MUNCIE, Ind. – On Sept. 17, the first meeting for the Equinox music festival planning committee came together. Residents of the Living Learning Community at Botsford/Swinford met in the green screen room to kick off the planning process.
Academic peer mentor, Aaron Hicks, dove into describing what the festival is.
“The Equinox festival is an event that the CCIM LLC holds in April where we get a bunch of local bands from the general area to come perform for an all-day music festival,” Hicks explained, “It’s put together by students for students.”
This festival can give media students hands-on experience with livestreaming, camera work, and social media work. Hicks is most excited about allowing students to expand on their skills, but he’s even more excited to be the one to put this event on.
“Getting to throw my name in the bin and say, 'I got to add this to it’ is just super exciting.”
The festival will take place in mid-April on a Saturday. To give students a day off from studying or homework, Hicks believes this is the “perfect” event to take the stress off of their shoulders. While last year the event had 150 attendees, the young talent that packed the stage made it fulfilling.
The committee will continue to have meetings once a week in Botsford/Swinford’s media room to design and pull together this music festival.
Contact Arlene Thompson with comments at arlene.thompson@bsu.edu.
