With an upright bass, banjo, acoustic guitar, and accordion, the Killbillies set the tone for FAU Jupiter’s OwlStock and welcomed the crowd with an Americana/bluegrass sound.

FAU Program Board pulled together a blend of local musicians including the Killbillies, Fresh Catch and Break the Hero, to open for platinum recording artist We The Kings.

Original songs like “East Coast Girl” mixed with covers, such as “I Am a Man Of Constant Sorrow” warmed the crowd of around 20 students up to the festival. The Killbillies’ rockabilly/celtic country punk sound slowly gathered the students around the stage.

Wrapping up their set with the final twang of the banjo, the Killbillies were replaced with reggae/rock band Fresh Catch. Fresh Catch blasted through their set with barely a breath between each song. Introducing an island feel, Fresh Catch threw out commentary such as “find us at a local drinking establishment” and chanting “let’s get weird.”

Slowly more students trickled to the event, joining in on the frisbee throwing festivities, art activities, yoga and bobbing along to the beat.

“I think the bands they picked are good,” said senior, psychology major Jared Hesse. “I think they took a pretty good cross section of different musical genres and they’re all fun and positive and it’s keeping people out there.”

Break the Hero took the stage next, moving the music to a more rocker-esque vibe. The best part of the event, according to senior pre-law student Jackie Goldstein was “the music.”

“I like dancing,” continued Goldstein. “It’s a cool environment. It’s like reggae, ska, it’s a lot of fun to dance to.”

Students fist pumped and jumped along to Break the Hero’s set as the crowd sized nearly doubled waiting for We The Kings to take the stage. Students commuted to the festival from as far as the Boca campus like freshman, Samuel Albee who “was just in the area, visiting family and I wanted to see We The Kings.”

Students cheered as We The Kings took the stage to end the event.

We The Kings danced, sang and joked their way through their set to a crowd of less than a hundred students. Singing songs off of their most recent album, “Somewhere Somehow,” and songs off of their 2007 self-titled album, We The Kings, the festival was wrapped up with “Check Yes Juliet” causing the crowd to get to their feet and dance along.