Events Calendar

**Please note that this is the biggest event yet to come to The University of Scranton and attendance will be over 1,000+ students throughout the day.  As a result, both the 1st and 3rd Floor Dining areas will be closed as of 3PM on Saturday, May 5.  Mulberry Market will remain open in the evening**

USPB Spring Fest is an all day event kicking off the Summer season. A Battle of the Bands will take place early in the day and will involve 5 bands who will be competing for prizes and bragging rights. These local bands include Silhouette Lies, House Elves, Eye on Attraction, Ooze the Dial, and Cucumber Salad.

Later in the evening, we will have a full scale concert with Russell Dickerson and Filligar as opening bands and Cute Is What We Aim For as the headliner.

All kinds of great Mexican food and snacks will be available throughout the day and a full Mexican dinner will be served at night to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

A Lawn Game bracket-style tournament including Cornhole and Can Jam will be held starting at 4PM.  Registration link is available below.  In addition, we will take walk up participants but pre-registration is HIGHLY encouraged.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dENkMnNXWXY2LWNzekNpMl9wTjhUVnc6MQ#gid=0

Novelties including Airbrush Tattoos, Photo Cubes, Personalized Street Signs, Spin Art Frisbees, and Big Chair Photos will be available throughout the afternoon. 



Cute Is What We Aim For: An American pop-punk band from Buffalo, New York.  The band formed in 2005 and since have released two full length albums. Their 2006 debut The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch spent countless months on the Billboard Top 200 Charts; the group successfully headlined Alternative Press’ Bands You Need To Know tour (and graced the cover of the magazine) and Cute Is What We Aim For were named one of Rolling Stones’ 10 Artists To Watch. These feats were propelled by their hit singles "The Curse of Curves", "Practice Makes Perfect", and "Lyrical Lies." Their mix of upbeat lyrics and pop-punk sound ensure that they entertain all types of musical tastes.

Filligar: Hailed as “one of the best young bands in America,” Filligar is the rock n’ roll quartet comprised of the three Mathias brothers, "Johnny, Pete, and Teddy"and their lifelong friend Casey Gibson. Drawing comparisons to a “young Rolling Stones” and called “the next Kings of Leon,” the band gives classic rock their own unique and distinctly modern edge. They’ve headlined sold out shows at the nation’s most acclaimed venues, toured the United Kingdom to wildly enthusiastic audiences, and recently supported both The Black Keys and My Morning Jacket. In December 2011, the powerhouse music blog RSL named Filligar one of the top 8 live acts in the USA, along with fellow Windy City band Wilco.

Russell Dickerson: From the modest pews of a West Tennessee church to the gleaming stages of Music City, twenty-four year old Russell Dickerson was destined to make his way to the spotlight. With a musical family background and the natural ability to entertain, Dickerson discovered his love for country music when his family moved to Nashville at the age of ten. With a commanding presence both off and on the stage, the 6'4" Dickerson blends his rich vocal quality with a style all his own. "You've gotta' respect the traditional music while doing your own thing at the same time," he says.