By: Natalie

Natalie — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:35:55 +0000

The importance of a festival, or concerts, is to reach out the
community. How is it possible to make change without people around
you on board? The community must have some knowledge about what it
is that needs to be changed and they must feel that we are doing it
for them. They must know what we are doing, support it, and help.
You can’t tell someone to read a book, they won’t do it. The only
true way to educate is by expressing it to them in, not only words,
but through action, events, a sense of community and a feasible
chance for change. You only let bands play if they are arriving
sustainably. Get a band that is on board with what your festival is
supporting. Get them to mention the theme of your festival, let
their fans be influenced in a silly way, only to get the idea in
their brain somewhere, only to run across it later in a news
article that your local activists sent out. Then maybe they will
start to take an open interest in the matter, and brush up on what
to do to invoke change. You get local artists who are thriving, and
voicing opinions of social justice, and changes that need to be
made. It is an inspiration to others. There has never been change
by telling people to stay home and read a book. and plus, most the
time you have to join the bullshit to fight the bullshit. It is not
hypocritical.

Comments on: “Save The Earth” Festival

By: Natalie