“There’s a lot of potential with this space that we just haven’t gotten to yet,” Nelson said.

Isaac Yanta, talent coordinator for Mugshots since last year, expressed some of the positives to the transition from West to Main Campus.

“I’m pretty happy with the new space in regards to sound and the atmosphere,” Yanta said. “I think it works well for music.”

Also being in charge of sound means Yanta has a huge part in not only which bands are playing every week, but how they sound as well. Yanta explained that the accessibility of Kryzsko Commons is great compared to the trip required to get to West Campus.

Sixteen years ago, Mugshots started as an alcohol alternative program in the Housing and Residence Life program.

“We wanted something fun for students to just come and relax, hang with friends, bring a laptop, do some homework, in a really casual atmosphere,” Olcott stated. “We also wanted to give student musicians a chance to play.”

Singer-songwriters and other musicians have had the chance to perform at Mugshots as a way to get some of their “first paid gigs,” Olcott said.

Yanta, being a performer for Mugshots in previous years, conveyed the importance of Mugshots to new musicians, including his own band, the “Sugar Lads.” Mugshots provides a more casual atmosphere for musicians to start out and provides the people who come to Mugshots the opportunity to see talented people begin or continue to hone their craft.

“There’s definitely a weight off the shoulders when I was playing at Mugshots because I was like, ‘Okay, everyone knows what this is,’” Yanta said. “And that takes a lot of the pressure off and opens up that ability to be creative.”

Since the transition to Kryzsko, Mugshots has not had the same turnout as it did in Lourdes. The previous bustling and artistic community of Mugshots on West Campus provided a safe space for students to come to every Thursday and for the most part, they did. Mugshots creator, Olcott, conveyed her concern for the turn out every Thursday.

“I wish more students would come out and try it and just be able to enjoy the live music,” Olcott said. She explained the previous turnout at the beginning of the year at West Campus would be around 100 students and a regular crowd of about 40 to 50 students would show up every Thursday night after that.

“That kind of number felt really good,” Olcott said.

Nelson mirrored Olcott’s statement, stating that with the higher accessibility of Main Campus, Mugshots coordinators were surprised to not see a higher turnout every week.

“I was expecting a lot more people,” Nelson stated. “We’ve always wanted to get more Main Campus people to come and on west campus, people were always hardcore fans.”