SWOSUPalooza is an annual concert on the Weatherford campus of Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU). Borrowing its name, in part, from the Lollapalooza festival, the event is sponsored and produced by the SWOSU Student Government Association (SGA), and is considered one of SWOSU's signature events. It showcases local and regional musicians, and frequently brings national recording artists to western Oklahoma as headliners.
History The idea for SWOSUPalooza originated in 1997 among a group of friends attending SWOSU, but was not acted on until the 1999–2000 academic year. SWOSU SGA struggled to secure funding for the first concert, and still lacked the needed funds as late as a month prior to the performance.
SWOSUPalooza was a free campus event for the first ten years of its existence. In 2010, SWOSU SGA voted to implement a minimal ticket price in order to raise additional funds and be able to bring in bigger bands.
SWOSUPalooza 21, originally scheduled to take place on April 9, 2020, was rescheduled for August 20 following a full transition to virtual course delivery for the spring 2020 semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was later postponed again until October 22, and then yet again to March 25, 2021. Thus, there was no concert in 2020.
Concerts
SWOSU-Palooza Date Headliners Others Location Ref 1 ThursdayApril 13, 2000 Mollys Yes Between ThievesMercury 1 SWOSU campusMemorial Student Center 2 ThursdayApril 19, 2001 Caroline's Spine SpinAroundMercury 1RoustaboutsSpill SWOSU campusMemorial Student Center 3 ThursdayApril 18, 2002 Underwater People Time MachineSpokenSubsevenSolomonsplendorBanner RoadEscape The Goat5 Star DayLotic SWOSU campusMemorial Student Center 4 ThursdayApril 24, 2003 The Mimsies BleachWakelandStat BandSubsevenEphraimThe DestroWalrusBanner RoadPhiladelphia SWOSU campusMemorial Student Center 5 ThursdayApril 15, 2004 Sly's Alter Ego Farewell DownSum Of UsBanner RoadTroopSonicThe Weeping TreeSolomonsplendor SWOSU campusMemorial Student Center 6 ThursdayApril 14, 2005 Subseven Winter Circle Jackson After The AccidentWelcome The SilenceHanding By A ThreadThe Fighting Potato WedgesTulchalk SWOSU campusCentennial Clock Tower 7 ThursdayApril 13, 2006 Fresh Sunday Slingshot MethodFalling SidewaysSolomonsplendorHollowEvictedLights Out SWOSU campussouth of Milam Stadium 8 ThursdayApril 12, 2007 Hush Hush Commotion Winter CircleSlingshot MethodCongress Of A CrowChris Eaton BandEl Paso Hot ButtonMeinert Brothers Band SWOSU campusMemorial Student Center 9 ThursdayApril 24, 2008 No JusticeMeant2B Hush Hush CommotionSkinny Road WalkinHollowVannadine SWOSU campussouth of Milam Stadium 10 ThursdayApril 16, 2009 Randy Rogers Band Welcome The Silence 306Skinny Road Walking SWOSU campusMilam Stadium 11 ThursdayApril 15, 2010 Johnny CooperThe Bart Crow Band DelvinRuffcuttTheatre Breaks LooseSarah Simpson SWOSU campusWellness Center 12 ThursdayApril 14, 2011 Eve 6 Green Corn RevivalBleu Edmonson SWOSU campusWellness Center 13 ThursdayApril 19, 2012 Stoney LaRue Delvin SirleafCurtis & LuckeyJosh Sallee SWOSU campusWellness Center 14 ThursdayApril 25, 2013 David Nail Jenny Simms Rader ParkDoug Villines Pavilion 15 SaturdayApril 5, 2014 Graham ColtonFalls At Long LastDenver DuncanTallows SWOSU campusCentennial Clock Tower 16 FridayApril 10, 2015 Jason Boland & The StragglersGraham Colton Jared Deck and the TravelersAutumn Ray SWOSU campusPioneer Cellular Event Center 17 TuesdayApril 19, 2016 Whiskey Myers Read Southall SWOSU campusPioneer Cellular Event Center 18 ThursdayMarch 30, 2017 Shane Smith & The SaintsKoe Wetzel Tyler Wilhelm & A Few Dollars More SWOSU campusPioneer Cellular Event Center 19 Friday–SaturdayApril 6–7, 2018 Stoney LaRueBen Rector Flatland CavalryKeelan Donovan SWOSU campusPioneer Cellular Event Center 20 FridayApril 5, 2019 Parker McCollumRead Southall Band Hunter Thomas SWOSU campusPioneer Cellular Event Center SaturdayApril 6, 2019 Keelan Donovan Scott HandHan Yu ShihYesterdayz PantzGrant ScowdenJared Deck Crowder Lake University Park 21 ThursdayMarch 25, 2021 Flatland Cavalry Mike RyanTriston Marez SWOSU campusPioneer Cellular Event Center
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