Soundfest 2018 featuring Bad Suns and The Mowgli's
Venue: Virginia Tech Drillfield, Blacksburg
Organizations: Andrew Young, Bad Suns, Cole Massey, Juxtaposition, Kios, Robert Shelton, Speakeasy, The Guac Will Be Extras, The Mowgli's, Virginia Tech Union, VT Expressions
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2018
Time: 3:00 - 10:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly
Cost: Free
Description:
Virginia Tech Union (VTU) presents Soundfest 2018 on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at the Virginia Tech Drillfield.

Soundfest is VTU’s annual free music festival featuring music across two stages, rides & attractions, tie-dye, food including a popcorn machine, sno cones, and funnel cakes, prizes and will be showcasing various organizations around campus!

This year's lineup includes Bad Suns, The Mowgli's, Kios and many other local and student performers.

Main Stage line-up:
• Bad Suns
• The Mowgli's
• Kios
• The Guac Will Be Extras

Bad Suns is a southern California rock quartet from Woodland Hills, California and currently based in Los Angeles. Formed in 2012, and in the short time since their inception, have managed to be musically beyond their years. The band's sound is inspired from 1970s and 1980s post-punk pioneers like The Cure and Elvis Costello.

Links:

• http://badsuns.tumblr.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/badsuns
• https://www.twitter.com/badsuns
• https://www.youtube.com/user/BadSunsVideo
• https://www.instagram.com/badsuns
• https://soundcloud.com/badsuns

Four kids from the San Fernando and a couple of Midwesterners, The Mowgli's are a quintessential California band based in Los Angeles, California. Inspired by the magnetism of San Francisco, the grind of Los Angeles and the serenity of the Big Sur Coast, their songs are a joyous revival of rock n' roll, a twisting indie-folk dance and a heartfelt protest ballad.

Sliding from indie pop to country and a host of genres in between, the band evokes modern artists such as Fun., Grouplove and Edward Sharpe And the Magnetic Zeros, whilst having their roots in the music of Neil Young, The Byrds, The Beach Boys and Fleetwood Mac.

Part 60's Laurel Canyon, part 70's Venice Beach and part 10's Silverlake, the band and the harmonies are held together by their message of universal love, peace and the belief that the highest form of consciousness is achieved by togetherness and unity.

Uplifting, collaborative, joyous and communal, their songs are a walk through their life thus far: Meeting each other ("Hi Hey There Hello"), experiencing together ("San Francisco", "The Great Divide", "I've Been Around"), fighting and making up (“Colin's Song”), emerging stronger ("Carry Your Will", "We Are Free") - their message is finding a foothold with fans from every walk of life, bringing people together under one roof to celebrate each other.

Links:

• http://www.themowglis.net/
• https://www.facebook.com/themowglis
• https://www.twitter.com/Themowglis
• https://www.instagram.com/themowglis/

Kios is an indie rock band based in Nashville, Tennessee that Indie Shuffle describes as “joyous indie-pop”, with “vibrant and uplifting melodies hard to ignore”. The three piece is made up of Cole Suddarth (vocals/guitar), Aaron Krak (drums), and Mitch Wollenberg (bass). Cole and Aaron met through a previous band that formed at Belmont University. Aaron and Mitch grew up together in Newark, Ohio and all three moved to Nashville in 2014 to pursue music.

In the summer of 2017, the trio moved in together which sparked the idea of creating music. Cole decided to spend the summer in his hometown, Richmond, Virginia, where he began writing songs and recording demos for the project. The three sent demos back and forth, drawing in on their rock and pop backgrounds and thus, Kios began. The trio has been compared to names such as COIN, Colony House, Bad Suns, Two Door Cinema Club and Phoenix.

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/kiosmusicofficial
• https://www.twitter.com/kiosmusic
• https://www.instagram.com/kiosmusic
• https://soundcloud.com/kiosmusic

The Guac Will Be Extras is a subtle blend of modern alternative, indie rock, and fresh avacado based out of the P Street Lounge in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/rockout.with.your.guac.out

Local Stage Line-Up:
• Juxtaposition
• Robert Shelton
• Andrew Young
• Cole Massey
• Speakeasy
• Scott Gong
• VT Expressions

Juxtaposition is an all-male Virginia Tech A Capella group that was established in 1994 and has since produced seven albums and been awarded numerous awards and honors.

Traveling to colleges all along the east coast we enjoy performing our wide repertoire of 70's, 80's, 90's and current hits. Perhaps, however, our favorite gigs are those that occur on campus for our fellow Hokies.

Links:

• http://www.vtjuxtaposition.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/Juxtaposition-17278725996/
• https://www.twitter.com/VTJuxta

Robert Shelton is a folk musician and singer / songwriter based out of Charlottesville, Virginia who now resides in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Links:

• https://virginiaboy.bandcamp.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/Virginiaboymusic

Andrew Young is a local guitarist and singer and is also a Virginia Tech student from Northern Virginia.

Links:

• https://thetab.com/us/virginiatech/2017/01/11/long-sleeves-broken-spoons-2133
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGKKaEcDptHfHEqJyKZtwyg/videos

Cole Massey is a singer / songwriter performing alternative rock and more based in Blacksburg, VA. He performs both originals and covers on guitar and keyboard.

Links:

• https://colemasseymusic.wixsite.com/foundation
• https://www.facebook.com/ColeMasseyMusic

Speakeasy is an energetic jazz and hip hop group based in Blacksburg, Virginia that will bring you the originality you won't hear in the mainstream.

Links:

• https://www.instagram.com/speakeasyverified/
• https://soundcloud.com/speakeasyverified

VT Expressions is a social organization dedicated to free expression in art, music, poetry, dance, etc. and more. EXPRESSIONS serves to promote and balance intellectual and creative development alongside achievement in academics, as well as provide healthy alternative social outlets for creative individuals in the Virginia Tech community.

We focus on EDUtaining: Educationally Entertaining. Ultimately, EXPRESSIONS aims to build a network of artists (visual, writers, musicians, dancers, and more) who can come together to exchange ideas, support other progressive programs, and represent the images, voices, sounds, movement, and thoughts of the student body.

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/VtExpressions
• https://www.twitter.com/VTExpressions

Admission is free and all are welcome.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/hMeN46O.jpg.

For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/345707225836708/ or https://www.facebook.com/thevtu/ or email vtu@vt.edu or call 540-231-7117 with any questions!