{"id":1094,"date":"2019-07-17T18:19:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/westfesttofeaturecobrastarship\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:19:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:19:13","slug":"westfesttofeaturecobrastarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/westfesttofeaturecobrastarship\/","title":{"rendered":"WCSU’s “West Fest” to feature Cobra Starship, 3OH!3, Travie McCoy and I Fight Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n


\n <\/p>\n

DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 Western Connecticut State University\u2019s Program Activities Council and Student Government Association will host the university\u2019s annual \u201cWest Fest\u201d concert at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 8, at the Ives Concert Park on the university\u2019s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u201cWest Fest\u201d will feature MTV\u2019s Too Fast For Love Tour, a concert by artists Cobra Starship, 3OH!3, Travie McCoy and I Fight Dragons. The public is invited. General admission tickets will be $27; WestConn students with valid I.D. will be admitted for $10. Tickets are available at the Westside Campus Center Box Office, by calling (203) 837-8499 or at www.wcsu.edu\/tickets.<\/p>\n


\n The pop-rock band Cobra Starship is best known for the hit featuring \u201cGossip Girl\u201d star Leighton Meester, \u201cGood Girls Gone Bad.\u201d Cobra Starship\u2019s discography includes \u201cWhile the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets\u201d (2006), \u201c\u00a1Viva la Cobra!\u201d (2007) and the recent release \u201cHot Mess.\u201d Their synthesized pop music was featured in the 2009 film, \u201cJennifer\u2019s Body\u201d and the group performed at the 2008 Warped Tour.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

3OH!3, which gets its name from the band\u2019s home zip code in Boulder, Colo., also performed at the 2008 Warped Tour, singing the hit \u201cDon\u2019t Trust Me,\u201d which landed in the number one spot on Billboard\u2019s Top 40 chart. The 2008 release of the group\u2019s second album, \u201cWant,\u201d includes songs such as \u201cStarstrukk,\u201d which features the vocals of pop recording artist Katy Perry. Recently, 3OH!3 was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for \u201cBest New Artist.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Travie McCoy is the lead singer of the rock-pop band Gym Class Heroes. He has collaborated with artists such as Cobra Starship, the alternative rock band Fall Out Boy and former Destiny\u2019s Child band member Kelly Rowland. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Chicago-based band I Fight Dragons combines rock elements with original music made using old video game soundcards. Their debut EP, \u201cCool Is Just a Number …\u201d was released in early 2010.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

For more information, call (203) 837-8214.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u00a0Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York.
\nOur vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics
\nof New England\u2019s best small private universities.
<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

\n <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DANBURY, CONN. \u2014 Western Connecticut State University\u2019s Program Activities Council and Student Government Association will host the university\u2019s annual \u201cWest Fest\u201d concert at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 8, at the Ives Concert Park on the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1094","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}