Annual College Festival Brings Food, Fun and Favorites to Fenway Park
Spending the day at Fenway Park when the playoff-destined Boston Red Sox are out of town may not sound like much fun, but when CollegeFest takes over the Green Monster, Fenway becomes the perfect playground for Boston’s entertainment-hungry college students.
CollegeFest, a one-day lifestyle event that welcomes college students from across Boston and New England back to school, celebrated its 31st year this weekend at Fenway Park. The event encouraged students to get out, explore their city, and meet new people. The honorable Army ROTC proudly returned as the presenting sponsor for the 4th year in a row. It was awesome to explore the many amenities available to college students lucky enough to study in Boston while being surrounded by fine young men and women who serve our country.
The event was completely free for college students. All a student needed to get in was a valid college ID or transcript. CollegeFest featured over 70 brands and business for students to engage with. Vendors provided variety of special offers, games, prizes, giveaways and more. There was also a unique photo op presented by the Army ROTC. It allowed students to capture their images on Fenway Park’s Center Field scoreboard standing with the 3 Red Sox World Series Trophies and Fenway Park in the background.
For those who love SWAG and gaming, SWAG’R was there to launch the Boston version of their geo-location gamification app. The app allows students access to deals and free giveaways not only at CollegeFest, but also well into the semester. The Boston Red Sox were also on hand to promote Student 9’s, their student-priced game tickets. After all, there’s nothing better than discount tickets to Red Sox home games at Fenway Park!
The event organizers, The Campus Agency (or Campus for short), said they were thrilled to be hosting the event once again.
“Every year we enjoy bringing CollegeFest to the Boston-area college students. It’s a Boston tradition! I went to the first one 31 years ago as a Boston University student and absolutely loved it. So obviously it’s so much fun and very rewarding to put this event together every year and see so many college students enjoying everything that CollegeFest has to offer,” said Paul Tedeschi of Campus.
There were plenty of activities, food, drinks, live music, and more to entertain and engage us as we made our way through the Fenway Park concourse. But after spending the day at this incredible event – which I will definitely be attending again next year – I have to admit that my favorite part was my deliciously indulgent interaction with Vice. This super-premium ice cream was serving bite-sized servings of this unapologetic frozen treat that definitely left you wanting more. Vice Ice Cream features creative flavors like Choc of Shame, Afternoon Delight, Breakfast in Bed, and Higher Grounds. These creative names perfectly represent their ingredients; both thought provoking and dreamy. I will definitely be searching for these heavenly pints at local grocery stores this semester and am thankful to CollegeFest for making the introduction.