Friday Night Bash
Fun, Food, Friends and the Start of Our Celebration!
Join us Friday, Oct. 3, for a fun evening to kick off UNI's sesquicentennial celebration!
Catch up with what is happening on campus, get dinner from local food trucks, enjoy some great music and wrap up the evening with fireworks. It is a fun-filled night leading into the year-long celebration of 150 years of the University of Northern Iowa.
Schedule
Lawther Field and Campanile Lawn
5-6:30 p.m. - Student musicians on the GBPAC Mobile Stage
5-7 p.m. - College and Alumni Association tents
5-8:30 p.m. - Food trucks, beer tent and yard games
West Gym Courtyard
6:30 p.m. - Sesquicentennial Celebration Kick-Off
7 p.m. - Marshall Charloff & the Purple XPeRIeNCE
9 p.m. - Fireworks
Marshall Charloff & the Purple XPeRIeNCE
Marshall Charloff & the Purple XPeRIeNCE is one of the most celebrated tribute to Prince in the world. The group was co-founded in the “Purple Mecca” – Minneapolis – by Marshall and Matt “Doctor” Fink (keyboardist from Prince & The Revolution) in 2011, an era where Prince closely monitored the use of his art. Their vision was to deliver Prince’s music on the highest leve, played live and untracked by skilled musicians, while paying respectful homage through costuming and likeness.
Immediately met with success and adoration from discerning Prince devotees, the band is now in its 14th year of touring, nationwide and internationally, and has performed for over 1 million fans. In 2019, Marshall Charloff & The Purple xPeRIeNCE were selected by the US Department of State to be featured in the USA Pavillion of the World Expo in Dubai. The band continues to hold the distiction of playing the show 100% LIVE, COMPLETELY UNTRACKED–paying homage to the greatest musician of our time –Prince–with REAL MUSICIANSHIP.