Aron Collard, organizer of the after party, is proud of the line-up. The TU/e alumnus (Electrical Engineering, 2015) and now part-time researcher in the Electromechanics and Power Electronics group is an active participant in the music scene, as a DJ and producer among other roles.

The TU/e Lustrum Committee approached Collard last year, asking him whether he would like to design the after party, the event that brings the three-day jubilee to a close on Festival Saturday. His main task was “to make it a genuine student party, in keeping with the festival's Dream & Dare theme.”

During the day the organizer expects the campus to have a happy, laid-back atmosphere and for visitors, beer in hand, to enjoy varied live acts. “For the after party we were looking for something a bit heavier. Then it is less about listening and more about dancing and partying.” The chosen venue became pop centre the Effenaar, TU/e’s ‘neighbor opposite’ across the railroad tracks, which will be making both its halls available to the university that evening and night.

On 23 April the big hall will be renamed the red-hued Dare Area, a space devoted to dancing and partying. The line-up will include Dirtcaps and Kraantje Pappie, “who will be sure to turn the place upside down,” assures Collard. The small hall becomes the blue room, also known as the Dream Area. Here, “a somewhat deeper music style” (garage, house, techno) and the necessary special effects will create a rather dreamy atmosphere; “you might feel you've landed in the future.” The performers here will include De Sluwe Vos, Olivier Weiter and “powerhouse hero” Wouter S.

Sixteen hundred tickets are on sale for the after party, a quarter of which have currently been sold. The evening is intended primarily for students and employees of the university; spot checks of TU/e passes will be made as the visitors enter the pop venue. Every TU/e visitor may bring one guest.