Thee Sacred Souls, Magdalena Bay, BunnaB, Isabella Lovestory and Undertow Brass Band will perform at Spring Weekend 2026, the Brown Concert Agency announced at midnight on Friday during the BCA’s annual Spring Weekend lineup release party.
This year’s one-day concert will take place on Saturday, April 25.
Benjamin Daniel ’29, who attended the lineup release party, told The Herald that he is “most excited about Magdalena Bay,” adding that he has “been following (them) for years.”
“(They’re) extremely talented, I think (they’re) gonna just really blow us out of the water,” Daniel said.
This year’s lineup is almost a year in the making, the three co-presidents of BCA — Cole Francis ’26, Peri Ferguson ’26 and Thomas Seidel ’26 — told The Herald.
Planning for Spring Weekend 2026 began as soon as last year’s concert came to an end, Seidel said. After Spring Weekend 2025, the BCA offered the student body the opportunity to contribute feedback. Seidel told The Herald that some of the only concerns were that the concert felt like it was “dragging on for students.”
“Some people were sort of tired by the end of four acts,” Seidel said. “We have to meet the campus where they’re at.”
Spring Weekend, which previously took place over two days, was converted to a one-day festival after the BCA’s budget was reduced by over $250,000 in 2023. In a BCA poll sent to students in fall 2024, 52.8% of the 1,348 respondents voted in favor of a one-day festival with more prominent performers as opposed to a two-day festival. Offset, JT, Ravyn Lenae and Zack Fox headlined the concert alongside the Undertow Brass Band last year.
Ferguson added that while some students complained about the length of time between artists going onstage, the board has very little control over that. “We can’t really control the amount of time between artists, like, how long it takes for an artist to get out there on the stage,” Ferguson said. “We can’t really expedite the process.”
The BCA took multiple factors — including price discrimination, timing conflicts and artists’ own preferences — into consideration when determining this year’s final setlist. “Some artists just don’t want to do college shows,” Ferguson said. “We always will try to get an artist that we’re passionate about, but we can’t just magically get any artist to say yes.”
While this can create roadblocks during the decision making process, Seidel emphasized that it can “often be for the best” as it ensures that Spring Weekend performers are “passionate and excited to be here.”
“No matter who we pick for Spring Weekend,” Francis said, “people are always willing to explore their music tastes and learn about different genres that maybe they haven’t explored in the past.”
Joel Fisher ’28, whose band, The Tabloid, performed at the release party, described the lineup as “fantastic,” adding that his band often sings a song by Thee Sacred Souls entitled, “Will I See You Again?”
Ann Gray Golpira is a Section Editor covering Arts & Culture. She is from Norfolk, Virginia and plans on concentrating in both International and Public Affairs and Anthropology. Outside of The Herald, you can find her writing, recording and producing her original music.
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