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...Yardfest is finally here! If you haven't already, check out our guides to Kid Cudi, Parick Park, and Wale. You can also learn about Yardfests past, or read about other schools' spring weekend events. But now, we bring you the answer to an all-important question...
...past sixteen years, Yardfest has wrestled rainy days, low attendance, and little funding to retain its place as the College’s spring pep event. Yardfest, previously known as Springfest, began in 1994 under the leadership of the Undergraduate Council as a way of bringing together the undergraduate community—and as a way for the UC to rally from a botched concert that cost $20,000 earlier that year...
Then UC Committee for College Life co-chair John A. Mann ’92-’94 told the Crimson that Yardfest would be “one day when everyone at Harvard from gov jocks to pre-meds puts aside their work, leaves their rooms, and comes to the Yard where we all started...
...student protests and a $30,000 loss, the UC passed control of College-wide social event planning to the newly formed College Events Board. Backed by a $200,000 budget from the Dean’s Office, the CEB, in partnership with the Harvard Concert Commission, sponsored a successful Yardfest 2006 headlined by Ben Folds, with an audience of 7,000. Since 2006, the CEB has succeeded in balancing alternative and big-name bands, drawing 7,100 students last year in what was record attendance...
...History of Yardfest Performers...