Vacationer will headline daylong music festival at El Burrito in Five Points.
WUSC-FM will wrap up the school year with burritos and live music at the third-consecutive WUSC Jamboree at El Burrito on Saturday.
The daylong burrito bash kicks off with MyBrother MySister at 1 p.m., followed by nine other bands. Electro-pop headliners Vacationer will take the stage at 9 p.m. Admission is $8 at the door.
“It’s a lot of really talented bands for a really cheap price — less than $1 per band,” said Kate Appelbaum, WUSC’s current station manager and a third-year public relations student. “It’ll be a great way to hang out, have good food and good music and finish out the year.”
In addition to Vacationer, who performed on campus for the Sperry Vacationland Tour last month, the event includes local favorites like self-professed “bipolar rockers” MyBrother MySister and rapper FatRat Da Czar.
In between the big line-up and the authentic Mexican cuisine, the Jamboree should have something for every taste.
“I’m really excited about the line-up,” Appelbaum said. “We’re hoping students who saw [Vacationer] perform at Vacationland will come out again. We’ve also got Heyrocco — definitely a local favorite — and FatRat Da Czar with that hip-hop element.”
Applebaum said that this year, WUSC worked to add big-name artists to the show without alienating the “traditional local crowd.”
“One thing we’ve been trying to do is bring in bigger headliners and not necessarily just local artists,” she said. “We’ve got bands with a more national draw as well as local flavor.”