We are less than a week before Kesha and Kygo take over Franklin Field and perform in front of a crowd of Penn students. With that in mind, who else is performing at each Ivy League school's spring concert? We take a look.
- Brown announced Hudson Mohawke and Modest Mouse as their headliners for their spring weekend on April 17-18. Brown students also have performances from Waka Flocka Flame and others to look forward to at their concerts.
- Columbia's spring concert, Bacchanal, took place on April 4 after weeks of controversy. It was headlined by Big Sean. After behavioral concerns at last year's concert, Columbia's deans threatened to cancel the 2016 Bacchanal if incidents continued this year.
- Cornell's annual Slope Day festivities will be headlined by Chance the Rapper on May 7. This will be the third straight year that Cornell has a rapper headline its spring concert after Kendrick Lamar and Ludacris performed in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Magic! will also perform at Slope Days.
- Dartmouth's Green Key Weekend will be the last of the Ivy spring concerts, taking place May 15-17 this year. The concert will have T-Pain as the headliner, with the Far East Movement and Misterwives also performing.
- Harvard's annual Yardfest will be held on April 24th with Jessie J as the performer. It will be one day before she performs at Yale for its annual concert. Janelle Monae headlined its concert last year.
- Princeton's Lawnparties will have Big Sean as the headliner. The decision to have Big Sean as the headliner was met with significant backlash on campus, as a petition was started to remove him from the concert.
- Yale announced last month that Jessie J will headline its Spring Fling. It will be the first time in 17 years that a female artist will headline its spring concert, which will take place on April 25.
So do you think Penn has the best headliner? Give us your thoughts in the comment section below.
The article originally read that Lupe Fiasco and others were headlining this year's Green Key Weekend. That was in fact last year. The DP regrets this error and will update this post when Dartmouth announces its headliner for this year.
