Old Gold and Black
Wake Forest U.
A decent-sized crowd made it to the event to hear the debates, listen to speeches by third-party candidates, register to vote and, of course, hear some live music.
Rock the Vote is a non-partisan organization that helps promote political awareness and registers voters age 18-25. The show at LJVM was the final stop of a 25-city nationwide tour and the first ever to occur in the same town with a presidential debate happening.
Shortly before the event, an announcement was made that neither Pink nor Rah Digga would appear, as had been previously announced. However, this left more time for third-party candidates to speak.
The night began with a brief speech by Libertarian candidate Harry Browne, who ran for president in 1996 with the same party. Browne's platform advocates limited government and individual liberty by reducing taxes, eliminating Social Security, decriminalizing most drugs and repealing gun laws -- among other things.
Browne said he sees young people as the group most likely to embrace the kind of institutional change that he promotes, which is why he chooses forums such as Rock the Vote to spread his word.