Sun God Festival
Sun God Festival | |
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Dates | May 13th, 2023 |
Location(s) | RIMAC Field at UC San Diego |
Years active | 1983 – Present |
Founded by | AS Concerts & Events, UC San Diego |
Website | sgf |
The Sun God Festival is an annual campus festival at the
The festival's name references the Sun God, an on-campus statue by French artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002). The Sun God was the first contribution to the famous Stuart Collection. The first Sun God Festival coincided with the one-year anniversary of the statue's arrival in 1984.[3][4] The festival's original location was adjacent to the statue, but it has since grown and moved numerous times, from Price Center to the now-demolished Mile High Field, eventually finding a more permanent home at its current location on RIMAC field.
The festival provides an opportunity for students to enjoy themselves and relax before
Due to the number of students who were being hospitalized from alcohol and drug abuse at the festival, students and administrators opted to eliminate guest tickets and increase safety measures. The changes saw a decrease in hospitalizations from 48 to eight from 2013 to 2014.[6] These measures have improved the safety of the festival, but the loss of guest tickets and the increased security measures have also been a severe detriment to the event budget.
During Spring Quarter of 2016, the Associated Students of UC San Diego ran a fee referendum to increase the student activity fee, which is the primary source of funding for the event. The new funding was meant to replace the festival's guest ticket revenue, which was lost when guests presented increased liabilities to student safety at the event. The student body overwhelmingly supported this fee increase in order to preserve the Sun God tradition, passing the referendum by a margin of nearly 40 percent.[7]
In 2018, Associated Students replaced the headlining act, blackbear, with Roy Woods when blackbear cancelled on account of a series of pancreatic attacks.[8] In 2020, the Sun God Festival was among the many public events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, over concerns that the virus could spread quickly at large gatherings such as concerts.[9]
Past Lineups
- 1983 – Sparks
- 1985 – Los Lobos[10]
- 1990 – The Call
- 1991 – The Untouchables[11]
- 1992 – Blur, Senseless Things, Food For Fleet, Flatten Manhattan[11]
- 1993 – Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms, Blacksmith Union [11]
- 1994 – They Might Be Giants, No Doubt, Frente!, Brian Dewan[11]
- 1995 – The Pharcyde, 311, B-Side Players, DJ Greyboy, Oversoul[11]
- 1996 – Rocket from the Crypt, Souls of Mischief, Buck-O-Nine[11]
- 1997 – De La Soul, Save Ferris, Clyde's Ride, Switchfoot, DJ DIEM[11]
- 1998 – Social Distortion, The Roots, d.f. Rost[11]
- 1999 – Cypress Hill, Reel Big Fish, Black Eyed Peas[11]
- 2000 – Dishwalla, Rahzel, The Aquabats, F.o.N.[12]
- 2001 –
- 2002 – No Use For A Name[11]
- 2003 –
- 2004 – Busta Rhymes, Goldfinger, The Dandy Warhols, Stellastarr, Moving Units, The Bronx[12]
- 2005 –
- 2006 – Boy Sets Fire, The Fully Down, Versus The Mirror[12]
- 2007 – T.I., Ozomatli, Third Eye Blind, Ben Kweller, Fifty On Their Heels, High Tide, Busdriver, Self Against City, Meho Plaza[13]
- 2008 – Coheed and Cambria, Sean Kingston, Matt Costa, Say Anything, Living Legends, Richard Vission, The Aquabats, Little Brother, Sleepercar, Lady Dottie & The Diamonds, The Muslims, DJ Artistic, The Drowning Men, The Modlins, Bill Magee Blues Band, Radio Racer, Neon Trees, The Frantic Romantic, Masterpiece[14]
- 2009 – N*E*R*D, Iron & Wine, Girl Talk, Motion City Soundtrack, Sara Bareilles, Augustana, The Cool Kids, Grand Ole Party, Rootbeer, DJ Nu-Mark, Nosaj Thing, Anavan; Nooners: Iglu & Hartly, Rob Crow, Dear And The Headlights, Lady Dottie & The Diamonds, The Shys, The Pheromones, Crash Kings, Wizard Wolves[1]
