The Taos Solar Music Festival is a world class music festival set in a beautiful park in the middle of Taos, New Mexico. In addition to the Festival’s great line‑up, their will be Solar Companies located on Solar Fest grounds, featuring exhibits and demonstrations designed to inform and expose alternative and renewable energy sources and solutions.
(Taken from the event’s website: http://www.solarmusicfest.com/ )
Music in the Mountains presents its critically acclaimed SummerFest concert series from June 11 to July 3 in addition to its extensive Education programs including the awarding winning Young Composers Project. SummerFest concerts have been delighting audiences for 32 years celebrating music from classical to classic rock, jazz, blues and more. Under the stars at the Nevada County Fairgrounds or at select indoor venues.
See the full schedule and learn more at http://musicinthemountains.org/event/summerfest/
17 bands playing music from all over the world & admission is FREE. A fantastic main stage line up of Afrofunk Experience original funk and afrobeats, Manzo Rally with new Latin rock music featuring Gaberiel Manzo lead guitarist from Malo with an all star line up, and the legendary motown review Pride and Joy. Music in 13 various stores & restuarants around Telegraph Ave. area. After party at Askenaz.
(Taken from the event’s website: http://www.berkeleyworldmusic.org/ )
The longest-running series of benefit concerts in America, Farm Aid grew out of a comment made by the Bob Dylan at the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia. Suggesting it would be great if the musical community could help America’s struggling family farms as well, Dylan inspired Neil Young, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp to organise an event. The first Farm Aid took place two months later in Champaign, Illinois and raised $7 million. Two decades later, the concerts have raised more than $30 million and featured great American axe wielders such as Tom Petty, Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Grateful Dead (by satellite in 1987) and, of course, the organizers.