On June 28, Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band, Tank & The Bangas, Umphrey's McGee, Ivan Neville and many more will participate in the day-long virtual benefit concert to "raise funds and awareness for organizations empowering Black communities, keeping people out of the criminal justice system, and working to dismantle the systemic racism which persists in our society." (Quote via press release.)
The event is partnering with the PLUS1 For Black Lives Fund, and proceeds will raised will "directly benefit participating artists [and] organizations like Equal Justice Initiative, Impact Justice and The Bail Project, as well as Black and Indigenous-led grassroots organizations combating racism. Justice Comes Alive is also proud to partner with HeadCount to further encourage voter participation." (Quote via press release.)
According to a press release, "fans can donate any amount to participate and are encouraged to make their contributions early in order to secure a spot at the show via JusticeComesAlive.com. Those who opt to donate in advance will receive a link to stream the event across various platforms on the morning of the show."
"Quarantine has taught me that the power of music is too potent for it to be wasted on something as simple as profit margins," said Kunj Shah, president and founder of Live for Live Music, and producer of Justice Comes Alive (via press release.) "Because of that, I've also pledged that all shows I produce moving forward will benefit a cause dear to our hearts in some way. We hope this event helps Justice, finally, Come Alive."
In addition to the previously listed artists, the event will also feature performances by Lettuce, Galactic, Stanley Jordan, Antibalas, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram," Cory Henry and many more. There will also be conversations with artists such as Christian McBride, George Portery Jr., Oteil Burbridge and more.
To tune in and donate, head to justicecomesalive.com. Check out the full lineup of performers and speakers below!
Featuring Performances By (alphabetical order):
Antibalas
Alvin Ford Jr.
BANDEMIC (feat. John Scofield, John Medeski, Billy Martin and Jesse Murphy)
Big Sam's Funky Nation
Bobby Rush
Brandon "Taz" Niederauer
Christone "KINGFISH" Ingram
Cory Henry
D'Vibes Trio w/ Adam Deitch & Adam "Shmeeans" Smirnoff
David Shaw
Doom Flamingo
Dumpstaphunk
Eric Krasno
Everyone Orchestra
Full Moonalice
The Funky Knuckles
G. Love
Galactic
George Porter Jr.
The Ghost of Paul Revere
Ivan Neville
Jennifer Hartswick w/ Nick Cassarino & Christian McBride
Kim Dawson
Lettuce
Louis Cato
Marco Benevento
Maurice "MOBETTA" Brown
Mononeon
Moon Taxi
The Motet
MoTown Getdown
Nahko
Neal Francis
Nick Cassarino & Erin Boyd
Nigel Hall
The OG's
The Original Nth Power
Phil Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band
Robert Walter
Roosevelt Collier
Shaun Martin
The Soul Rebels
Southern Avenue
Stanley Jordan
Star Kitchen
Stout
Tank and the Bangas
TAUK
Terence Higgins & The Nola Krewe
Turkuaz
Umphrey’s McGee
Speakers Include:
Christian McBride
Dennis Chambers
Ellis Hall
Eric Krasno
Gary Bartz
George Porter Jr.
Harvey Mason
Ivan Neville
Karl Denson
Oteil Burbridge
Patrice Rushen
Terence Blanchard
Weedie Braimah
