Nothing beats the quality and community of a local concert.

“There’s a lot of cool bands in Kansas, honestly; some examples are Virgins, Hourglass, and Ferris wheel regulars,” senior Lilith Rourke said. “I know a lot of people listen to Delirium and there’s so many more I don’t even know about.”

Annex, Lumberyard, Monika House, The Dam ICT—these are only a few options for places you can go.

Captivating. The music is what drew people in, and it is what keeps them coming back.

“I drowned in the music because of it, and I just really liked that feeling and it was great,” junior Tomie Kerby said.

You are all there for the same thing. You’re looking at everyone enjoying the same experience.

“I think being able to go there and hang out with someone with a shared enjoyment of something, it feels so special to be able to look up and be like ‘that’s a band I like’ and see people around you enjoying the same band. It’s just so cool,” Rourke said.

It goes further than the music — the community brings it together.

“It’s a super kind place,” Rourke said. “All of the people I’ve met have been friendly and supportive of the bands and the people there. I saw a show last night of music I never would’ve listened to if it wasn’t for my friend taking me to it, and everyone was being so kind to the artists.”

Several venues run events to fundraise towards causes they or their audience believes in.

“The community, I guess, everyone is really nice and fun there,” senior Max Tayrien said. “I think more people should support it because they also donate to things that are very important, I feel.”

Fpict.fundraising on Instagram had run Pali-fest, an event that resulted in $8,055.23 in donations towards Palestine. During the event, they had several local performers to bring in an audience.

“We felt passionate about performing for this cause, and our ideals were in line with those of the event mission,” said Eclipse guitarist Cameron Ahlstrom, who performed at the event.