Ferris State will be welcoming electronic music duo 3OH!3 to this year’s spring concert as the headliner act in Williams Auditorium on April 3 at 7:30 p.m.
The annual spring concert isa long-time tradition that has been put on by the registered student organization, Entertainment Unlimited. The previous spring concert was headlined by none other than Waka Flocka Flame and advisor of Entertainment Unlimited, Ben Avery, is excited about the new genre and to seethe various crowds of students expected to attend the event.
“I know it is a different genre from last year, but I am excited to see a sizable group of students come out and just have a fun time,” Avery said. “But that is what is important. We try and change up the genre every year, and 3OH!3 used to fill arenas, they have just been flying under the radar for the last few years. We are excited to have a fun concert with them, I have heard that they will give a good show.”
Avery explained how anyone considering attending the concert should take the opportunity while they have it.
“This is one of our big traditions at Ferris State, as far as campus programming, and you are only going to have so many of these opportunities while you are a student here,’’ Avery said. “It is a free concert and students with a current Ferris ID get prioritized seating. So you can always come back as an alum but you might not get that front-row seat that you have always dreamed about.”
Music and entertainment senior and President of Entertainment Unlimited, Kaitlyn Walters, explained how this year the process of choosing the headliner was done a little differently.
“Every year for all of our large events we kind of pick them the same way. We reach out to our middle agent and tell them we are looking at these dates, who do you have available.” Walters said. “This year we put out polls for different genres as well as posting a poll of the top 10 people that we choose, and had the students vote on that.”
In a survey put out by the Torch, 53% of participants said that they were excited about the performance. One of the excited students was public relations junior Jenelle Poth, who voted for the performer in October.
“I grew up basically kind of listening to him as a kid and would play him in a car ride along with mom and always just kind of loved them,” Poth said. “They’re just kind of funny and kind of dorky and they look kind of old now, but I’m definitely excited to see what they’re gonna bring in. I hope Ke$ha shows up. That’d be really cool, but I don’t have my money on that.”
While some students are excited for 3OH!3 to perform, others are not thrilled with the headliner, as they don’t know or barely know who they are. Early education freshman Jenaysha Warren had voted in the survey and was disappointed with the results as she only knows one of 3OH!3’s songs, “Don’t Trust Me.”
“I am underwhelmed,” Warren said. “If I wanted to go to the spring concert I would go and know one song, I would probably still have a good time because they seem like they make upbeat music. I feel like they probably should’ve chosen someone who’s more relevant.” Walters is hoping that even though this concert’s headliners are not as large as last year’s, the turnout will still be good.
“We are hoping that our reputation with such good concerts and comedians in the past will help boost attendance,” Walters said. “Some people have been super stoked about it and others have told me that they don’t know who they are, but I always tell them that if you listen to their music you will definitely know who I am talking about.”
Walter is very hopeful that anyone who comes out will enjoy themselves.
“Whether you like the music or not, our whole point as entertainment unlimited is to give the students something fun to do,” Walters said. “So we are making sure everyone comes out, has a goodtime, and doesn’t sit at home on their phone.” The opening act for 3OH!3 has not been announced yet, but auditions took place on Feb. 20 and Feb. 21.