Name my festival!

April 12, 2007 2:01 PM

Help me devise a cool name for a Small music festival we are hosting to benefit a Student Organizing group.

I am an organizer with a group called "Students United". Its a kick ass social justice oriented group that organizes high school students to improve their schools and communities in Wichita, KS. Lately the group has gotten some national attention on its efforts to regulate the presence of tasers in our public schools...

At the end of this month we are throwing a benefit concert featuring 6-8 different student bands to support our organization. We have the venue, we have the bands, now we need a awesome name for what will hopefully become an annual event.

Right now the flyer says "Rock for your Rights!" and I hate it.

I've seen you all get real creative before, now I need to tap the power of the hive mind. What shall we call our concert?

posted by jlowen to media & arts (11 comments total)

Official title: Students United Concert, Kansas.
Popular title: S.U.C.K. festival.
posted by MrMoonPie at 2:11 PM on April 12, 2007

Hmm, the name of your organization is Students United and you've garnered attention for attempts to regulate tasers?

How about calling it the StUn Festival? Or StUnners or something along those lines?

On preview, to play with what MrMoonPie proposed, Students United Kansas: the StUnK Show?
posted by JaredSeth at 2:15 PM on April 12, 2007

SUCKstock.
posted by klangklangston at 3:23 PM on April 12, 2007

Wichita Lineman Festival?
posted by frogan at 3:46 PM on April 12, 2007

SUBversion 1



Students United Beats version 1
posted by Jakey at 3:50 PM on April 12, 2007

We used to have a similar concert in my high school called Jamnesty.
posted by kjars at 4:01 PM on April 12, 2007

"Small Music Festival" -- but if you use that, I hope it's a periodic event.
posted by amtho at 4:02 PM on April 12, 2007

Rock for Rabblerousers
High School Musical: The Revenge
Justice Jam
The Children's Crusade: Cold Steel Vengeance
Agitpropalooza
posted by Midnight Creeper at 4:29 PM on April 12, 2007

SXSU
posted by jbickers at 7:23 PM on April 12, 2007

Official title: Students United Concert, Kansas.
Popular title: S.U.C.K. festival.

How about calling it the StUn Festival?

Both of these are great.
posted by Ynoxas at 8:41 PM on April 12, 2007

Just Rock!
posted by MasonDixon at 7:05 AM on April 13, 2007