Walk In Lay Down
Walk In Lay Down (commonly referred to as WILD) is a biannual concert event held in the Brookings Quadrangle at Washington University in St. Louis and has been a campus tradition since its inception in 1973. WILD, produced by the WUSTL Social Programming Board, is sponsored by the Washington University Student Union and is the largest student run event at the university. WILD is free to university undergraduate students and has rooted itself in the campus culture as an exciting time of the semester for students of the university to get together and celebrate free live  music, food, and friends. History. WILD was first held in 1973 and was originally presented as a movie screening event. Around the 1980s, the event then expanded to incorporate musical acts to accompany the movies. By the early 1990s, the movies were dropped altogether and WILD became the music festival that it is now. The concert is named for an old tradition in which students would bring sofas into the quad and lie on them while watching the performances. Although this tradition is no longer allowed, in Fall 2007 the university permitted that inflatable couches be allowed in the quad  during the concert in an attempt to revive the tradition. In 2013, production of WILD was passed on from student group Team 31 Productions to the WUSTL Social Programming Board. Due to the university hosting the second 2016 presidential candidate debate on October 9th, Fall WILD 2016 was cancelled. T-Pain was meant to headline Spring WILD 2019 but pulled out last minute due to a mandatory vocal rest. Roy Woods was booked as last minute as an additional performer as Loud Luxury was bumped to headliner. Elley Duhé was also meant to perform, but had to cancel the day  of. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020, the university suspended in-person classes, requiring students to remain home for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester, causing Spring WILD 2020 to be cancelled. Past WILD performers. The following is a chronology of past WILD performers. Highlighted in green are the WILD performers for the current semester. Other Performers. The following musical acts have also performed at WILD: Commentary on name. "Student Life", the university's newspaper, published an op-ed which pointed out that the name Walk In, Lay Down is not grammatically correct. See also. Campus life at  Washington University in St. Louis