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Rites of Spring - 2 Day Pass
Fri, 12 Apr - Sat, 13 Apr
Show Start
6:00 PM CDT
Vanderbilt University Alumni Lawn
2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240
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Festival Information
Parking
Free parking is available at the Terrace Place Parking Garage, located off 21st Avenue South on Terrace Place.
*********Note: Do not park in reserved areas or your car will be towed.
Alcohol and Bag Policy
Festival goers will no longer be allowed to bring their own alcoholic beverages. Instead, beer only will be available for purchase from designated vendors at the event scheduled for Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13, on Vanderbilt’s Alumni Lawn. Security will check identification for all festival attendees prior to the purchase of beer and attendees will be limited to three beers per day.
Non-alcoholic drinks and food will also be available for purchase at the event and the university’s Vanderbilt Recovery Support/Center for Student Wellbeing will be providing free bottles of water throughout the duration of the festival.
Other policies attendees should be aware of include the following:
Coolers will not be allowed to be checked in at the gates in order to reduce bottlenecks and speed entry to the event.
Backpacks (including hydration packs), large purses, and bags will not be allowed on festival grounds. There will be a storage place on Vanderbilt Pl to store your items for a fee.
Small clutch bags, approximately the size of a hand either with or without a handle or strap, and fanny packs are permissible.
Exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis for medically required items after proper inspection.
Items Allowed into the event:
Blankets
Clutch Purses/Fanny Packs – subject to search
Items Not Allowed into the event:
No backpacks
No bags (only small clutch bags)
No Alcohol
No weapons of any kind
No fireworks
No umbrellas
No illegal substances
No glass containers
No frisbees
No video cameras
No professional photography equipment (Unless you have an artist pass)
No go pros
No food or drinks – other than factory sealed water bottles and small snacks for dietary needs.
NO PETS
See https://studentorg.vanderbilt.edu/ros/information/ for more information and policies.
Ticket Terms and Conditions
VU TICKETS ONLY VALID WITH VANDERBILT ID AT DOOR
GENERAL PUBLIC TICKET - NO ID REQUIRED
MINORS UNDER 18 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT | NO BAGS ALLOWED | ARTIST SUBJECT TO CHANGE | NO REFUNDS
Event Information
Age Limit
All Ages
Hip-Hop/Rap
21 Savage
21 Savage
Hip-Hop/Rap
Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, famous as 21 Savage and as the Slaughter King, is an American rapper and songwriter. A popular teen icon today, he is admired not just for his musical skills, but also for his incredible rise to name and fame from being a petty criminal on the streets. Having grown up in Decatur, the mean part of East Atlanta, Georgia, he started dealing in drugs when he was 14 years old. He arrived at the music industry quite late, in 2013 at 21 years of age. Investing the money he had earned in the years spent on the streets, he began recording at the renowned Patchwerk Studios. Soon he caught the attention of Key!, the mainstay rapper who has played an essential role in the ground-level movement of Atlanta’s hip-hop scene. Key! gave Shayaa some career advice and introduced him to music producers who were interested in investing in a fresh yet powerful voice. Thus petty criminal Shayaa became rapper “21 Savage” and went on to release tracks like ‘Drip’, ‘X ft Future’, ‘No Heart’, ‘Red Opps’, ‘Woah’, ‘Red Rag Blue Rag’, ‘Skrrt Skrrt’, and ‘Supply’ which became massive hits, accumulating millions in revenue.
Indie Rock
Moon Taxi
Moon Taxi
Indie Rock
The five piece band hailing from Nashville has released three albums: Cabaret (2012), Mountains
Beaches Cities (2013) and Daybreaker (2015). They have appeared on Late Show with David Letterman,
Late Night with Seth Meyers and Conan. Their music has also been featured in multiple commercial and
TV placements, including BMW, Nashville, MLB, NFL and HBO Sports to name a few. A festival favorite,
the band has performed at Bonnaroo, Coachella, Governor’s Ball, Hangout Festival, Lollapalooza, Austin
City Limits, Outside Lands and more. Daybreaker was recorded at Blackbird Studios in Nashville and
produced by Jacquire King (Kings Of Leon, Modest Mouse, Tom Waits, James Bay). Fans can expect a
new release from Moon Taxi in early 2017.
