Hip-hop supergroup Beast Coast to headline SpringFest
April 2, 2019
![](https://vtcynic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-02-at-4.10.13-PM-475x243.png)
The UVM Program Board announced the headlining performers for SpringFest 2019 across their social media pages, April 2.
The outdoor concert will feature Beast Coast, a rap collective that includes Joey Bada$$, Flatbush Zombies, The Underachievers, Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution, Powers Pleasant and CJ Fly.
Rapper Rico Nasty will open for the group, as will student band Juicebox.
After a successful collaborative tour in 2013, rapper Joey Bada$$, hip-hop group Flatbush Zombies and duo The Underachievers are back with new music and an expanded lineup.
Beast Coast’s debut track ”Left Hand” features verses from a total of nine different MCs, including Flatbush Zombies’ Meechy Darko, Zombie Juice and Erick Arc Elliott, Pro Era’s Joey Bada$$, Nyck Caution, Kirk Knight and CJ Fly, plus the Underachievers’ Issa Gold and AK The Savior, according to a March 12 Rolling Stone article.
Rico Nasty recently announced a new project set to come out in April titled “Anger Management,” according to a March 25 Fader article.
Juicebox, a student jazz and hip-hop band, who competed against 18 other student groups in UVM’s Battle of the Bands, will open the concert alongside Rico Nasty.
SpringFest will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27 in the Jeffords Parking Lot. Tickets are on sale now. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 the day of the show.