Image of Romaro Franceswa rapping into a handheld microphone, a silhouette of Dave B can been seen in the background to the right of Romaro Franceswa.
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Concert Brings Multipurpose Room Back on Beat, Told in Photos

Romaro Franceswa with Dave B performing their 2019 track Window. Joe Addison // AS Review

Photos and story by Joe Addison

The Viking Union Multipurpose Room had been closed to house the VU Bookstore while construction for the new Multicultural Center was underway.

On Friday Oct. 4 the MPR venue came back to life, with Associated Student Productions hosting a hip-hop and rhythm and blues concert. 

The lineup was KLEFTO, Will Jordan, Parisalexa and Dave B with a special appearance from Romaro Franceswa. 

  • Image of KLEPTO on stage in the Multipurpose room, looking down live mixing his set using music production equipment.

Local electronic music artist KLEFTO opened the concert.

  • Image of Will Jordan at the front edge of the stage, singing into a handheld microphone. The audience has their hands up in the air.

Will Jordan, a Seattle-based singer and songwriter hit the stage next.

  • Image of Parisalexa singing into a handheld microphone on stage in the VU Multipurpose Room.

Singer, Songwriter and Producer Parisalexa, a local R&B artist, was a crowd favorite.

  • Image of artist Dave B singing into a handheld microphone, tilting his head back raising one extending finger towards the sky.

Headliner Dave B and his band at the start of his set.

“Final attendance count was 193 people. The past two years we have not seen the amount of people come to a show this early on in the quarter so we were quite thrilled with the number of people coming out!” AS Pop Music Coordinator Hunter Gillam said, in an email. 

The next concert hosted by ASP will be Sound Block, an electronic pop showcase, on Nov. 1 featuring Manatee Commune and Samuel E-M & The Joyful Noise. More info can be found here.