SWOSUPalooza
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{{primary sources|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox recurring event
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| caption = Logo for SWOSUpalooza 12
| status = Active
| frequency = Annually
| location = Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma, U.S.
| founder_name = Chip Diffendaffer
| years_active = {{age|2000|1|1}}
| first = April 13, 2000
| last = March 25, 2021
| genre = Live music
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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,{{cite tweet |user=swosu |author-link=SWOSU |number=1222646300837142528 |title=Flatland Cavalry, Mike Ryan & Triston Marez will be featured at SWOSUpalooza Thurs., April 9, at 8 p.m. in the Pioneer Cellular Event Center. It's also SWOSU Rodeo Weekend. Music event sponsored by the Student Government Assoc. & Panorama Series. Ticket & other info coming soon!|date=2020-01-29 |accessdate=2020-04-14}} was rescheduled for August 20{{cite tweet |user=swosu |author-link=SWOSU |number=1240404439690891276 |title=SWOSUpalooza 2020 has been rescheduled for Thurs., Aug. 20, at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center during the first week of Fall semester classes. Look forward to having @FlatlandCavalry, @mikeryanband & @TristonMarez at SWOSU! (Tickets already purchased on stubwire to be honored)|date=2020-03-18 |accessdate=2020-04-14}} 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
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| SWOSU- Palooza | Date | Headliners | Others | Location | Ref |
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| 1 | Thursday April 13, 2000 | Mollys Yes | Between Thieves Mercury 1 | SWOSU campus Memorial Student Center {{coord |35.5337 |N |98.7071 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Memorial Student Center |display=inline}} | |
| 2 | Thursday April 19, 2001 | Caroline's Spine | SpinAround Mercury 1 Roustabouts Spill | SWOSU campus Memorial Student Center {{coord |35.5337 |N |98.7071 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Memorial Student Center |display=inline}} | |
| 3 | Thursday April 18, 2002 | Underwater People | Time Machine Spoken Subseven Solomonsplendor Banner Road Escape The Goat 5 Star Day Lotic | SWOSU campus Memorial Student Center {{coord |35.5337 |N |98.7071 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Memorial Student Center |display=inline}} | |
| 4 | Thursday April 24, 2003 | The Mimsies | Bleach Wakeland Stat Band Subseven Ephraim The Destro Walrus Banner Road Philadelphia | SWOSU campus Memorial Student Center {{coord |35.5337 |N |98.7071 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Memorial Student Center |display=inline}} | |
| 5 | Thursday April 15, 2004 | Sly's Alter Ego {{refn|group=note|2004 94.7 The Buzz March Bandness winner}} | Farewell Down Sum Of Us Banner Road TroopSonic The Weeping Tree Solomonsplendor | SWOSU campus Memorial Student Center {{coord |35.5337 |N |98.7071 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Memorial Student Center |display=inline}} | |
| 6 | Thursday April 14, 2005 | Subseven | Winter Circle {{refn|group=note|2005 94.7 The Buzz March Bandness winner}} Jackson After The Accident Welcome The Silence Handing By A Thread The Fighting Potato Wedges Tulchalk | SWOSU campus Centennial Clock Tower {{coord |35.5343 |N |98.7078 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Centennial Clock Tower |display=inline}} | |
| 7 | Thursday April 13, 2006 | Fresh Sunday {{refn|group=note|2006 94.7 The Buzz March Bandness winner}} | Slingshot Method Falling Sideways Solomonsplendor Hollow Evicted Lights Out | SWOSU campus south of Milam Stadium {{refn|group=note|name=som|Prior to construction of Pioneer Cellular Event Center on the site}} {{coord |35.5350 |N |98.7108 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=south of Milam Stadium |display=inline}} | |
