Congratulations, Keely!

We are excited to share that San Francisco Chapter Music Outreach Program volunteer extraordinaire Keely Gerhold has moved to Portland, Maine to join the Reverb team as the Tour Greening Logistics and Office Operations Coordinator!

Reverb shared the news in today's Reverb e-newsletter.

Please join us in congratulating her!

If you're a regular reader of our blog then you've seen her show reports! You can find her bio here on the Reverb Who We Are page, where she gave us a shout out:)

We are so excited for you, Keely!

Surfrider Foundation Partners With The 2011 Honda Civic Tour

YAY, Surfrider! Just read this in the weekly e-newsletter (SOUP, Issue 122) sent out by the Surfrider HQ office in San Clemente, CA:



We're going on tour! Surfrider Foundation has been invited to go on the 2011 Honda Civic Tour this fall with Blink-182 & My Chemical Romance! Surfrider will be partnering with Reverb, a company dedicated to creating "green" tours (in the past they have worked with Jack Johnson & the Dave Matthew's Band). Our goal is to engage fans and raise awareness regarding environmental issues such as single-use plastics and water quality. Click the link below to purchase tickets and support Surfrider, or sign up to volunteer at a concert event!

I dug up the tour schedule ...

8/5/11 PNC Bank Arts Center
Holmdel, NJ w/ Manchester Orchestra
8/6/11 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Wantagh, NY w/ Manchester Orchestra
8/7/11 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Wantagh, NY w/ Alkaline Trio
8/9/11 Comcast Center
Boston, MA w/ Manchester Orchestra
8/11/11 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Buffalo, NY w/ Manchester Orchestra
8/12/11 Jiffy Lube Live
Bristow, VA w/ Manchester Orchestra
8/13/11 Hershey Park Pavilion
Hershey, PA w/ Manchester Orchestra
8/14/11 The Comcast Theatre
Hartford, CT w/ Manchester Orchestra
8/16/11 ^ Bell Centre
Montreal, QC w/ Manchester Orchestra
8/17/11 ^ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Toronto, ON w/ Manchester Orchestra
8/19/11 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
St. Louis, MO w/ Manchester Orchestra
8/20/11 First Midwest Bank Pavilion
Chicago, IL w/ Manchester Orchestra
8/21/11 Riverbend Music Center
Cincinnati, OH w/ Manchester Orchestra
8/23/11 Marcus Amphitheater
Milwaukee, WI w/ Manchester Orchestra
8/25/11 ^ MTS Centre
Winnipeg, MB w/ Rancid, Against Me! *
8/26/11 ^ Credit Union Centre
Saskatoon, SK w/ Rancid, Against Me! *
8/27/11 ^ Rexall Place
Edmonton, AB w/ Rancid, Against Me! *
8/28/11 ^ Saddledome
Calgary, AB w/ Rancid, Against Me! *
8/30/11 ^ Save-On Foods Memorial Centre
Victoria, BC w/ Rancid, Against Me! *
8/31/11 ^ Rogers Arena
Vancouver, BC w/ Rancid, Against Me!
9/1/11 White River Amphitheater
Seattle, WA w/ Rancid
9/3/11 USANA Amphitheater
Salt Lake City, UT w/ Rancid
9/4/11 Comfort Dental Amphitheater
Denver, CO w/ Rancid
9/7/11 Xcel Energy Center
Minneapolis, MN w/ Matt and Kim
9/8/11 Wells Fargo Arena
Des Moines, IA w/ TBA
9/9/11 Sandstone Amphitheater
Kansas City, MO w/ Matt and Kim
9/10/11 Verizon Wireless Music Center
Indianapolis, IN w/ Matt and Kim
9/11/11 DTE Energy Music Theatre
Detroit, MI w/ Matt and Kim
9/13/11 Blossom Music Center
Cleveland, OH w/ Matt and Kim
9/15/11 First Niagara Pavilion
Pittsburgh, PA w/ Matt and Kim
9/16/11 SPAC
Saratoga, NY w/ Matt and Kim
9/17/11 Susquehanna Bank Center
Camden, NJ w/ Matt and Kim
9/18/11 Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, VA w/ Matt and Kim
9/20/11 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Charlotte, NC w/ Matt and Kim
9/21/11 Aarons Amphitheatre at Lakewood
Atlanta, GA w/ Matt and Kim
9/23/11 Cruzan Amphitheater
West Palm Beach, FL w/ Matt and Kim
9/24/11 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre
Tampa, FL w/ Matt and Kim
9/26/11 Woodlands Pavilion
Houston, TX w/ Matt and Kim
9/27/11 Gexa Energy Pavilion
Dallas, TX w/ Matt and Kim
9/29/11 Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents: The Pavilion
Albuquerque, NM w/ Matt and Kim
9/30/11 Tempe Beach Park Amph.
Phoenix, AZ w/ Matt and Kim *
10/1/11 Honda Center
Anaheim, CA w/ Matt and Kim
10/2/11 Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sacramento, CA w/ Matt and Kim
10/5/11 Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mountain View, CA w/ Matt and Kim
10/7/11 Red Rock Resort, Spa & Casino
Las Vegas, NV w/ Matt and Kim
10/8/11 Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles, CA w/ Matt and Kim
10/28/11-10/30/11 (Exact Date TBD) VOODOO Music Experience 2011
New Orleans, LA

