Aggie radio to host two shows this week
Seven local bands will be performing on Federal Avenue in Logan on April 15 for Logan City Limits, the end-of-semester music festival hosted by Aggie Radio.
The bands will be split between two different venues down the street from one another, with four bands — including the headliner, Sego — playing at The Annex and the other three bands performing at Whysound.
Along with Sego, the six other bands performing are future.exboyfriend, Guava Tree, Hurtado, Holy Water Buffalo, The What-Nots and Sleep Cult.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 6-10 p.m. on Saturday evening, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m.
Mayson Garrett, a sophomore at Utah State University majoring in international studies, works as the public relations director for Aggie Radio. Garrett has had a major role in planning the festival, bringing together the bands and booking the venues.
Garrett said Logan City Limits has a “different vibe” than Big Agg Show, which happens at the beginning of fall semester.
“It’s more of a rock music festival in genre than say the Big Agg Show, which is more of a pop music festival,” Garrett said. “It’s a little bit of a different audience and a different vibe, and super fun.”
Aggie Radio station manager Audrey Flood is a junior studying human experience design and interaction. She said Aggie Radio, which is entirely student-run, provides live radio for campus and the community around the university, including programmed music and live shows from DJs.
“Aggie Radio is our on-campus radio station here at USU,” Flood said. “We also have a focus on supporting local music, especially bolstering the local music community here in Utah and Logan.”
Cathy Ives is a public radio consultant who has worked at a variety of stations throughout the country. Ives worked as the general manager for Utah Public Radio from 2006-2010 and played a major role in the founding of Aggie Radio.
When Aggie Radio was first formed, it was an online-only radio station. It became an FM station in 2016. Ives said Aggie Radio came to be thanks to students coming to her at UPR who wanted to be a part of a radio station and to be on the air.
“Putting Aggie Radio on the air was a perfect mix of all of those things, because it did allow the students to take the ball and run with it — they were able to have their own broadcast system,” Ives said.
Over the years, Aggie Radio has grown and is now able to put on bigger concerts and events such as Logan City Limits and Big Agg Show.
Sego is a band that has worked closely with Aggie Radio in the past and is coming back to headline at Logan City Limits.
“We’re bringing Sego on Saturday, which is going to be so fun,” Flood said. “They were really supportive of Aggie Radio previously when they were getting on their feet, and now they’ve become a lot bigger. I’m really glad to have them back. It’s a beautiful little full circle Aggie Radio moment.”
Another group performing at the event is Holy Water Buffalo, a band from Heber, Utah. Garrett said they have been touring with Sego, which is how they ended up being on the bill for Logan City Limits.
Logan City Limits isn’t the only show Aggie Radio is putting on this weekend. Working alongside USUSA, Aggie Radio is also hosting the End of Year Bash, which is taking place Friday, April 14.
End of Year Bash features five bands: Cinders, The Rubies, Goldmyth, Poolhouse and Basement Waves. These bands play more pop and mainstream music than that of the bands at Logan City Limits, according to Flood.
Garrett said people should get excited for Logan City Limits because it is a big festival event that doesn’t happen very often in Logan.
“It’s going to be a lot of fun, and I think that just because you don’t know an artist and their music doesn’t mean that you can’t come and enjoy it,” Garrett said. “I think it’s going to be a fun time at both End of Year Bash and Logan City Limits. People can just come and have fun and enjoy some music.”