As Ohio University’s last Spring Quarter and, possibly, fest season come to an end, organizers and musicans of 9Fest plan to go out with a bang.
“It’s coming together great,” said Dominic Petrozzi, one of the fest’s organizers.
“We’ve had no real issues this year, and we are really emphasizing the quality of production. Overall, we are all just excited and everything is going super smooth as the fest quickly approaches.”
Petrozzi added that recent security issues for other local fests have had no effect on 9Fest and that audience members should expect some major surprises on stage, including confetti blasts.
“It’s something that you would see at an Ultra Fest. The production is going to be way different than years past,” Petrozzi said.
Timeflies, 12th Planet and Chip Tha Ripper will headline the event.
Chip Tha Ripper, a musican who began his career in the Cleveland area, will be debuting new tracks from his recently released mix, Tell Ya Friends. The album was recently featured in Entertainment Weekly.
“Just expect a huge party,” Chip said of his performance Saturday. “I don’t want to give too much of the show away, but it’s going to be a lot of fun and I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve.”
Sammy Bananas and Maggie Horn of Telephoned have a slightly different style, as they specialize in taking recognizable songs and turning them into their own mix. They also are able to pull off the same trick with their own music.
“The audience should expect a crazy show that can blow them away,” Horn said.
“We started as just a cover band, remaking current radio songs into more dance music songs. Our shows are a mix-match of recognizable songs that everyone knows and our own music.”
Throughout the day, local and visiting DJs will also take the stage, including DJ Etrayn and local duo Dave Rave.
“It’ll be pretty high energy,” said Dave Alexander of Dave Rave. “It’s one of the biggest parties in Athens.”
DJ Etrayn added that listeners should expect a brief flashback from the past as he will throw some ’90s hits into the mix.
“I’m excited to play at 9Fest. I played last year and it was a blast ,” Etrayn said.
“I love fests, and there’s going to be thousands of students just having a good time. It’s the end of the year and an introduction to summer, so people should expect to rage.”
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