Culture Shock festival

Culture Shock festival

The Culture Shock festival is held annually at SUNY Purchase College in Purchase, NY. The outdoor festival usually takes place in mid-April and consistently hosts a vast array of musical artists from many different genres, as well as carnival rides and food vendors in a county fair-type setting. Culture Shock began in the 90's as a showcase of Purchase College Bands, but quickly grew to its current trend-setting status. Until 2004 the festival was organized by the Student Government's General Programming Coordinator, who also organized the multitude of other campus events. In 2004 the position was split into two roles. It is now operated by the Major Events Coordinator, whose responsibilities include every single aspect of organizing both Fall Fest (November) and Culture Shock with a budget of roughly $100,000. The festival continues to introduce exciting young talent and legendary artists to a new audience. In late 2010, emphasis was placed on the Fall Fest event by Nick Noto, which has since brought bigger profile acts to the school now twice a year.

Contents

Culture Shock Artists

Culture Shock 2000

Culture Shock 2001

Culture Shock 2002

Culture Shock 2003

Culture Shock 2004

Culture Shock 2005

Culture Shock 2006

Culture Shock 2007

Culture Shock 2008

Culture Shock 2009

Culture Shock 2010

Culture Shock 2011

# = Fall Fest aka "Halloween 2" (November)

Organizers

  • 2001: Danny Gong
  • 2002: Dan Deacon
  • 2003: Offer Ben-Arie
  • 2004: Alec Reinstein aka Despot
  • 2005: Alec Reinstein aka Despot
  • 2006: Andrew Swinburne
  • 2007: Jesse Heffler
  • 2008: Alaina Stamatis
  • 2009: Jeff Levin
  • 2010: Sam Schachter
  • 2011: Nick Noto
  • 2012: Alicia Santiago & Andrew Sacher

References


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