Thousands of students will flock to Penn Park next month to watch rapper and singer Flo Rida perform at this year’s Spring Fling concert.
The event is set to take place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 17, followed by a Daytime Fling carnival the next day. The show’s opener has yet to be announced.
Penn’s Social Planning and Events Committee revealed the concert lineup — along with the “retro” theme for the Daytime Fling event — at a launch party in Houston Hall on Friday afternoon. The party featured a student DJ competition, where attendees voted on a student performer to open Spring Fling.
SPEC hosts the annual event each spring, but canceled the concert in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Across 53 iterations of the event, SPEC has brought several performing artists to take center stage at Penn —including Metro Boomin, Chance the Rapper, Flo Milli, and Kesha. Last year, Rapper and singer Sexyy Red headlined the concert alongside singer-songwriter Jay Sean.
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In 2024, the performance drew over 10,000 students to Penn Park, where some attendees reported safety concerns due to inadequate crowd control management.
Tickets are available to anyone ages 18 or older. Penn students can attend for $30 with a University ID, while public tickets are priced at $45. The free Daytime Fling event on April 18 will include giveaways, food, and student performances.
Finn Ryan is a News Editor at The Daily Pennsylvanian and can be reached at ryan@thedp.com. At Penn, he studies political science and Russian. Follow him on X @FinnRyan_.