Daya

Roaring Loud

Join us as Daya performs at Roaring Loud on Friday, April 25!

You’ve Powered Onward through another year of hard work, new experiences and amazing accomplishments. Let’s celebrate you with a night of fun, free music on the Hammond Campus!

April 25, 2025 | Doors open 5:30 p.m.

Location Change

Due to the forecast, Roaring Loud will be moving indoors, within the Fitness and Recreation Center gymnasium*. Check this page and myPNWlife for further updates!

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Reserve Your Tickets

GET TICKETS (STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF)*

REQUEST TICKETS (PNW ALUMNI)*

Ticket questions should be directed to the Office of Student Life at studentlife@pnw.edu.

To request a disability-related accommodation for this event, please contact the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at edi@pnw.edu or (219) 785-5545 five days prior to the event.

Day-Of Concert Details

Event Timeline

  • 5:30 p.m. – Doors Open
  • 6:30 p.m. – Opening Act
  • 8 p.m. – Daya

Free T-Shirts

  • The first 750 attendees to arrive will receive a free T-shirt! We recommend arriving early to secure yours.

Ticketing and Check-In

  • The main entrance on the north side of Fitness and Recreation Center (near 173rd Street) will be used for ticket verification and bag checks.
  • Ticket holders must present a valid PNW ID at the west FNRC entrance. Ticket holders without PNW IDs will be refused entry.
  • Tickets may be printed or displayed on a mobile device for entry. You are allowed a max of two tickets: one for you and one for a guest.
  • Badge holders may enter through the south side of Fitness and Recreation Center (near the HTM building).

Re-Entry Policy

  • Please remember that once you have entered the secure concert area, re-entry is not permitted if you leave.

Parking Information

  • Parking for concert attendees is available in the NILS Parking Lot, Lawshe Parking Lot and the Parking Garage. Parking in Fitness and Recreation Center lots will be restricted to authorized personnel only.
  • Badge holders are permitted to park in the Fitness and Recreation Center parking lot closest to 173 street, when presenting their badges and have parking passes displayed in the window of their vehicles.

Bag Policy

Only one of the bags listed below per person will be permitted inside the concert area at the Roaring Loud event:

  • Bags that are clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and do not exceed 12″x 6″x 12
  • One-gallon re-sealable clear freezer bag.
  • A clutch purse no larger than 4.5″ x 6.5″ will be allowed.
  • Medical bags for accompanying patron.

Food and Refreshments

  • Food trucks will be stationed outside the Fitness and Recreation Center, offering a variety of food for purchase.
  • No food or drink is permitted in the secure concert area.

Restrooms

  • Restrooms will be available inside the venue, with additional porta-potties located outside near the food trucks.

* Due to capacity limitations, tickets reserved after April 1, or when indoor capacity is reached, are not guaranteed admission if the concert is moved indoors. Ticket holders will be notified of ticket cancellation due to weather no less than 24 hours prior to the event.

Get Ready for Daya

Daya logoA Grammy Award winner before the age of 20, Daya virtually grew up onstage. She was a synth-pop innovator from the start, earning a double-platinum hit with “Hide Away” — her self-empowered debut single, co-written when Daya was still in high school — and teaming up with the Chainsmokers for “Don’t Let Me Down,” a dance anthem that sold more than 10 million copies in America alone.

Then, at the height of major-label success, she threw the rulebook out the window and reclaimed her independence. Daya is her own boss these days, and her unique pop music — dreamily ethereal one minute, rhythmically kinetic the next — has never sounded brighter or bolder.

“Creative control means everything to me,” says the Pittsburgh native. “I’ve been writing since I was very young, and it feels so validating to now have the autonomy to truly represent who I am as an artist. I can record any song I want. I can work with whomever I want. It’s been important to me to take the reins back.”

The process of regaining control began with records like The Difference and In Between Dreams, two critically-acclaimed EPs that blended pop, R&B, and electronic influences together. Both records arrived in the wake of Daya’s gold-certified debut album, Sit Still, Act Pretty, and they doubled down on her sparkling synth-pop sound while also representing something new: a willingness to explore, experiment, and embrace the full range of her interests. After all, Daya had evolved as a person since her teenage years. Shouldn’t her music do the same?

I left school and entered the real world when I was 16,” she explains. “I was so excited at the time, but I do think I missed out on some fundamental developmental things. Instead of having the freedom to mess up, like most kids do, I was taking two flights a day, getting up at crazy hours to go to the next city for another show. It was a lot, all at once, and it was great for what it was. But now, I’ve started to revitalize my teenage self and get in touch with what that person would have wanted.”

“Maybe it’s a little backwards,” she adds with a laugh, “but it’s me.”

A songwriter since the age of 12, Daya has spent more than a decade sharpening her ability to balance euphoric melodies with beat-driven bounce. That ability hasn’t just earned her a number of gold- and platinum-certified singles; it’s also resulted in collaborations with artists from across the musical spectrum, from hip-hop duos and EDM acts to internationally-celebrated DJs. “Love You More,” a Top 40 hit in Canada, finds her teaming up with electro-house producer Felix Cartal, while “Sometimes…” pairs Daya’s otherworldly vocals with Snakehips’ disco stomp and a coolly kinetic verse from hip-hop duo Earthgang.

There are more collaborations on the horizon, as well as more solo releases from an artist who’s learned to embrace the never-ending journey toward self discovery.

“I’ve been experimenting a lot,” Daya promises. “No songwriting session has been wasted. I’ve written things in the folk space. I’ve written songs in the pop-punk and alternative spaces, too. I feel like a kid again, with a lot of different finger paints laid out in front of me, able to try out new colors and create my own picture. It’s still taking shape, but I know it looks and sounds like me.”


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To request a disability-related accommodation, please contact the Office of Institutional Equity at oie@pnw.edu or (219) 989-2163 five days prior to the event.