Southern Rap
Big K.R.I.T.
Big K.R.I.T.
Southern Rap
Recalling the Dirty South sound of UGK and Scarface, Mississippi rapper/producer Big K.R.I.T. spent five years on the mixtape circuit honing his skills before his 2010 release took his career to another level.The release was the mixtape K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, a groundbreaking critical success that had bloggers declaring the South's future, while a commercial success as well, generating enough downloads and "likes" that the Def Jam label took notice, signing the artist that same year. It was also the year K.R.I.T. -- which stands for King Remembered In Time -- appeared on Currensy's Top 40 debut, Pilot Talk, along with Wiz Khalifa's hit mixtape Kush & Orange Juice. His 2011 release Return of 4eva was extravagant by mixtape standards, with elaborate cover art and guest appearances from Chamillionaire, Raheem DeVaughn, and David Banner, along with challenging titles like "Another Naive Individual Glorifying Greed and Encouraging Racism." A track on R&B singer Chris Brown's 2011 mixtape Boy in Detention indicated that his commercial aspirations were still there as well, although the guest list for his 2012 debut, Live from the Underground, would be a mix of true hip-hop (Eightball & MJG, Devin the Dude, and Bun B) and truly surprising (B.B. King, Anthony Hamilton). ~ David Jeffries
Hip-Hop/Rap
Soulja Boy
Soulja Boy
Hip-Hop/Rap
Soulja Boy Tell Em (born DeAndre Way) is a Grammy nominated and BET Award winning artist and a seasoned businessman, wielding all the hit making requirements: live entertainer, recording artist, music producer and entrepreneur. Soulja Boy has helped redefine the music industry by utilizing social media and engaging with fans. Before the age of 18, his self-published single “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and it later became a number-one Billboard hit in the United States for seven weeks. After the success of spreading his music through the Internet in 2004 and establishing his Stacks On Deck Music Group, he’s continued to be a pioneer in the music industry, manage a record label and create a clothing line. Throughout his career, Soulja Boy has definitely been a pioneer in music, being one of the first to use the internet to propel and maintain a strong fan base, creating history in the music industry and the way we digest media.
Most recently heard on the radio, Soulja Boy has collaborated with Nicki Minaj (“Yasss Bish”), Drake (“We Made It”) and Migos (“Actavis”) to create. His next project King Soulja 5 is slated to be released in early 2016.
Contemporary R&B
Jamila Woods
Jamila Woods
Contemporary R&B
Jamila Woods’ cultural lineage–from her love of Lucille Clifton’s poetry to cherished letters from her grandmother to the infectious late 80s post-punk of The Cure–structure the progressive, delicate and minimalist soul of HEAVN, her debut solo album released in the summer of 2016 on Closed Sessions. “It’s like a collage process,” she says. “It’s very enjoyable to me to take something I love and mold it into something new.” A frequent guest vocalist in the hip-hop, jazz and soul world, Jamila has emerged as a once-in-a-generation voice on her soul-stirring debut.
Born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, Woods grew up in a family of music lovers. It took a surprise poetry class with a high school arts program for Jamila to finally find her metaphorical and literal voice. “Through poetry, I realized you are the expert of your own experience,” she says. Her poetry studies continued in college and in her professional career with Young Chicago Authors.
Music–like poetry– is personal. “It became a way to stop hiding, to actually be the most honest with myself through writing,” she says. “It helps me check in with myself.” And that honesty translated to HEAVN, an album she describes as a collection of, “nontraditional love songs pushing the idea of what makes a love song.” You’ll find the bits and pieces of her past and present that make Jamila: family, the city of Chicago, self-care, and the black women she calls friends.
Jamila is an artist of substance creating music crafted with a sturdy foundation of her passions and influences. True and pure in its construction and execution, her music is the best representation of Jamila herself: strong in her roots, confident in her ideas, and attuned to the people, places and things shaping her world.
