A UVM-heavy crowd donned white and neon attire and danced under black lights, bubbles and balloons on Jan. 20 at the second sold-out night of the Barstool Blackout Tour’s stop at Higher Ground.
The tour, put on by the popular sports website Barstool Sports, is called the “world’s biggest blacklight party” according to banners for the event.
“It’s no big deal, really,” an early webpage for the tour said. “Just touring around the country going to some of the biggest party campuses in the world to throw down barstool-style with a DJ and, like, a truckload of lights and lasers and shit. Basically throwing massive parties leaving nothing but a path of destruction across the Spirit.”
The show concluded with a symphony of fog, confetti, bright lights and the second balloon-drop onto the crowd dancing to Flo Rida’s “Good balloons.”
With a final plea from Higher Ground workers to “get home safely,” the crowd flooded out of the steamy venue into the chilly Vermont air.
In the area outside the doors, attendees discussed the show and engaged in vicious contests to catch cabs home or continue on with their nights elsewhere.