About

History

Penn State University prides itself in its rich traditions: The Nittany Lion, JoePa, Beaver Stadium, the Blue Band, Success with Honor, and, since 1975, a FREE TO EVERYONE spring music festival called Movin' On. As one of the largest student-run music festivals in the country, and a Penn State tradition now in its 39th year, Movin' On brings the top music of today, tomorrow, and yesterday together as a celebration of those graduating Nittany Lions "movin' on" in their academic and professional lives.

Since its inception in 1975, Movin' On has remained true to its roots by providing a fun-filled day of diverse music, exciting events, and plenty of freebies donated by generous corporate and local sponsors, all in a substance-free environment and at no charge to students or guests.

In the fall of 2010, Movin' On decided to become its own organization, previously apart of Association of Residence Hall Students (ARHS), and made a move from the HUB lawn to IM West field, outside of Beaver Stadium. The organization then combined two other music festivals, "Celebrate Stage" and University Park Undergraduate Association's (UPUA) "Last Stop", into one large end of the year music festival. These organizations now help collaborate one of the nation's largest student-run music festival.

Movin' On's rich history includes a wide variety of musical acts including Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Reel Big Fish, Ben Folds Five, American Hi-Fi, Run DMC, Jimmy Eat World, The White Tie Affair, Bowling for Soup, Little Big Town, Lupe Fiasco, O.A.R., Ludacris, Young the Giant, the Avett Brothers, and many, many more.

Committees

Movin' On is run by two committees: the Executive Committee and the CORE Committee. The Executive Committee members are in charge of their own chairs in the Core Committee throughout the year.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee starts working on the next year's festival as soon as the current festival is complete. The members on this committee, which is comprised of the Overall Director, Director of Finance, Director of Marketing, Director of Operations, the Director of Events, and representatives from Movin' On's collaborating organizations ARHS, GSA, SPA, The Lion, and UPUA, make decisions about what acts are going to be booked, actually booking the acts, what happens at the festival, and many other decisions. They are also in charge of giving directions to their CORE Committee members.

CORE Committee

The CORE Committee is made up of many different chairs, including: Activities, Battle of the Bands, Headquarters, Hospitality, OPP, Public Relations, Production, Security, Sponsorship, Volunteers, and Web Marketing. These chairs are responsible for their own tasks, according to their specific position, as well as helping the other chairs and, most importantly, helping to make the festival run smoothly.