UC San Diego’s 33rd annual Sun God Festival, this year themed the “Greatest Festival on Earth,” was part musical rendezvous and part lively carnival. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications
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The student-curated daylong music festival drew 15,000 attendees from across campus to RIMAC field on Sunday evening.
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OK GO began playing their chart topper, “Here It Goes Again.”
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Jhené Aiko performed, who at one point shared that fun doesn’t have to be about drugs and alcohol; it’s about “love for life, love for another person.”
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Aerial silk dancers shape-shifted in the middle of the field.
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The North Stage featured UC San Diego DJ Battle winner RNA.
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Hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg headlined the event, taking the stage wearing an SDSU sweatshirt, a possible faux pas.
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In between musical sets, students surveyed the festival from a bird’s eye view on top of the Ferris wheel, a bright beacon on the cloudy evening.
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The North Stage featured UC San Diego Battle of the Bands winner Craig Marker.
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