Dillo Day is an annual all-day music festival at Northwestern University that takes place at the end of spring quarter on the Lakefill. Started in the 1972/73 school year, it is organized by Mayfest Productions, a Northwestern student group, and is the largest student-run music festival in the country. Northwestern lists Dillo Day as one of its most notable traditions.[1]
The festival has its roots in May Day, or Mayfete. Mayfete was a time when students would celebrate the "renunciation of the May Queen of the temporal world for a spiritual one," according to a 1951 history of the event.[2] Although little is known about the early days, May Day was originally a celebration of the women of Northwestern. The crowning of the May Queen was the central event, and the pomp included a Maypole dance and cotillion. May Day expanded to May Week in 1946 to accommodate a women's sing, men's sing, and an honors ceremony.
Armadillo Productions was created in 1972 by two students from Austin, Texas, to honor the official animal of their home state and a concert venue there.[3] They held a “I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore” festival and fair that had costumes, games, a treasure hunt, and special events.[4] It was held every year until 1976 when it was cancelled due to weather and financial difficulties; but returned the following year as Armadillo Day. That same year, a 10-day assortment of campus programming called Mayfest began, which included Armadillo Day, Greek Week and A&O's Spring Festival.[5] The first outdoor Mayfest concerts were produced by A&O featuring Robert Gordon 5.22.81 and Muddy Waters 5.23.81, staged on one lakefront stage and offered at no cost to students. Mayfest Productions eventually formed from A&O Productions, solely producing the Saturday concert event on the shores of Lake Michigan that is known today as Dillo Day. Mayfest Productions has earned a reputation for booking major industry artists, and is annually one of the largest and most competitive clubs at Northwestern.
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The festival features a main stage, second stage, food trucks, beer garden, and Dillo Village that hosts art from students and Chicago-area artists, as well as various other games and activities. Dillo Day is open to all Northwestern University students, faculty, and staff. Students are each permitted to bring one additional guest, and a limited number of tickets are reserved for purchase by Evanston residents and Northwestern alumni. The second stage is curated in partnership with an additional campus organization-- currently Northwestern's Black student alliance, For Members Only, who has provided Dillo Day with a historic all-Black lineup on the stage for the past 3 years. In addition to Dillo Day, beginning in 2016, Mayfest Productions hosted annual Battle of the Bands and eventually Battle of the DJs competitions in the weeks leading up to the festival. The winners of these respective events perform on the main stage of Dillo Day that year.
On May 30, 2020, Mayfest Productions hosted Digital Dillo, a virtual replacement for the annual music festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those within the Northwestern community received a link to a livestream where they could watch live artist performances and participate in Q&A sessions with them. The following year, Dillo Day was held as a hybrid festival. This once again featured virtual artist performances and live Q&A's, but also had in-person components across campus the entire week of the festival similar to the original Mayfest. This included Mayfeast, a collection of food trucks outside Deering Library; Mayfit, a thrift shopping event at Norris University Center; Dildo Day, a variety of sex/body positivity events; student art installations on the Lakefill where the festival is traditionally held; a silent disco outside Norris featuring Chicago area DJ's; and screenings of artist performances on and off-campus.
