Hello Everyone! I have a quick announcement to share. Tickets for the band's Fall Tour will go on-sale to the general public on Friday, September 10th. Members of the PFC Community will have access to a special pre-sale beginning Friday, August 20th. If you are not already a member of the PFC Community, you can join by clicking here. I hope to see you on the road!
Posted by Jeremy Goulder, 2 years ago
I am thrilled to announce that the Playing For Change Band is back by popular demand, and is getting ready to kick off a Fall Tour visiting 30+ cities in the U.S. and Canada! And, over the course of their tour the band will be making special stops in communities all along the way to meet with "Changemakers."
We want to hear from you! If you live in one of the cities the band is performing in, and you or someone you know is making a positive contribution in your community, please send your story to housecall@playingforchange.com. We may feature your story on our website and what is more, the Playing For Change Band may pay you a visit this Fall at your home, school, hospital, community center-- or wherever you may be!
To be clear, this is not a contest-- we are not looking for the "best" or most amazing stories. We just want to share some of the good things people are doing to make the world a better place. And if you are interested in helping spread the message of Playing For Change, please email us at peacesoldier@playingforchange.com for information-- we want your help!
PFC Founder Mark Johnson is currently on location in Jamaica working on new Songs Around The World. He just sent this video explaining the upcoming Tour and this exciting opportunity to meet the band-- check it out:
The PFC Band is coming to a community near you! ($1 of every concert ticket purchased goes to benefit the Playing For Change Foundation, building music and art schools in communities around the world.) Below is the current line-up for the PFC Band's Fall Tour; we hope to see you at a show!
| Date | Location | Venue |
| October 13 | Calgary, AB, Canada | MacEwan Hall |
| October 16 | Atlanta, GA | Center Stage |
| October 17 | Asheville, NC | Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) |
| October 19 | Birmingham, AL | WorkPlay Theater (Soundstage) |
| October 20 | New Orleans, LA | House of Blues |
| October 22 | Dallas, TX | House of Blues |
| October 23 | Austin, TX | Antone's |
| October 24 | Houston, TX | House of Blues |
| October 27 | Los Angeles, CA | Wilshire Ebell |
| October 29 | Petaluma, CA | Mystic Theatre |
| October 30 | San Francisco, CA | Yoshi's |
| November 01 | Medford, OR | Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater |
| November 02 | Portland, OR | Aladdin Theater |
| November 03 | Seattle, WA | Moore Theater |
| November 05 | Boulder, CO | Boulder Theater |
| November 06 | Aspen, CO | Belly Up |
| November 08 | Minneapolis, MN | Cedar Cultural Center |
| November 09 | Madison, WI | Capitol Theater |
| November 10 | Chicago, IL | TBD |
| November 13 | New York, NY | The Concert Hall - Ethical Society |
| November 14 | Northampton, MA | Calvin Theater |
| November 15 | Philadelphia, PA | World Cafe Live |
| November 17 | Boston, MA | Symphony Hall |
| November 18 | Lebanon, NH | Lebanon Opera House |
| November 20 | New Haven, CT | Stage One |
| November 21 | Annapolis, MD | Ramshead on Stage |
| November 22 | Washington, DC | The Birchmere |
Playing For Change and founder Mark Johnson received a rousing standing ovation from the technorati at the TED Convention in Oxford, England. The theme of the conference was “The Substance of Things Not Seen,” but the 600 attendees were moved by the very visible substance of our "Stand By Me" and “War No More Trouble” videos. Among those in attendance was actress Cameron Diaz, who showed her appreciation with a hug for Mark.
Click here for a summary of Mark's presentation. As soon as TED posts the video feed from Mark's speech, we will let you know!
I'd like to take a moment to officially welcome a new musician to the Playing For Change Movement: Titi Tsira. We first met this lovely young woman in Guguletu, South Africa, at a concert held to celebrate the opening of the Playing For Change Foundation's Ntonga Music School in the Spring of 2009. As soon as we heard Titi's voice, it was love at first sight-- or, in this case, love at first sound.
She joined the PFC Band for an amazing performance at the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, and then traveled with the band to New Orleans to perform again with us at Tipitina's last Saturday.
We are very excited to add her beautiful voice to the Playing For Change Band's global chorus. Though our Summer Tour just ended, we're planning a Fall Tour which is going to be out of this world. I hope to see you at one of our shows soon, so you can enjoy Titi and the rest of the PFC Band live on stage-- it's an experience you won't soon forget!