Brett Dennen and Reverb at 930 Club

Brett Dennen was at the 9:30 Club last Saturday the 21^st of May and DC Surfrider’s Music Outreach Program was on hand to talk ocean pollution to concert attendees. Big thanks to Kate Brennan for taking the reigns, as I was out of town—great job Kate! Apparently Brett let all of the volunteers come backstage. He put on a great show despite being out all day picking up trash and playing an outdoor mini-concert at DC Surfrider and Barefoot Wines’s clean up at Anacostia Skate Pavilion. Huge thanks to Reverb for letting Surfrider be a part of this event!

DMB in 100+ DC Heat!

The Dave Matthews Band ripped Nationals Stadium Friday night, playing from 8:30 until 11:30! Surfrider volunteers Matt Gove and Steve Reidy were on hand to hand out some reusable shopping bags and sign people up to support DC Surfrider’s goal of passing a bag-fee bill in Maryland and Virginia. Much thanks to Reverb for hosting us at their Eco Village—specifically, thanks to Amy Makowiecki and Greg Hansen! It was ultra hot, but the huge crowds and Surfrider love from concert goers made for a great evening.

DMB at National's Stadium

The Dave Matthews Band is playing Nationals Stadium. This is only the second time this huge venue has hosted a musical act. Reverb has been very kind to invite DC Surfrider to be a part of their set up once again at a show, and we are excited to spread the Surfrider gospel to the masses! If you can wade through the crowds, come and say hi to our volunteers!

Surfrider and Reverb at Ben Harper

Surfrider's Music Outreach Program was at Ben Harper's show at Pier 6 on April 20. Surfrider volunteers Brian Dalton and Matt Gove took in the beautiful evening in Baltimore, talking to lots of fans about ocean pollution and plastic bags. Much thanks to Reverb staff Amy and Kristen who let us participate in the event! They also let us be a part of their Eco Village and their raffle--awesome.

Many Marylanders signed our petition to pass a bag bill in MD, and a few folks even wrote postcards to DC Mayor Adrian Fenty—see picture. Ben Harper and Alberta Cross sounded great under the big tent, if you haven’t been to Pier 6 I recommend a visit.

Surfrider at Ben Harper!

Surfrider will be representing at Ben Harper's show in Baltimore at Pier 6 next Tuesday the 20th of April! The show is part of a cool program organized by Reverb called the Campus Consciousness Tour: “CCT aims to inspire and activate students in an electric atmosphere while leaving a positive impact on each community the tour visits. In addition to educating and mobilizing students, the tour includes many greening elements and is run to have a minimal environmental footprint.”

Reverb is a great organization that provides greening programs for artists' tours while conducting grassroots outreach and education with music fans as well as a number of businesses in the music industry including venues, record labels, and radio stations.

Alberta Cross will open—these Brits have a great sound, check out their website.