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2019 Lawnparties Report
The USG Social Committee is in charge of planning
Lawnparties and the Dean’s Date celebrations every
semester.
This 2019 Lawnparties report was curated to allow
us to be more transparent about Lawnparties and
the planning behind it. For Spring 2019 and Fall
2019, we sought to understand what students liked
and did not like at Lawnparties. We also wanted to
get a better sense of artists, food, activities and
other events students wanted to experience.
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The surveys were sent in the USG email the night
after Lawnparties and students had until the end of
each semester to complete the surveys. They were
created in Google Forms. We received 169
responses in Spring 2019 and 289 responses in Fall
2019. The top responses represent a combination of
data for both years.
Disclaimer: We recognize that there was a low survey turnout and we
see that in the support for the top suggestions. However, this is the only
data we have on what students want to see at Lawnparties. If the results
upset you or do not match your personal preferences, you should try
filling out the survey next time.
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Table of Contents
Lawnparties Budget ................................................................................................................ 4
Lawnparties Attendance ......................................................................................................... 5
Class Response Breakdowns .................................................................................................... 6
Preferred Genres ..................................................................................................................... 7
Top Artists Recommended ...................................................................................................... 8
Top Food Recommended ....................................................................................................... 10
Top Activities Recommended ................................................................................................ 11
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ....................................................................................... 12
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Lawnparties Budget
Spring 2019
Artist
$52,500.00
Concert
$49,715.24
Food and Activities
$35,856.38
Total Cost
$138,071.62
Fall 2019
Artist
$60,000.00
Concert
$33.935.82
Food and Activities
$28,408.90
Total Cost
$122,244.72
The artist costs including the price of the
headliner(s) and their opener. The concert costs include
the staging since we set up our own stage in Quad’s
backyard, the audio system, security, staffing, Artist
dressing room, middle agent fees, building services fees,
and many other miscellaneous fees. The food and
activities costs include food, activities, permits, staffing,
photos, and tents.
Lawnparties is a big event with many moving parts.
USG contributes 80-100k to the Lawnparties event,
Alcohol Initiative contributes anywhere from 15-30k to
the food and activities cost, and other campus resources
help out as needed.
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Lawnparties Attendance
Spring 2019*
Undergraduate Wristbands
Graduate Tickets
Guest Tickets
Total Attendance
*Remember that we had over 3 inches of rain during this LP.
Fall 2019
Undergraduate Wristbands
3,811
Graduate Tickets
12
Guest Tickets
235
Total Attendance
4,058
Ticket revenue from guest and grad student tickets once fees
were subtracted was $16847.91 for Spring 2019 Lawnparties
and $9000 for Fall 2019 Lawnparties.
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Class Response Breakdowns
Spring 2019 Breakdown
In Spring 2019, we received from 61 responses from 2022, 40
responses from 2021, 32 responses from 2020, 36 responses
from 2019.
Fall 2019 Breakdown
In Fall 2019, we received from 143 responses from 2023, 64
responses from 2022, 38 responses from 2021, and 44
responses from 2020. Each Lawnparties had more responses
from younger class years than older class years.
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100
150
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250
EDM
Pop
Hip-hop/ Rap
R&B
Alternative/ Rock
Country
Indie
Metal
International
Latin
# of Responses
Genre
Spring 2019 Preferences Fall 2019 Preferences
Preferred Genres
A total of 21 Genres were recommended across both surveys.
For both years combined, the top three genres preferred were
Pop, Hip-Hop/Rap, and Alternative/Rock.
Other Genres Recommended in order of preference are below
• K-pop/J-pop
• 2000s music/ Meme-y artist
• Reggaeton
• Afrobeats / Caribbean
• Bollywood
• Classical
• Jazz
• Middle Eastern
• House
• Funk/Disco
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Top Artists Recommended
There were 488 artists recommended in total. Here are the top 20 who
received the most recommendations. Just because an artist is in the top
20, it does not mean they are within the Lawnparties Budget. That said,
special shout out to the five people who recommended Drake.
Top 20 (# of recommendations)
1. Lizzo (16)
2. Louis the Child (15)
3. Amine (14)
4. Travis Scott (11)
5. Joji (11)
6. Khalid (10)
7. Panic at the Disco (9)
8. Tame Impala (8)
9. Maggie Rogers (8)
10. Kanye West (7)
11. Juice WRLD (6)
12. Sean Kingston (6)
13. SAINt JHN (6)
14. Mitski (6)
15. Megan thee Stallion (6)
16. Lil Dicky (6)
17. LAUV (6)
18. Chance the Rapper (6)
19. anderson. paak (6)
20. AJR (6)
NOTE: Juice WRLD is in the top 20. He has since passed away. May he
rest in peace.
