The Ohio Union Activities Board has put together another Big Free Concert. The show will feature the music of 311, Alien Ant Farm and Rookie.
The concert is scheduled for Oct. 27 in the Schottenstein Center; doors will open at 6 p.m. Opening act Rookie is slated to take the stage at 7 p.m followed by Alien Ant Farm at 8 p.m. Headliners 311 will close the show with it’s popular jam-rock, hip-hop hybrid fare.
OSU students are entitled to two free tickets for the event simply by showing a valid BuckID at the Ohio Union’s second floor information desk. Tickets are available for pick up anytime during the Union’s operating hours.
Remaining unclaimed tickets will be offered to the public after OSU students swipe all the complimentary passes they want.
“The show will be made available to the public at 8 p.m. on the 27th,” said Ryan Herron, co-chair of the concert committee. “We want to give all the students who have tickets an opportunity to get inside and get their seats, because the show is primarily for them.”
Seating will be issued on a first come, first serve basis.
The concert is one of the numerous activities the OUAB has planned for the upcoming year. Events akin to the concert have been made possible by the freshly implemented student activity fee, as well as Coca-Cola’s continuous Ohio State event sponsorship.
Shaun Zimpfer, a senior in radiology, said he felt disappointed by the Big Free Concert’s weekday scheduling. Zimpfer said students, himself included, will have conflicts involving school and work that will distract or prevent them from attending the concert.
“I heard about this concert a while back, and was definitely planning on attending,” he said. “Then I found out it is on a Monday. If I did not have to work, I would be there.”
This year the activities board is able to feature bigger name acts with the addition of extra funds in the annual budget. For the Big Free Concert it landed exactly the groups it was after.
