* WHO :* Musical acts Dashboard Confessional, Common, Josh Gracin and Rooney; an estimated 15,000 West Virginia University students and their guests

* WHAT :* WVUs annual FallFest 2007 back-to-school concert, dance party, comedy shows and Nicholas Cage film festival

* WHEN :* Outdoor concert is from 6:30 p.m.-around midnight, Monday, Aug. 20, on the plaza (gates open at 6 p.m.); film festival begins at 6:30 p.m. in Gluck Theatre; Comedy Caravan is set for 10 and 11:30 p.m. in Hatfields; dance party starts at 10 p.m. in the Mountainlair ballrooms

* WHERE :* WVU Mountainlair. Gates are located in front of theLair and on North High Street (across from Boreman Hall). A media check-in table will be set up at 5 p.m. in front of theLair. Reporters are encouraged to arrive early to avoid traffic.

* PARKING :* Free, limited parking is available in the upper level of theLair garage with a University-issued media parking pass. TV crews will be permitted to park their live trucks along Maiden Lane. Please contact Andrew Lohmann, 304-293-5507, to make arrangements. When trucks arrive, they should check in with WVU Public Safety and Transportation, 304-293-2677.

* STILL PHOTOGRAPHY /VIDEO RESTRICTIONS :

  • Still photography: Photographers may shoot during the first two songs of each of the four acts from anywhere on theLair plaza. After the first two songs, cameras must be put away immediately. * NOTE : Flash photography is * NOT * permitted.
  • Video: TV crews may tape until 6:30 p.m. from Prospect Street or Maiden Lane.

* ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :* FallFest is free and open to WVU students with their Mountaineer cards. The PRT will run until 1 a.m., and University buses will run to the Evansdale residence halls until the end of the event. WVU Arts&Entertainment on the Net:www.events.wvu.edu