Today, Native American organizations have come together to announce a free anti-voter suppression event featuring a headlining performance by Dave Matthews. The event will take place at Prarie Knights Casino & Resort in Cannon Ball, North Dakota this coming Saturday, October 27th.

As an announcement post on the Dave Matthews Band Facebook page explains,

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on North Dakota’s new voter ID law, Native American organizations have organized the Stand-N-Vote concert. The event is free, on a first-come-first-served basis, and will be held on Saturday, October 27th at the Prairie Knights Casino in Standing Rock, ND and will feature Dave Matthews, Mark Ruffalo and Native American performers such as Auntie Beachress, Lakota Thunder and the Dancers of the Northern Plains, Scotti Clifford & Spirits Cry, and Prolific the Rapper.

The law, upheld by the US Supreme Court just weeks before the election, requires that all IDs used at the polls include a street address – thereby disenfranchising the many Native American voters who only have a P.O. Box on their tribal identification cards. The intent of the event is to take a united stand against rampant voter suppression, not only in North Dakota, but nationally. The event is also intended help Get Out the Vote in the upcoming November 6 midterm elections, and to encourage native voters to get new tribal IDs so that they can vote in this election.

Dave Matthews has never been shy about using his platform to help support political and humanitarian causes, from organizing clean water donations to residents of Flint, MI in 2016 to participating in a star-studded Concert For Island Relief in January of this year to mounting a fundraiser for Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dennis Kucinich in April.

Matthews was also notably involved in supporting the Standing Rock protests back in 2016, hosting a Stand For Standing Rock benefit to aid in the pushback against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. This latest politically-minded performance continues Matthews’ connections to the rights of the native people of North Dakota.

For more information about the Stand-N-Vote show, head here.

[H/T Relix]