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  • Free! Move Mix Festival. 2–8 p.m. Saturday, September 14. Register now!

Move Mix Festival
Headlined by BJ The Chicago Kid
And featuring a variety of local artists

2:00 pm Saturday, September 14, 2024

Join us in celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of our home base with a mix of artists and genres, on multiple stages, inside and outside Eisenhower Auditorium!

2–8 p.m.
Come for an hour or stay for the day!

Artists from Penn State and the Centre Region will perform and host workshops inside and outside the building, including cirque, a cappella choirs and singer-songwriters, rock bands, and dance ensembles. Pop-rock duo Hops and Vines will cap off the festival with renditions of classic rock songs. 

BJ the Chicago Kid will headline the daylong event. The R&B singer has collaborated with heavy hitters of Top Dawg Entertainment rap artists Schoolboy Q, Kendrick Lamar, and Jay Rock; and other prominent hip-hop artists such as Chance the Rapper, Anderson .Paak, and Yeti Beats.
Advisory: Lyrics may contain explicit themes.

Limited seating will be available, but you are welcome to bring your own folding or camp chair.

 

ARTIST SCHEDULE

Conference room

3:10-3:30 p.m., Black Cat Belly Dance workshop with Shannon Bishop
4:40-5 p.m., Workshop with Aneaus Smith Dance

Loading dock

2-2:20 p.m., Shades of Blue (a cappella)
2:40-3 p.m., Raw Aesthetic Movements (dance)
3:20-3:40 p.m., Nittany Ballet (dance)
4-4:20 p.m., Making State (rock band)
6-6:30 p.m., Hops and Vines (pop and rock band)
7-8 p.m., BJ The Chicago Kid (hip-hop and soul singer)

Lobby

2:30-2:50 p.m., Virginia Kay (singer)
3:15-3:35 p.m., The Extra-Ordinary Capvara (circus)
3:55-4:15 p.m., Tommy Willis (beatboxing)
4:40-5 p.m., None of the Above (a cappella)

Patio

2:20-2:40 p.m., Liv and the Juveniles (rock band)
3-3:20 p.m., Penn State Graduate Percussion Quartet (band music)
3:40-4:10 p.m., Chelsea Tye, Keira Gail and Livi Hepler (singers)
4:20-4:40 p.m., Kathak Dance Collective (dance)
5-5:20 p.m., La Música de Echa (singer)
5:30-5:50 p.m., Ambitions Performance Company (dance)

The Place (Conference Room)

5:30-6:45 p.m., Cowanism (performance art)

Roaming

2:30-2:50 p.m., Shannon Bishop (belly dance)
4-4:20 p.m., Aneaus Smith Dance
 

FOOD TRUCKS

Inside Out Cookie
Rebelz Mobile Cuisine
 

TABLING ORGANIZATIONS

The ACRES Project
Center for the Performing Arts Student Advisory Council
Centre Safe
Jana Marie Foundation
Penn State College of Arts & Architecture
Performing Arts Council
PSU Votes
 

PARKING INFO

Parking is $5.50 per vehicle when reserved in advance or $10 starting at midnight on the day of the performance. Reservations can be made through 10 a.m. the day of the performance or until reservations have sold out. Parking is searchable by the event. License plate information entered at purchase must match the vehicle driven to campus on the reservation date. If a different vehicle must be driven, users must contact ParkMobile Member Support through the ParkMobile website or Park Mobile app (Settings -- Chat Support) to request a vehicle change for that reservation. Visit Parking for more information and to reserve a spot.
 

FREE
Registration is suggested

Support provided by
Janelle Bessette and Keith Karako Access Endowment
University Park Fee Board

Accessibility services supported by
William E. McTurk Endowment for Program Support