- 2010 – Designer Drugs, Skeet Skeet, Robbed By Robots[15]
- 2011 – Kill The Noise, Ocelot[16]
- 2012 – Paul Van Dyk, Chiddy Bang, Ra Ra Riot, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Tommy Trash, Dia Frampton, Murs, Tokimonsta, Clockwork, Oliver, Yacek[17]
- 2013 – RAC, DJ Geo-D, IndO[18]
- 2014 –
- 2015 –
- 2016 – Louis the Child, Great Good Fine Ok, Paradise[21]
- 2017 –
- 2018 - Roy Woods, MadeinTYO, Sir Sly, Cuco, Robotaki, Ashe, Temporex, Sorah Yang, The GOOD Project, Choreo Cookies, Femme Fatale, 220 Second to None, Stay For the Fireworks, Headliner Blackbear canceled due to medical emergency[8][23][24]
- 2019 - Vince Staples, Joji, Hayley Kiyoko, Whipped Cream, HUNNY[25]
- 2020 - Festival cancelled due to COVID-19[9]
- 2021 - Festival cancelled due to COVID-19, replaced by Sunny Days Virtual Festival[26] Gryffin, Chloe x Halle, Aubrey Plaza, Omar Apollo, Eric Nam, Hasan Minhaj
- 2022 - Iann Dior, Keshi, Umi, Peach Tree Rascals, Berhana[27]
- 2023 -
- 2024 - JPEGMafia, Fousheé, William Black, Grentperez, Frex[29]
References
- ^ a b "Sun God Festival 2009". Archived from the original on February 9, 2010.
- ^ @UCSD: Celebrating Our Sun God
- San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 29, 2007.[dead link]
- ^ Williams, Jack (September 14, 2002). "James DeSilva; visionary collector of art for UCSD". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ Somers, Kyle. "Talking About Pills". UCSD Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ "Sun God on Trial". UCSD Guardian. 4 November 2014.
- ^ "2016 AS Election Results" (PDF). Associated Students. UCSD. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ a b Metu, Amarachi (April 6, 2018). "BLACKBEAR TO HEADLINE 2018 SUN GOD FESTIVAL". The Triton.
- ^ a b "AS Concerts and Events: Sun God Festival Update". March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "The Guardian: Sun God 2001". Archived from the original on May 31, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j UCSD Guardian, Volume 45, Issue 45
- ^ a b c d e f "Past SGF Posters". Facebook.
- ^ "UCSD Wiki: Sun God 2007". Archived from the original on April 24, 2012.
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2008". Archived from the original on April 4, 2012.
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2010". Archived from the original on March 30, 2010.
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2011". Archived from the original on April 7, 2011.
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2012". Archived from the original on May 23, 2012.
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2013". Archived from the original on April 3, 2014.
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2014". Archived from the original on March 14, 2008.
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2015".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Sun God Festival 2016". sgf.ucsd.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-07-23. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
- ^ Burke, Matthew (19 April 2017). "UCSD Announces 2017 Sun God Festival Lineup". Sound Diego. NBC 7 San Diego. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ O, Sylvia (April 27, 2018). "Roy Woods Replaces Blackbear For Sun God". The Triton.
- ^ Metu, Amarachi (April 20, 2018). "Second Wave Sun God Artists Includes MadeinTYO". The Triton.
- ^ Parajuli, Sabira. "Vince Staples to Headline Sun God". The Triton.
- ^ Johnson, Erika. "'Sunny Days' Student Festival on the Horizon". UC San Diego Today.
- ^ Arrieta, Hector (2022-04-17). "2022 Sun God Festival: Facts and Other Things to Know Before You Go". The UCSD Guardian. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
- ^ "Sun God Lineup 2023". UC San Diego ASCE Instagram. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ "Sun God Lineup 2024". UC San Diego ASCE Instagram. Retrieved 2024-04-26.