^Editor, Web; Hettleman, Audrey (2022-05-23). "50th Dillo Day brings performances from Dominic Fike, Tinashe, Remi Wolf". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 2023-05-21. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
^"Dillo Day is back in person and better than ever". news.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
^Editor, Web; Fulton, Jacob (2022-05-13). "Dominic Fike announced as Dillo Day nighttime headliner". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 2023-05-21. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
^Editor, Web; Hettleman, Audrey (2022-05-19). "FMO Second Stage artists announced for 50th Dillo Day by Mayfest". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 2023-05-21. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
^Editor, Web; Villaflor, Beatrice (2023-05-19). "Dillo Day preview: What to know about the out-of-this-world lineup with Offset Dillo Day: What to know for an out-of-this-world lineup". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 2023-05-21. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
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This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources May 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Dillo Day is an annual all day music festival at Northwestern University that takes place at the end of spring quarter on the Lakefill Started in the 1972 73 school year it is organized by Mayfest Productions a Northwestern student group and is the largest student run music festival in the country Northwestern lists Dillo Day as one of its most notable traditions 1 Lupe Fiasco performing at Dillo Day in 2007 Contents 1 History 2 Organization 3 Past lineups 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe festival has its roots in May Day or Mayfete Mayfete was a time when students would celebrate the renunciation of the May Queen of the temporal world for a spiritual one according to a 1951 history of the event 2 Although little is known about the early days May Day was originally a celebration of the women of Northwestern The crowning of the May Queen was the central event and the pomp included a Maypole dance and cotillion May Day expanded to May Week in 1946 to accommodate a women s sing men s sing and an honors ceremony Armadillo Productions was created in 1972 by two students from Austin Texas to honor the official animal of their home state and a concert venue there 3 They held a I Don t Think We re in Kansas Anymore festival and fair that had costumes games a treasure hunt and special events 4 It was held every year until 1976 when it was cancelled due to weather and financial difficulties but returned the following year as Armadillo Day That same year a 10 day assortment of campus programming called Mayfest began which included Armadillo Day Greek Week and A amp O s Spring Festival 5 The first outdoor Mayfest concerts were produced by A amp O featuring Robert Gordon 5 22 81 and Muddy Waters 5 23 81 staged on one lakefront stage and offered at no cost to students Mayfest Productions eventually formed from A amp O Productions solely producing the Saturday concert event on the shores of Lake Michigan that is known today as Dillo Day Mayfest Productions has earned a reputation for booking major industry artists and is annually one of the largest and most competitive clubs at Northwestern Organization editThe festival features a main stage second stage food trucks beer garden and Dillo Village that hosts art from students and Chicago area artists as well as various other games and activities Dillo Day is open to all Northwestern University students faculty and staff Students are each permitted to bring one additional guest and a limited number of tickets are reserved for purchase by Evanston residents and Northwestern alumni The second stage is curated in partnership with an additional campus organization currently Northwestern s Black student alliance For Members Only who has provided Dillo Day with a historic all Black lineup on the stage for the past 3 years In addition to Dillo Day beginning in 2016 Mayfest Productions hosted annual Battle of the Bands and eventually Battle of the DJs competitions in the weeks leading up to the festival The winners of these respective events perform on the main stage of Dillo Day that year On May 30 2020 Mayfest Productions hosted Digital Dillo a virtual replacement for the annual music festival due to the COVID 19 pandemic Those within the Northwestern community received a link to a livestream where they could watch live artist performances and participate in Q amp A sessions with them The following year Dillo Day was held as a hybrid festival This once again featured virtual artist performances and live Q amp A s but also had in person components across campus the entire week of the festival similar to the original Mayfest This included Mayfeast a collection of food trucks outside Deering Library Mayfit a thrift shopping event at Norris University Center Dildo Day a variety of sex body positivity events student art installations on the Lakefill where the festival is traditionally held a silent disco outside Norris featuring Chicago area DJ s and screenings of artist performances on and off campus Past lineups edit1981 Robert Gordon Muddy Waters1983 The Ramones2001 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Black Eyed Peas Nymb Dismemberment Plan All Mighty Senators2002 Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Mystic