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Electronic dance music duo LF System will be a mainstage performer for Dillo Day 2024, Mayfest Productions announced Wednesday. The duo, Conor Larkman and Sean Finnigan, is famous for their worldwide release of hit single “Afraid to Feel” in 2022. The hit samples from Silk’s “I Can’t Stop (Turning You On),” claiming its spot for...

As Smino took the stage at A&O Ball on Friday night, there was an elephant in the room in the form of a banner with a post he wrote on social platform X in 2014: “i think im at NorthWestern university . if so, yall hoes are UGLY bruh.” Ten years later, the St. Louis...

It was the Spring of 1970; The War in Vietnam was in full force and U.S. troops were going into Cambodia. American college students went full bore into protest mode, and four students at Kent State (as well as students at Jackson State) were murdered by National Guard Troops. NU went on strike, the iron...

Rise and shine, campers — Mayfest Productions launched a line of merchandise on April 18 for the 52nd Dillo Day. Anyone can buy the camp-themed items, including a “Playful Armadillo” bikini, “Sunny Armadillo” hats and a “Camp MILF” (Man I Love Fishing) T-shirt, through an online store connected to Dillo Day’s website. Though Mayfest has...

Hip-hop and R&B musician Swae Lee will headline Northwestern’s 52nd Dillo Day, Mayfest Productions announced Wednesday. The artist, known for the hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd and songs like “Sunflower” with Post Malone and “Unforgettable” with French Montana, epitomizes this year’s festival’s summer camp theme, Mayfest wrote in a Wednesday news release. “No other artist would...

Grammy-nominated musician Smino will headline A&O Productions’ annual Ball, with local artists Ausar and m.e.h. opening, A&O announced Sunday. Smino performed at Dillo Day in 2016 and opened for Carly Rae Jepsen at A&O’s 2018 Blowout concert. With one more album and one more EP under his belt, the rapper will return to headline Ball...

The Associated Student Government Senate heard a new resolution on reusable to-go cups and discussed the New Student Organization Support Fund at its meeting Wednesday. Weinberg freshman and Senator Eliza Marcus proposed a resolution to introduce the cups in Northwestern dining halls as part of the Ozzi program. The program allows students to take food...

Mayfest Productions announced on social media the theme for Dillo 52 this morning: “Camp Dillo.” After hinting with graphics of nostalgic flags and tents, the full announcement painted a colorful picture of a summer camp oasis set to take over campus on May 18. Mayfest produces the nation’s largest student-run music festival each year in...

For some, receiving Northwestern’s Summer Undergraduate Research Grant means heading to a lab or an archival library. But for student band Musecology, (formerly Muse Etc.) it meant heading to the recording studio. Musecology, formed in Fall 2023, received a $16,000 SURG following a year of gigs in backyards, basements and on Dillo Day’s mainstage. With...

Armed with renewed funding and what they call more comprehensive strategies, Mayfest says it’s more prepared than ever to give students what they want at this year’s Dillo Day. The effort starts with its revamped artist poll. Each year, Mayfest Productions sends a poll to the Northwestern community to gauge interest in different artists or...