch bags – approximately the size of one hand, with or without handle / bracelet and not larger than 4.5” x 6.5 ”; or plastic storage bags – a transparent plastic bag to a gallons, a ziploc bag or a similar – will be authorized.
Buses will operate continuously between the Mountainlair and the Braxton tour Portico from 6 p.m. to an hour after the end of the concert. THE Trp will also run until an hour after the end of the concert.
If you use Uber, Lyft or a taxi for transportation, deposit and collection will be at the intersection of Morrill Way and Kittie Blakemore Drive, formerly Recon Drive, near the short-term Lot St-1. Free parking will be available from 4 p.m. in the short-term Lot St-9 in front of the Museum of Art and in the short-term Lot St-1 off the Coston Drive.
It is an alcohol -free event. Concert enthusiasts must note that no smoking will be authorized in accordance with Tobacco and smoke campus policy. Weapons, luminous sticks, selfie sticks, professional cameras, video and audio recording, coolers and hard containers are also prohibited.
Find a complete list of event directives and restrictions.
Fallfest is a rain or shine event and is produced by WVU Arts and Entertainment. For additional information on the event, call 304-293-show (7469) or visit events.wvu.edu.
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Note: Media members who plan to attend Fallfest must request identification information before 5 p.m. today (August 15). Requests must be sent to Kristie Stewart-Gale, director of marketing and advertising for WVU Arts and Entertainment,, By e-mail to Kristie.stewart-gale@mail.wvu.edu.
See the full calendar of the Welcome Week.
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Strategic communications and WVU marketing
304-293-8302; sjohns13@mail.wvu.edu
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