This Saturday, October 3rd, 50+ artists and speakers will take part in Democracy Comes Alive, a one-day virtual music festival on aimed at promoting voter participation presented by Live For Live Music in partnership with HeadCount. In honor of this weekend’s festivities, Spotify has curated an official Democracy Comes Alive playlist highlighting the many amazing artists set to perform for the all-day streaming event. Listen to the official Democracy Comes Alive Spotify playlist here or stream it via the player below:
Democracy Comes Alive Official Spotify Playlist
Powered by Nugs.TV and Plus1, Democracy Comes Alive is the latest in a virtual series from the creators of Quarantine Comes Alive and Justice Comes Alive, which each garnered over 200,000 viewers and raised a combined $230,000 for various COVID-19 relief and social justice organizations. In partnership with HeadCount, a non-partisan organization that uses the power of music to register voters and encourage civic participation, this latest installment aims to channel the momentum of the previous virtual festivals toward increasing voter participation.
The event, hosted by SiriusXM’s Ari Fink, will require fans to check their voter registration or make a donation to HeadCount in order to receive a streaming link for the show. For more information, head here.
Fans are encouraged to visit DemocracyComesAlive.com and RSVP. Those who check their voter registration status via Democracy Comes Alive or make a donation of any size in advance will receive an email with a link to the stream the event on the day of the show. The event will begin at 1 p.m. ET and continue throughout the day on Saturday, October 3rd. Head here to check your status or donate to HeadCount below to secure your spot:
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See below for a full list of participating artists. For more information, visit DemocracyComesAlive.com. For updates, follow Democracy Comes Alive on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter and RSVP to the Facebook Event page.
Democracy Comes Alive Performances By:
ALO
Andy Frasco
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Big Something
Billy Strings
Bruce Hornsby
The California Honeydrops
Cris Jacobs
David Shaw (The Revivalists)
DAWES
Dopapod
Dumpstaphunk
Fruition
G.Love
The Ghost of Paul Revere
Goose
Here Come The Mummies
Hiss Golden Messenger
Joey Porter (feat. Nigel Hall & Sonata Porter)
Karina Rykman
Katie Pruitt
Kim Dawson
Kitchen Dwellers
Leslie Mendelson
Lettuce x Motet (Members)
Maggie Rose
Marco Benevento
Melvin Seals & JGB
Michael Franti
Moon Taxi
Neal Francis
Nicki Bluhm
The New Mastersounds
The Nth Power
Phil Lesh and Friends
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Reed Mathis & Electric Beethoven
Robert Walter
Ryan Montbleau
Shawn Colvin
Slightly Stoopid
Southern Avenue
Spafford
The String Cheese Incident (members)
The Suffers
Trampled By Turtles
Turkuaz
Umphrey’s Mcgee
Warren Haynes
Democracy Comes Alive Speakers:
Andy Bernstein (HeadCount)
Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead)
Bob Crawford (The Avett Brothers)
Bob Weir (Grateful Dead)
Jon Fishman (Phish)
Kunj Shah (Live For Live Music)
Marc Brownstein (The Disco Biscuits)
Oteil Burbridge (Dead and Company)
Peter Shapiro (Brooklyn Bowl)
Stefan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band)
Host:
Ari Fink (SiriusXM)