Check out all the action from last year!
10:15-Jack’s Mannequin is playing now, the crowd’s loving them. I’ll get some video up in a second, but for now here’s a photo.
10:05-Here’s more from before…Lupe Fiasco doing “Paris, Tokyo,” and Lupe thanking the crowd.
10:04-SA President, Tyler Drahiem, just announced the winners of all the fabulous PANTHERFEST giveaways.
9:58-So I’m going to upload some videos from Lupe that took a long to upload…here’s Hip-Hop Saved My Life.
9:30-It’s intermission time…
9:52PM-I just got some shots of the fireworks that went off after Lupe’s portion of the show…enjoy
8:33-I got some during “Dumb It Down”
8:28-Okay, so I’m having some trouble getting close to the stage to get some good pictures, but I’ll keep trying. Lupe is absolutely amazing.
8:19PM-Lupe just did “Hip-Hop Saved My Life,” he KILLED it. Now he’s doing “Sunshine,” I’ll get a video up soon.
8:05PM-Lupe’s coming on now!!
8:03PM-Jon Tingley-Chancellor Santiago and the Mayor are speaking now, the crowd is INSANE.
As promised..The Cranberry Show
d7:45-Jon Tingley-So its almost time for the show to start, I’m sitting here at the Marcus Amphitheater control booth with my fries waiting for the show to get going. I just ran into local hip-hop sensation Cranberry Show and I’ll post that video shortly. I kind of hope no one is reading this right now because you should be getting a seat now!!
7:35-Jon Tingley-Who does the crowd wanna see? It looks like a tossup to me, but you be the judge…
7:24 – Good cream puff, it’s Pounce the Panther!!!
7:17 – Epiphany Outlaw – Here’s a sideways shot of Jim and I salsa dancing… I didn’t feel like skewing it. Where’s the chips?!
7:10-Jon Tingley-So at this point, I’m basically following Lee around and watching him torment volunteers, watch the video above to check out two more Union workers who helped out today.
7:08 – Epiphany Outlaw – UWM student getting a pretty cool tat.
7:07 – Jim – BOOMSHAKALAKA!! NBA Jam is currently being played at the State Farm Insurance booth. Bring your A-game!
7:00pm-kwame-The UWM panther Basketball Area, one of the great places to hang out with friends and play basketball down here at PANTHERFEST.
6:40-Jon Tingley-Lee just caught up with the entertainment runner
6:30pm-Kwame-There is already a long line of people waiting to get on the Euro Bungee.
6:20 – Epiphany Outlaw – The band Isla Adentro performing a salsa version of The Beatles’ “Day Tripper”. Oh yeah!
6:18-Jon Tingley-I tried to nap in a Zipcar, but Lee found me…
6:09 – Jim – What does your fortune hold for you? Check out the FREE Tarot reading booth at PANTHERFEST!! Student Brittany’s reading told of good fortune, but in order to succeed, she must focus more on her studies.
5:55pm-Kwame A.-Euro Bungee!!!!!!!! Little girl showing off.
5:50-Kwame-Obstacle course
5:40-Jon Tingley-Lee keeps harassing Comedy Sportz
5:21PM-Jon Tingley-Check out the backstage videos…
5:18-Jon Tingley-102.1 just gave those people that were camped in line some free movie tickets..
5:15-Jon Tingley-The bloggers are here!!!!!!
5:09-Lee Rowley-looks like a bunch of people have been getting free stuff from all the amazing vendors!
5:08-Lee Rowley-Comedy Sportz is ABOUT to start… The laughs will soon be rolling in!!!
4:59-Lee Rowley-Oh, boy, oh, boy Comedy Sportz is about to start!!!! Featuring Bill B. and Matt G. from the Midnight Show and Paul S. and Bob from the old folks home. Jk, but seriously…
4:10PM-Jon Tingley-So here’s the line video as promised…
3:40-Jon Tingley-So I just spoke with the State Farm booth and you’ll see that in the video above. They were the first ones set up so congrats to them. All of here can smell the food starting to cook and its making us super hungry, so if you don’t hear from us in a while, it’s because we’re at Chipotle. There’s already some people camping out for the show so we’ll get to them soon.
3:20PM-Jon Tingley-Things are still getting setup right now, the other bloggers should be arriving soon. As you can see from the pictures, there isn’t much to do right now, but just wait till 4:50…it’s gunna be NUTS!
3:10PM-Jon Tingley-Yea….Lee thinks he’s funny, check him out in the promo :)
2:40PM-Jon Tingley-It looks like State Farm and U.S. Cellular are here!
2:00PM-Jon Tingley-So I’m the first blogger here right now, the sponsors and other pre-PANTHERFEST events are setting up right now and I’ll have a short video for you shortly.
Check back soon for updates on the Official PANTHERFEST 2008 Liveblog.
Can we bring in cameras? Mine would be classified as professional looking equipment (just a camera and maybe a flash) – will i be allowed to bring it in?