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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Mayfest Productions sent out a poll allowing students to rate their interest in 64 different artists. This data will be taken into consideration when planning Dillo Day.

What’s the deal with the Dillo Day artist poll?

October 28, 2024

For four days in late October, Mayfest Productions invited Northwestern students to rate their interest levels on different artists for this year’s Dillo Day, NU’s annual student-run music festival. The...

​Alternative rock band OK Go will open Dillo Day on Saturday, Mayfest announced on Tuesday.

OK Go announced as Dillo Day opener

May 27, 2014

OK Go, an alternative rock band, will open Dillo Day on Saturday, Mayfest announced Tuesday night. Mayfest teased OK Go on its website Monday night by posting a picture of the treadmills from the band’s...

Students paint their faces ahead of Walk The Moon’s performance Saturday. The indie rock band members are known for performing with face paint.

Photo gallery: Dillo Day 2013

June 2, 2013

When Mayfest wanted sunshine, it got rain — but for the third consecutive year, Evanston's unpredictable spring could not stop Dillo Day. Thunderstorms forced Mayfest to evacuate the Lakefill just...

Pittsburgh-based rapper Wiz Khalifa performs Saturday night on the Lakefill as Dillo Day's headliner. He went on stage after a four-hour delay due to weather.

After long delays, headliners close rainy Dillo Day

June 2, 2013

When Mayfest wanted sunshine, it got rain — but for the third consecutive year, Evanston's unpredictable spring could not stop Dillo Day. Thunderstorms forced Mayfest to evacuate the Lakefill just...

Pittsburgh-based rapper Wiz Khalifa will headline Dillo Day, Mayfest announced this afternoon. The announcement came just one day before the annual music festival, the latest headliner announcement in at least a decade.

Updated: Wiz Khalifa will headline Dillo Day, Mayfest announces day before festival

May 31, 2013

Rapper Wiz Khalifa will headline Dillo Day, Mayfest announced this afternoon, just one day before he is scheduled to take the stage. The Residence Hall Association is co-sponsoring the performance. Khalifa,...

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