| 8 | Thursday April 12, 2007 | Hush Hush Commotion {{refn|group=note|2007 94.7 The Buzz March Bandness winner}} | Winter Circle Slingshot Method Congress Of A Crow Chris Eaton Band El Paso Hot Button Meinert Brothers Band | SWOSU campus Memorial Student Center {{coord |35.5337 |N |98.7071 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Memorial Student Center |display=inline}} | |
| 9 | Thursday April 24, 2008 | No Justice Meant2B | Hush Hush Commotion Skinny Road Walkin Hollow Vannadine | SWOSU campus south of Milam Stadium {{refn|group=note|name=som}} {{coord |35.5350 |N |98.7108 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=south of Milam Stadium |display=inline}} | |
| 10 | Thursday April 16, 2009 | Randy Rogers Band | Welcome The Silence {{refn|group=note|2009 94.7 The Buzz March Bandness winner}} 306 Skinny Road Walking | SWOSU campus Milam Stadium {{coord |35.5360 |N |98.7108 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Milam Stadium |display=inline}} | |
| 11 | Thursday April 15, 2010 | Johnny Cooper The Bart Crow Band | Delvin Ruffcutt Theatre Breaks Loose Sarah Simpson {{refn|group=note|Miss SWOSU 2010}} | SWOSU campus Wellness Center {{coord |35.5361 |N |98.7098 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Wellness Center |display=inline}} | |
| 12 | Thursday April 14, 2011 | Eve 6 {{refn|group=note|First performance with original members since 2004}} | Green Corn Revival Bleu Edmonson | SWOSU campus Wellness Center {{coord |35.5361 |N |98.7098 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Wellness Center |display=inline}} | |
| 13 | Thursday April 19, 2012 | Stoney LaRue | Delvin Sirleaf Curtis & Luckey Josh Sallee | SWOSU campus Wellness Center {{coord |35.5361 |N |98.7098 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Wellness Center |display=inline}} | |
| 14 | Thursday April 25, 2013 | David Nail | Jenny Simms | Rader Park Doug Villines Pavilion {{coord |35.5650 |N |98.6756 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Doug Villines Pavilion |display=inline}} | |
| 15 | Saturday April 5, 2014 | Graham Colton Falls | At Long Last Denver Duncan Tallows | SWOSU campus Centennial Clock Tower {{coord |35.5343 |N |98.7078 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Centennial Clock Tower |display=inline}} | |
| 16 | Friday April 10, 2015 | Jason Boland & The Stragglers Graham Colton | Jared Deck and the Travelers Autumn Ray | SWOSU campus Pioneer Cellular Event Center {{coord |35.5348 |N |98.7109 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Pioneer Cellular Event Center |display=inline}} | |
| 17 | Tuesday April 19, 2016 | Whiskey Myers | Read Southall | SWOSU campus Pioneer Cellular Event Center {{coord |35.5348 |N |98.7109 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Pioneer Cellular Event Center |display=inline}} | |
| 18 | Thursday March 30, 2017 | Shane Smith & The Saints Koe Wetzel | Tyler Wilhelm & A Few Dollars More | SWOSU campus Pioneer Cellular Event Center {{coord |35.5348 |N |98.7109 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Pioneer Cellular Event Center |display=inline}} | |
| 19 | Friday–Saturday April 6–7, 2018 | Stoney LaRue Ben Rector | Flatland Cavalry Keelan Donovan | SWOSU campus Pioneer Cellular Event Center {{coord |35.5348 |N |98.7109 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Pioneer Cellular Event Center |display=inline}} | |
| rowspan="2" | 20 | Friday April 5, 2019 | Parker McCollum Read Southall Band | Hunter Thomas | SWOSU campus Pioneer Cellular Event Center {{coord |35.5348 |N |98.7109 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Pioneer Cellular Event Center |display=inline}} | |
| Saturday April 6, 2019 | Keelan Donovan | Scott Hand Han Yu Shih Yesterdayz Pantz Grant Scowden Jared Deck | Crowder Lake University Park {{coord |35.4003 |N |98.6991 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Crowder Lake University Park |display=inline}} | ||
| 21 | Thursday March 25, 2021 {{refn|group=note|Postponed from April 2020 due to COVID-19}} | Flatland Cavalry | Mike Ryan Triston Marez | SWOSU campus Pioneer Cellular Event Center {{coord |35.5348 |N |98.7109 |W |region:US-OK_type:event |name=Pioneer Cellular Event Center |display=inline}} |
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