SWOSUPalooza


SWOSUPalooza is an annual concert on the Weatherford campus of Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Borrowing its name, in part, from the Lollapalooza festival, the event is sponsored and produced by the SWOSU Student Government Association, and is considered one of SWOSU's signature events. It showcases local and regional musicians, and frequently brings national recording artists to western Oklahoma as headliners.

History

The idea for SWOSUPalooza originated in 1997 among a group of friends attending SWOSU, but was not acted on until the 1999–2000 academic year. SWOSU SGA struggled to secure funding for the first concert, and still lacked the needed funds as late as a month prior to the performance.
SWOSUPalooza was a free campus event for the first ten years of its existence. In 2010, SWOSU SGA voted to implement a minimal ticket price in order to raise additional funds and be able to bring in bigger bands.
SWOSUPalooza 21, originally scheduled to take place on April 9, 2020, was rescheduled for August 20, 2020 following a full transition to virtual course delivery for the spring 2020 semester due to COVID-19. This marks the first time that SWOSUPalooza will take place during the fall semester.

Concerts

SWOSU-
Palooza		DateHeadlinersOthersLocationRef
1Thursday
April 13, 2000		Mollys YesBetween Thieves
Mercury 1		SWOSU campus
Memorial Student Center
2Thursday
April 19, 2001		Caroline's SpineSpinAround
Mercury 1
Roustabouts
Spill		SWOSU campus
Memorial Student Center
3Thursday
April 18, 2002		Underwater PeopleTime Machine
Spoken
Subseven
Solomonsplendor
Banner Road
Escape The Goat
5 Star Day
Lotic		SWOSU campus
Memorial Student Center
4Thursday
April 24, 2003		The MimsiesBleach
Wakeland
Stat Band
Subseven
Ephraim
The Destro
Walrus
Banner Road
Philadelphia		SWOSU campus
Memorial Student Center
5Thursday
April 15, 2004		Sly's Alter Ego Farewell Down
Sum Of Us
Banner Road
TroopSonic
The Weeping Tree
Solomonsplendor		SWOSU campus
Memorial Student Center
6Thursday
April 14, 2005		SubsevenWinter Circle
Jackson After The Accident
Welcome The Silence
Handing By A Thread
The Fighting Potato Wedges
Tulchalk		SWOSU campus
Centennial Clock Tower
7Thursday
April 13, 2006		Fresh Sunday Slingshot Method
Falling Sideways
Solomonsplendor
Hollow
Evicted
Lights Out		SWOSU campus
south of Milam Stadium
8Thursday
April 12, 2007		Hush Hush Commotion Winter Circle
Slingshot Method
Congress Of A Crow
Chris Eaton Band
El Paso Hot Button
Meinert Brothers Band		SWOSU campus
Memorial Student Center
9Thursday
April 24, 2008		No Justice
Meant2B		Hush Hush Commotion
Skinny Road Walkin
Hollow
Vannadine		SWOSU campus
south of Milam Stadium
10Thursday
April 16, 2009		Randy Rogers BandWelcome The Silence
306
Skinny Road Walking		SWOSU campus
Milam Stadium
11Thursday
April 15, 2010		Johnny Cooper
The Bart Crow Band		Delvin
Ruffcutt
Theatre Breaks Loose
Sarah Simpson 		SWOSU campus
Wellness Center
12Thursday
April 14, 2011		Eve 6 Green Corn Revival
Bleu Edmonson		SWOSU campus
Wellness Center
13Thursday
April 19, 2012		Stoney LaRueDelvin Sirleaf
Curtis & Luckey
Josh Sallee		SWOSU campus
Wellness Center
14Thursday
April 25, 2013		David NailJenny SimmsRader Park
Doug Villines Pavilion
15Saturday
April 5, 2014		Graham Colton
Falls		At Long Last
Denver Duncan
Tallows		SWOSU campus
Centennial Clock Tower
16Friday
April 10, 2015		Jason Boland & The Stragglers
Graham Colton		Jared Deck and the Travelers
Autumn Ray		SWOSU campus
Pioneer Cellular Event Center
17Tuesday
April 19, 2016		Whiskey MyersRead SouthallSWOSU campus
Pioneer Cellular Event Center
18Thursday
March 30, 2017		Shane Smith & The Saints
Koe Wetzel		Tyler Wilhelm & A Few Dollars MoreSWOSU campus
Pioneer Cellular Event Center
19Friday–Saturday
April 6–7, 2018		Stoney LaRue
Ben Rector		Flatland Cavalry
Keelan Donovan		SWOSU campus
Pioneer Cellular Event Center
20Friday
April 5, 2019		Parker McCollum
Read Southall Band		Hunter ThomasSWOSU campus
Pioneer Cellular Event Center
20Saturday
April 6, 2019		Keelan DonovanScott Hand
Han Yu Shih
Yesterdayz Pantz
Grant Scowden
Jared Deck		Crowder Lake University Park
21Thursday
August 20, 2020		Flatland CavalryMike Ryan
Triston Marez		SWOSU campus
Pioneer Cellular Event Center