Neo-Soul
Ari Lennox
Ari Lennox
Neo-Soul
It never fails. The moment you hear a distinctive voice, it pierces right through and stays with you. Ari Lennox possesses such a voice.
Early fans of the Washington, D.C.-bred singer-songwriter became clued in three years ago when they began repeatedly clicking onto YouTube to hear her refreshing, laid-back vocals on soulful covers of songs by Coldplay, Fantasia, Blink 182 and finally her own track “La La La La.” The buzz grew following the release of “Backseat” featuring Cozz—her first single after being signed to Dreamville/Interscope in late 2015.
Now it’s time for everyone else to catch up. And that will happen with the release of Lennox’s PHO EP. Then everyone will learn that besides her unique vocals, Lennox isn’t afraid to unleash what’s exactly on her mind. Take “Backseat,” for instance, in which the female is the one shifting the romantic gears in the relationship to get what she wants physically.
“While the music is soulful,” explains Lennox, “I’m also talking about something suggestive and unusual for a young female. Sometimes women are put in this box where we’re only supposed to talk about certain things. I want to be braver and riskier. I think people want to hear that kind of honesty and frankness.”
Being brave and taking risks is how Lennox has always approached her craft. While her high school friends were talking about college and joining the military after graduating in 2009, she knew only one thing absolutely: “I wanted to do music.”
While growing up in the D.C. area, Lennox came by her love of music thanks to her parents and grandmother. They introduced their youngest daughter to a diverse array of artists ranging from Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Minnie Riperton to John Legend, Common, Whitney Houston and D’Angelo. Her grandmother was a casino singer whom Lennox describes as having a “breathtaking, Diana Ross-type vibe.”
Indie Rock
Nordista Freeze
Nordista Freeze
Indie Rock
Nordista Freeze is known across the US for his high energy performances. His unique blend of 60s pop (Velvet Underground, Beach Boys) with modern psychedelia (Black Moth Super Rainbow, Animal Collective) gives him a modern, timeless sound.
Through his tireless touring (300 shows in two years), he has already made a name for himself across the US & Canada. With monstrous stage presence, high-energy dance moves & Beach Boys harmony, he wins over new fans night after night. NPR described Freeze’s work as “the most beautiful and perfect example of the Nashville music scene” while Nashville Scene declared “cosmic Tom Petty” as one of the most likely artists to “rule” in 2018.
Freeze has also worked hard to unite Nashville’s DIY music scene, encouraging other artists to seize their full potential. Freezefest artists have since gone on to open for Willie Nelson, Cage The Elephant, and even win national competitions like The Voice. Charlie Peacock (Bono, The Civil Wars) & other Grammy producers are enamored by his young talent, hard work & endless motivation.
Hip-Hop/Rap
Lackhoney
Lackhoney
Hip-Hop/Rap
Growing up with Indian and Pakistani parents meant young Aly “Lackhoney” Lakhani heard more Bollywood hits and Muslim spiritual music than hip-hop. But when he first heard artists like Audio Push in middle school, his world changed.
He spent hours studying their videos, stage presence, and radio freestyles. Those early binge sessions laid the groundwork for his artistry.
Before long, Lackhoney was producing songs in Garage Band with ripped instrumentals from YouTube videos and a borrowed microphone. He taught himself production on the Internet — a skill he expanded when he enrolled at Vanderbilt University, where he met collaborators Curt and Lucy DK.
During his freshman year at Vanderbilt, Lackhoney forwent the college party scene and spent his weekends in the campus recording studio, often walking back to his dorm around the same time others were going for morning jogs.
The hard work paid off. Taking a cue from artists like Russ, Lackhoney released a stream of singles like “Wrong,” “Bounce,” and “Self Work,” building a passionate following on campus. He fused his influences with inspiration from acts like Smino, Chance the Rapper and indie rockers Arlie.
A clever lyricist and charismatic vocalist, Lackhoney is carving out a unique place in hip hop by embracing his own reality, from dealing with the racial prejudice he experiences as a Muslim to the everyday ups and downs of life as a student. He details his truths in upcoming projects throughout 2019.