Green Apple Festival - Music to save the World

Back in 1970 when Senator Gaylord Nelson declared that there needed to be an "Earth Day", his intentions were to bring awareness to rising environmental issues facing the world. Over the last 40 years the environment has unfortunately gotten a lot worse (anyone seen Al Gore's movie?), but a man by the name of Peter Shapiro along with Relix magazine are on a mission to fix that with a festival they call the Green Apple Music Festival. Over the weekend of the 20th-22nd of April, over 200 artists will play at over 60 venues in San Francisco, Chicago and New York in the name of saving the planet. Green Apple is a completely eco-friendly event and it's goals are to affect change amongst people to make a positive impact on our environment. Read more about it and see the full line up below...

About The Green Apple Music & Arts Festival:
Entering its second year, The Green Apple Music & Arts Festival is produced by Peter Shapiro and Relix magazine in partnership with Earth Day Network and presented by JPMorgan Chase. It is bringing the message of Earth Day to over 60 live music venues with over 200 performances in New York, Chicago and San Francisco over Earth Day weekend. The event achieves its mission of increasing awareness for Earth Day by combining top-tier live musical performances with educational programs to elevate activation of crucial environmental issues on both local and global levels.

The Green Apple Music & Arts Festival will put the Earth Day message into practice by “greening” all of the participating venues. Working with Onyx Distribution and JPMorgan Chase, Green Apple will provide venues in each city with environmentally friendly cups and straws; napkins and paper towels made of recycled materials, compostable garbage bags and biodegradable cleaning materials to ensure the event has a direct impact on how the venues operate.

Furthering their zero waste goal, the entire Festival will be carbon-neutral, meaning it will offset any carbon dioxide emission produced as a result of the festival, making this the nation’s largest carbon-neutral event ever. Additionally, each venue will have an informational table featuring educational and volunteer information relating to prominent environmental issues and organizations.
“The core idea of the Green Apple Festival is to raise awareness of Earth Day,” said Peter Shapiro, Founder and Executive Producer of the Festival. “By featuring a diverse group of musicians and uniting these venues under one cause, we are able to coordinate a very exciting, and somewhat unprecedented event. We hope the national footprint of the Festival will help inform as many people as possible on these important issues. And, we hope to expand to additional cities in future years, as I think everyone would agree that Earth Day should be recognized in a big way every year.”

Full line up of artists performing in San Francisco for the Green Apple Festival this year:
Bob Weir and Ratdog, Stephen Marley feat. Junior Gong, Greyboy Allstars, Yonder Mountain String Band, Martin Sexton, Trans Am, Tea Leaf Green, Railroad Earth, Electric Six, Newmaster Sounds, Everyone Orchestra, Girlyman, Akasha, The Drastics, DJ Scheme and Plan B, May Lake, Kite Flying Society, Black Taj, The Sippy Cups, The English Beat, The Plimsouls, Xiu Xiu and Smoosh.

For a complete schedule of performances and venues, go to:www.greenapplefestival.com



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