Juliane Sunshine/Staff Writer
Student Programming Council will celebrate their annual Bayfest music festival with performances from Mr. Vegas, Kiddo Marv, Gabel Pix and DJ Luke Nast, to name a few.
Bayfest was created for not just students, but faculty, family and anyone else who wants to enjoy a musical festival.
The event has had major headliners in the past such as Trick Daddy, Kes, Jbeatz, Alan Cave and Migos, drawing crowds of 800-1000 of people and there is to be an increase of at least 200 more this year.
“There will be a mixture of reggae, hip hop, Haitian and local artists this year,” said SPC President Fabiola Jean-Baptise.
The final lineup for the Bayfest has been revealed. It first started with Mr. Vegas, Kiddo Marv, Gabel Pix and DJ Luke Nasty. The last two artists for Bayfest, are A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Sweet Micky.
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, whose real name is Artist Dubose is a rising rapper from Bronx, New York. Dubose spent most of his teenage years between New York and Florida, before finally moving back to New York. Dubose is currently co-signed with Meek Mill and DJ Khaled and his two songs “Timeless” and “My Sh*t” have both had spots on the Billboard 100.
Sweet Micky, whose real name is Michel Martelly was the president of Haiti from the years 2011 to 2016. The Haitian performing and recording artist, is also a businessman, composer and musical sociopolitical activist. His recognition with type of music known as compas or Kompa is a dance style music with Creole lyrics. Sweet Micky’s “Kite Yo Pale” is one of the singer’s newer songs released in 2016.
Bayfest will be held on April 1 from 3 p.m. to 12 a.m. behind the swimming pool at the Biscayne Bay Campus.
“There will be food trucks, games and different activities. I look forward for students to attend the event,” said Jean-Baptise.
Early bird tickets are on sale right now. FIU students can buy tickets for five dollars. Otherwise, tickets are 15 dollars. Tickets are currently being sold online through Eventbrite.
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