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Artists Who Received More Than Two Recommendations
• Big Sean (5)
• Billie Eilish (5)
• Brockhampton (5)
• CHARLIE XCX (5)
• Clean Bandit (5)
• DaBaby (5)
• Denzel Curry (5)
• Drake
• Janelle Monae
• Kacey Musgraves (5)
• Kehlani (5)
• Neon Trees (5)
• QUINN XCII (5)
• Rich Brian (5)
• Smash Mouth (5)
• The Killers (5)
• Young thug (5)
• Bazzi (4)
• Bruno Mars (4)
• Burna Boy (4)
• Cardi B (4)
• Grimes (4)
• Hayley Kiyoko (4)
• Illenium (4)
• Kygo (4)
• Lil Uzi Vert (4)
• Mac Demarco (4)
• Marshmello (4)
• Mike Posner (4)
• Nicki Minaj (4)
• Playboi Carti (4)
• Post Malone (4)
• Rex Orange County (4)
• Rico Nasty (4)
• Saint Motel (4)
• SZA (4)
• T-Pain (4)
• Tyler the Creator (4)
• YBN Cordae (4)
• Andy Grammar (3)
• Asap Ferg (3)
• Avril Lavigne (3)
• Britney Spears (3)
• Bryce Vine (3)
• Cage the Elephant (3)
• Clairo (3)
• Dan + Shay (3)
• Disclosure (3)
• Doja Cat (3)
• Flume (3)
• Foals (3)
• Foster the People (3)
• Frank Ocean (3)
• Galantis (3)
• Goldlink (3)
• Gunna (3)
• Halsey (3)
• Hippo Campus (3)
• Imagine Dragons (3)
• Jorja Smith (3)
• Kendrick Lamar (3)
• King Princess (3)
• Lil Nas X (3)
• Logic (3)
• Lorde (3)
• Loud Luxury (3)
• Macklemore (3)
• Odesza (3)
• Oh Wonder (3)
• Pit Bull (3)
• Princess Nokia (3)
• Saweetie (3)
• Ski Mask the Slump God (3)
• SOPHIE (3)
• Steve Aoki (3)
• Steve Lacy (3)
• Thomas Rhett (3)
• Tierra Whack (3)
• Two door cinema club
(3)
• Vampire Weekend (3)
• Weezer (3)
• Whethan (3)
• Zac brown band (3)
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Top Food Recommended
There were 60 unique foods recommended. The most popular food is
Cheesecake on a Stick followed by Nomads, Ice Cream, Tacobell, and
Tot Cart. Food Recommended at least three times is included below.
• Cheesecake on a stick (21)
• Nomads (17)
• Ice cream (soft serve, popsicles, banana ice cream, Ben
and Jerrys) (16)
• Tacobell (16)
• Tot Cart (14)
• Chicken (chick-fil-a, Popeyes, chicken fingers) (9)
• Jammin’ Crepes (9)
• Donuts (Donut truck, Dunkin Donuts, Krispy
Kreme) (8)
• Oink and moo or Chabad BBQ food (8)
• Slushies, snow cones, Rita’s shaved ice (8)
• Fresh fruit cups (7)
• Non-nomad pizza (7)
• Tacoria, Chipotle, Qdoba (7)
• Ticos (7)
• Burgers (6)
• Tacos (street tacos) (6)
• Bubble tea (5)
• Frutta bowl (5)
• Smoothies (5)
• Hotdog stand (corndogs, pigs in a blanket) (4)
• Asian food (sushi) (4)
• Flavored rice (jollof, rice ball) (3)
• Mexican food (Tex Mex, empanada (3)
• Cotton candy (3)
• Cupcakes (3)
• Funnel cake (3)
• Mac and cheese (3)
• Salad (3)
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Top Activities Recommended
There were about 25 activities recommended. Here are the top ideas.
1. Inflatables (Bounce house, moon bounce) (9)
2. Carnival-type games (9)
3. Body art (Henna, airbrush tattoo artist, face
painting) (8)
4. Lawn games (darts, cornhole, bean toss) (6)
5. Giveaway (t-shirts, raffle) (5)
6. Arts and Crafts (Chalk art, Tye-dye,
painting activity) (4)
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. How is the Lawnparties Headliner Chosen?
