CAT signs The Fray, NovaFest no more

After a disappointing turnout at the annual spring concert and the Sheehan Beach picnic last year, Campus Activities Team and the Office of Student Development have done away with the traditional University-sanctioned NovaFest activities this year in favor of putting those resources toward a bigger headlining act, The Fray, according to Director of Student Development Tom Mogan. 

“Last year, it was not cost-effective to do the outdoor event on Sheehan Beach and the concert on the same day,” Mogan said.

In other words, there is nothing left to call “NovaFest.”The “NovaFest concert” has been a misnomer, according to Assistant Director of Student Development Nikki Hornsberry. It has always been CAT’s annual spring concert, and that will be made clearer this year.

“Every year we provide a spring concert, and it just happens to be incorporated into the NovaFest weekend events,” Hornsberry said.

This year, the concert will be held on a Friday night.“How can you compete with 95 degree weather on a sunny Saturday?” Hornsberry said.

No longer able to afford poorly attended NovaFest events due to the popularity of activities unsanctioned by the University, CAT decided to separate its annual spring concert from the NovaFest title this year, according to senior and CAT President Sara Parr. On the Saturday, there will be no events sponsored by CAT or the Office of Student Development, according to Mogan.

Without the traditional NovaFest activities, such as last year’s circus-themed field festival on Sheehan Beach, hypnotist performance and dance in Jake Nevin Field House, and with the concert no longer associated with the well-known moniker, NovaFest is no more, according to Hornsberry.

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