Student Government Productions will host Dispatch on Friday for the band’s first live show in Florida.
Dispatch, a popular independent rock band, will perform at 7 p.m. on Flavet Field, said Nicole Berrio, SGP head director of public relations.
The event is free and open to the public, so no tickets are required.
“Everybody loves a great jam band,” Berrio said. “A lot of fans, not only in UF but in the surrounding Gainesville area, are going to come out and support the band, mostly throughout Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville and Tallahassee.”
With influences from acoustic rock, folk-rock, reggae and funk, Dispatch defines the broad audience SGP seeks to entertain, she said.
Berrio said the specifics of the contract with Dispatch bar SGP from sharing the amount of money the band will receive for performing.
Steve Montalvo, a 20-year-old UF plant science junior and new listener of the band, said he would attend the concert.
“I can see myself listening to them non-stop,” Montalvo said. “Their music really speaks to me. When they sing the lyrics and play the songs, it really resonates with me.”
[A version of this story ran on page 5 on 2/4/2014 under the headline "Dispatch to hold free concert on Flavet"]
