Springfest Tickets on Sale Now

The Student Entertainment Board at Washington State University will be selling tickets for their annual Springfest tickets starting today at 8am in the Cougar Card Center.  Tickets are $5 for WSU students and $20 for public.  There are 800 floor tickets available.  Ticket holders will be able to see bands Red Eye Empire, Bones, The Maine and headliner Ying Yang Twins at Beasley Coliseum starting at 6pm on April 24.  Free activities including inflatables, food, acoustic performances, student organization booths, a gaming RV, kids area, beer garden will start at noon in the VetMed parking lot.

For more information, check out SEB’s Springfest Facebook Page.

Red Eye Empire drops groovy local beats

The Vancouver-based, five-man band Red Eye Empire wrapped up their winter tour with bluesy group G. Love and Special Sauce at the Knitting Factory in Boise, and is on their way to Washington State University for a performance at Springfest on April 24.

This rock-reggae band relaxes a room with smooth reggae beats and gets the crowd singing with remakes of Led Zeppelin hits and fast guitar rifts.  Seemingly simple at first, lead guitarist Andre Arsenault has some surprising instrumental talent.  Eric Stephenson’s upright bass has both musical and aesthetic appeal, especially during his solos in the white spotlight.  The band is all smiles both on and off stage.

Check out Red Eye Empire’s Website here.