Check out this graphic to learn about the selection process for the Lawnparties
headliner
2. Why can’t Students just vote on a headliner?
The graphic in question one explains a bit why students cannot just vote for
the headliner. The biggest foreseeable problem is that student may
overwhelmingly vote for a particular artist and think that because that artist
received the most support the artist will be the Lawnparties headliner. This would
not always be true because in the time it takes to get students to vote and for the
committee to get back to our middle agent it is possible for the artist to be
booked or their price to move out of budget. If this happens, we would be back to
the original list of acts. Ideally, USG would like to come up with a solution to this
problem and be able to get artists students most prefer. The best we can do now
is collect data from these post-Lawnparties surveys to understand what acts and
artists students want to see at Lawnparties. That said, fill out the surveys!
3. Why can’t we just combine the two Lawnparties budgets to make
one big Lawnparties?
Everyone loves to ask this question. The answer is we could. The only thing
holding us back is a good reason Our Princeton tradition is to have two
Lawnparties, one just as classes start and one right after classes end, to maximize
student social experience on campus. The main reason students give is being able
to have more money to bid on bigger artists. Currently, we budget 60-70k for
each Lawnparties headliner. If we multiply that by two, we get 120-140k. We
would practically still be bidding on the same types of artists with maybe a small
chance of us getting lucky and having a bigger artist.
Many students mention other ivy league schools when they mention this
idea. UPenn has 300k for artists and requires students pay $35 for tickets. Brown
has 180k for artists and requires students pay $20 per day for their two-day
concert with a limited number of free tickets set aside for low-income students.
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This is important to keep in mind when comparing Lawnparties to these events
especially because Lawnparties is free to all undergraduate students.
This is just to inform students of why Lawnparties is still a bi-yearly
celebration. If the student body truly wants Lawnparties to become a once a year
phenomenon, it can happen through a referendum.
4. Can we have a rain location/ date? Or can we look at the
forecast and change the date if the weather is bad?
The amount of rain during Spring 2019 Lawnparties was insane. Yet, many
people still showed up. Yay! Besides, months of planning goes in to Lawnparties,
and it would be extremely difficult to have a rain date especially with there being
so many performers and vendors. It would be near impossible to find another
date where they are all available. A rain date would mean dealing with
cancellation fees and/or rebooking fees and spending lots of money that would
take away from other USG sponsored events. Also, we do watch the forecast
leading up to the date to determine if we might need more tents or need to move
things to alternative locations. Even with this, we do not currently have an indoor
space on campus available for us to house 5000+ people since Lawnparties is
open to the entire undergraduate community.
5. Can we change the way wristbands are distributed?
Many people mentioned this in their survey responses. Alternatives
mentioned included distributing wristbands at residential colleges, eating clubs,
and/or distributing them through the mail. We understand that the current
system can be a little chaotic for everyone. Social Committee hopes to bring these
concerns and suggestions to ODUS and hope we can look for a plausible solution
to this problem.
6. Can we get more food and water?
There is a limited food budget with most of the money coming from the
Alcohol Initiative. The food available at Lawnparties is meant to supplement
brunch at the eating clubs, in the dining halls, or in your room. It is not meant to
be a full meal. The goal is for everyone to be able to nibble on a couple of food
items rather than for everyone to be able to have every food available.
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As for water, we agree we could do better in the area of keeping students
hydrated especially on hot days. We would love for everyone to stay safe and
hydrated. That said, we will connect with ODUS on providing more water
locations.
7. Can you improve communication?
Yes, we can try. The headliner is usually released a few weeks before the
concert due to the process of solidifying a headliner taking many months. We will
try to post on social media more and have clearer signage for when acts start and
when food will be available. Also, we will try to let you all know things earlier
including the no bags in the headliner area rule.
In terms of communication, it is important for us to reiterate that USG is
only responsible for the food and the main headliner(s) in Quad’s backyard.
Individual eating club acts are booked by the individual eating clubs. Social
Committee reaches out the ICC about a week or two before Lawnparties to learn
of the eating club acts and their times in order to create the Lawnparties act list
as a convenience to attendees. This list is sometimes delayed when the eating
clubs take longer than expected to get back to the social committee on their club
acts. We will try to work on this communication to get this information to
students and their potential guests faster.
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For more information on the Social Committee, visit us at
lawnparties.princeton.edu.
Follow us on Instagram at @princetonsoc.comm
Sincerely,
The USG Social Committee
Heavyn Jennings ’20 ([email protected]) (2019 Social Chair)
Sophie Torres ’21 ([email protected]) (2020 Social Chair)
Erin Boateng '20
Jena Yun '20
Ali Skarzynski '21
Shannon A Griffin '21
Katherine French'22
Hala Lachguer'22
Shriya Bhatt' 22
Debby Park '22
Munisa Said '22