Mayfest Productionshosted the 54th Dillo Day,Northwestern’s annual student-run music festival, Saturday. Along with the Main Stage, artists performed at the For Members Only Stage, organized by and named after NU’s Black student alliance, and The Burrow, a new stage designed to promote collaboration between other student organizations.
This year, the Korean American Student Association, Chinese Students Association, Middle Eastern North African Student Associationand WNUR hosted The Burrow.
The Burrow performers included headliner Tiffany Day, Lana Lubany, the first Arab artist to play at Dillo Day,and Friko, a Chicago-based and Evanston-formed band.
Teenage rapper BabyChiefDoit closed out his performance with his 2025 hit “WENT WEST,” which entered the Billboard Hot 100 in July 2025. (Taariq Ahmed/The Daily Northwestern)Lana Lubany is known for performing songs mixing English and Arabic lyrics. (Taariq Ahmed/The Daily Northwestern)Rapper Cochise performed some of his older hits, including “Tell Em” and “Hatchback.” (Taariq Ahmed/The Daily Northwestern)Dozens of students came to watch and sing along with Tiffany Day as she performed. (Taariq Ahmed/The Daily Northwestern)Tiffany Day, known for her hyperpop music, has more than one million monthly Spotify listeners. (Taariq Ahmed/The Daily Northwestern)BabyChiefDoIt went viral in 2025 for admitting to using ChatGPT to write his song lyrics. (Taariq Ahmed/The Daily Northwestern)Rapper 310babii performed his song “soak city (do it)” as part of his set on the FMO Stage. (Liam Barrett/The Daily Northwestern)DJ Fàájì performed his entire set from behind the turntables. (Liam Barrett/The Daily Northwestern)Students periodically formed dance circles at the FMO Stage. ( Liam Barrett/The Daily Northwestern)Indie rock band Friko released its most recent studio album, “Something Worth Waiting For,” in April. (Taariq Ahmed/The Daily Northwestern)Twenty-two-year-old artist Nali’s music career began when she gained a following on SoundCloud. (Taariq Ahmed/The Daily Northwestern)
