Epstein said that both the CLC and the Dean’s office would use lessons learned this year to improve Springfest in the future.

“The Dean’s office said that, despite the low attendance, they learned a lot about the logistics and how to work together,” Epstein said. “But next year I would say that planning should start earlier.”

The UC originally entered into negotiations with rapper Snoop Dogg for a concert following the afterparty, but the deal fell through when the security costs exceeded expectations.

Instead the HCC booked four lesser-known bands—the Half Nelsons, Tommy and the Tigers, Seeking Homer, and Toussaint and the China Band—to play at the afterparty.

Epstein said she hopes that in the future the UC can offer both ticketed big-name events and free music at the afterparty.

“If we can make both a concert and this type of afterparty happen next year, that would be great,” she said.

—Liz C. Goodwin and Aria S.K. Laskin contributed to the reporting of this story.

—Staff writer Joshua P. Rogers can be reached at jprogers@fas.harvard.edu.