Re:SET is rethinking summer music festivals. The Re:SET Concert Series arrived at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Friday evening. Unlike traditional festivals, which have multiple stages and concurrent artists across an entire day, Re:SET features a single stage, with each act performing a full set. Read more...

Photo: Sporting blue sunglasses, headliner Steve Lacy leans toward his mic stand while playing the guitar. The singer closed out day one of the Re:SET Concert Series in Los Angeles. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor)

This Spring Sing, Mariachi de Uclatlán is having its own superbloom. The annual tradition will take place on Friday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center and fourth-year ethnomusicology student Saveena Patel said the collegiate mariachi band will play an arrangement of “Orange Blossom Special.” Blending Western and Mexican music together, fourth-year anthropology student Ricardo Dollero said the nontraditional song choice was made to honor the Mexican-American experience while also appealing to a broader audience. Read more...

Photo: The members of Mariachi de Uclatlán stand together, holding their instruments. The group will return to the Spring Sing stage on Friday. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin)

Guitar in hand, Oliver Strachan is eager to express his art solo. Exploring the theme of queer love, the second-year theater student will perform his original song, “No Strings,” at this year’s Spring Sing. Read more...

Photo: Second-year theater student Oliver Strachan lies over a blue fountain. Strachan will perform at Spring Sing on Friday. (Halinda Yu/Daily Bruin)

Lot 3 is going out grooving for its final Spring Sing performance. The student band – composed of fourth-year theater student EJ Chen, fourth-year public affairs student Harry Frahn, fourth-year physics student Rishi Acharya and fourth-year theater student Gil Weissman – will perform at this year’s Spring Sing for the second year in a row. Read more...

Photo: Lot 3 stands together outside. The band will return to the Spring Sing stage on Friday. (Jenny Xu/Daily Bruin)