Logan City Limits Thursday Recap
On Thursday Logan City Limits kicked off at the Waffle Iron, located off main street. Every table at the restaurant was taken as the local festival celebrating the arts kicked off.
“Logan City Limits exists, in my opinion, to get Logan to reach its full potential. To intertwine the students and the community with the arts that exist in Logan,” said Aggie Radio’s Isaac Morales.
Holley Stringham Nora Barlow, a singer at Logan City Limits performing at the Waffle Iron, Thursday April 5, playing a mix of original work and covers.
Artists interacted with the audience and made jokes between songs. The community was brought together by the sound of local music and The Cache Venue was struggling to keep up with the unexpected amount of customers filling the building.
“It helps raise awareness for the great new music venues we have in town, like The Cache. It brings people together. It gets students out. It gives local artists a place to play and showcase what they have been working on,” said The Eric LaMalfa Trio, who opened up at The Cache Venue at 7:00 p.m..
Photo by Megan Nielsen
Logan City Limits certainly brought together the people of Logan. Children of young age to older adults came to listen to a wide variety of alternative music.
“Artists, they want to be put out you know? If there is good talent it should be broadcasted for sure. I think it is just as fun on its own, but the more people the better,” said Tars Tarkas’ Matt Claflin, another performer at The Cache Venue.
Logan City Limits serves as an upbringing to local artists in music as well as in film and art. Thursday was all about music as seven of Logan and Utah local artists gave the city a place to come together and enjoy projects they have been working on.
Aggie Radio, who hosts the Logan City Limits festival, is in charge of bringing new artists and local artists into the spotlight through their 92.3 FM radio station and putting on events like these. Aggie Radio is a student-run radio station located on campus and is a service of USU’s Student Media along with the Utah Statesman.
“I think that Logan City Limits will grow as long as the people in Logan continue to support it,” Morales said.
Holley Stringham Ivy Grove, a guitar duo, performing at the Waffle Iron on Thursday, April 5, playing a variety of instrumental and vocal guitar pieces.
The success of events put on in Logan are largely based on how the amount of support given by the community. Morales believes that Logan is about more than University students and the combination of the students and non-students that reside in Logan give it a unique personality.
“For me Logan City Limits is a good opportunity for me to showcase Logan to other bands. We always have a bunch of different bands come from all around. It’s fun to hang out with them and get them more involved in the Logan music scene so they come back and keep building up the scene,” said Tars Tarkas’ Josh Claflin, who performed alongside his younger brother Matt at The Cache Venue.
Morales also believes that Logan has its own “sound” that is specific to the area and produces music unlike what one might hear anywhere else.
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