The Slackers Jephreee The Pages Local Age2003 Robert Randolph and the Family Band The Crystal Method Blackalicious Steel Train Idlewild Troubled Hubble2004 The Wailers Gavin Degraw The Pharcyde The Ms Michael Tolcher2005 George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelics The Black Keys Matt Nathanson Acceptance2006 Ben Folds Robert Randolph and the Family Band Mae High End Trio2007 Cake The Roots Lupe Fiasco Pete Francis Office2008 6 Common Broken Social Scene Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Third Eye Blind The Cool Kids A DJ set by Northwestern University alumnus William Butler member of Arcade Fire A DJ set by Flosstradamus Clash Gordon DJ Sicarii2009 7 N E R D Estelle Tally Hall Mike Posner The Decemberists2010 8 Regina Spektor Guster Practical Tactical Rhymefest Super Mash Bros Nelly2011 9 B o B Chiddy Bang New Pornographers N A S A Kill the Noise Guns amp Sons Peter Bjorn and John2012 10 Cold War Kids Kendrick Lamar Reel Big Fish Big Boi Steve Aoki2013 10 11 Walk the Moon Danny Brown Smash Mouth Lunice Wiz Khalifa2014 11 Main Stage Chance The Rapper 2 Chainz Ryan Hemsworth OK Go CultsWNUR x IndieU Stage 12 Tink The GTW Sirr Tmo Teen Witch Fan Club RUNNING2015 11 Note Dillo Day was canceled in 2015 due to weather Main Stage Charli XCX Odesza Miguel A AP Ferg Saint MotelWNUR Stage Sicko Mobb Cakes da Killa Ben Aqua Archie Powell amp The Exports K Rizz2016Main Stage Schoolboy Q Cashmere Cat Anderson Paak amp The Free Nationals The Mowgli s Hayden JamesWNUR Stage Derrick Carter Smino Mister Wallace Colleen Green AkenyaBattle of the Bands Winner DIAL UP2017Main Stage MGMT Gramatik Little Simz DRAM PorchesWNUR x Nongshim Stage Marie Davidson MikeQ Downtown Boys Chynna Rogers BunnyBand amp DJ winner respectively Prez Harris amp Friends Onnij x Ouyang2018Main StageYoung the Giant 13 TOKiMONSTA 13 Whitney 13 Joey Bada Daniel CaesarWNUR x Nongshim StageCupcakke Dos Santos Violence Jasmine Infiniti Guerilla TossBand amp DJ winner respectively Wop St Bass Ritual EJ32019Main StageHippo Campus Teyana Taylor Anna Lunoe Daya A AP FergFMO StageMonique Heart Kota the Friend DFree Da Vinci Caleborate AmindiBand amp DJ winner respectively FIZZ Luminosity2020 14 Note due to the COVID 19 pandemic there were no student acts during the 2020 livestream Main StageThe Regrettes Rico Nasty Jai WolfFMO StageAzjah Yung Kaygo Mir Fontane2021 15 Main StagePlayboi Carti Ken Car on KAYTRANADA beabadoobee Omar ApolloFMO StageBlxst Brittney Carter Brandon BanksBand amp DJ winner respectively Wes Park and the Blueberry Boo Boo Babies Sydco won in 2020 2022 16 Main Stage 17 Dominic Fike 18 Tinashe Sean Kingston Remi Wolf Cochise VicetoneFMO Stage 19 Taylor Bennett Kari Faux Scorey Jordan HawkinsBand DJ and Rapper winners respectively Poor Man s Yacht Club Moondog Ciel2023 20 Main StageOffset TiaCorine Briston Maroney RINI J WorraFMO StageLil Kayla BIGBABYGUCCI Zeph France Blvck SvmBattle of the Artists WinnersDJ Lu Muse etc TavernReferences edit Northwestern Traditions Archived 2011 09 27 at the Wayback Machine Northwestern University Office of Undergraduate Admissions The Evolution of Dillo Day Northwestern Alumni About Us Archived from the original on 2021 08 02 The Evolution of Dillo Day May Celebrations University Archives Northwestern University Library Archived from the original on 2015 02 19 Liz Coffin Karlin Third Eye Blind will headline Dillo Day lineup permanent dead link North by Northwestern 25 May 2008 Mayfest 2009 Archived from the original on 2009 04 04 Retrieved 2009 03 16 Full Dillo Day lineup posted Archived 2012 07 16 at the Wayback Machine The Daily Northwestern 25 May 2010 Matt Connolly Week in Review May 26 Dillo Day lacrosse and coupon apps North by Northwestern 26 May 2011 a b Lineup Archived from the original on 2012 05 10 Retrieved 2012 05 25 a b c About Us Archived from the original on 2016 03 31 Facebook https www facebook com events 1487777954784568 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help a b c Dillo Day 2018 Lineup Dillo Day Archived from the original on 22 May 2018 Retrieved 22 May 2018 Digital Dillo 2020 five things to know news northwestern edu Retrieved 2023 05 21 Dillo Day www dilloday com Retrieved 2023 05 21 Editor Web Hettleman Audrey 2022 05 23 50th Dillo Day brings performances from Dominic Fike Tinashe Remi Wolf The Daily Northwestern Retrieved 2023 05 21 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last1 has generic name help Dillo Day is back in person and better than ever news northwestern edu Retrieved 2023 05 21 Editor Web Fulton Jacob 2022 05 13 Dominic Fike announced as Dillo Day nighttime headliner The Daily Northwestern Retrieved 2023 05 21 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last1 has generic name help Editor Web Hettleman Audrey 2022 05 19 FMO Second Stage artists announced for 50th Dillo Day by Mayfest The Daily Northwestern Retrieved 2023 05 21 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last1 has generic name help Editor Web Villaflor Beatrice 2023 05 19 Dillo Day preview What to know about the out of this world lineup with Offset Dillo Day What to know for an out of this world lineup The Daily Northwestern Retrieved 2023 05 21 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last1 has generic name help External links editOfficial website groups northwestern edu newmedia medill northwestern edu Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dillo Day amp oldid 1217576531, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
