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Global Music Festival To Support Children Living With HIV/AIDS - Musicians in Ukraine wanted
Second Annual Event To Benefit Keep A Child Alive
The world may march to the beat of its own drum, however for one weekend the world will beat as one.
From March 19-21, 2004, thousands of musicians from all around the world will unite, via live webcasting, to perform in the Second Annual One World Beat Global Music Festival, developing into one of the largest charity musical extravaganzas since Live Aid.
One World Beat Global Music Festival is a series of concerts taking place over a three-day weekend providing a platform for socially conscious musicians to unite and convey a message of hope through their music, all to benefit charities; Music Making A Difference!
"One World Beat Music Festival is not only a collaboration of musicians united in a global effort, it also serves as a platform for the thousands of local and international non-profit organisations currently working for a better social environment to communicate their message to a worldwide audience," says Andy Treichler, founder and creator of One World Beat.
"In addition the festival provides an opportunity for thousands of everyday citizens to get involved through volunteerism."
Supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and artists such as Phil Collins, the 2003 One World Beat Festival led to its first-ever global volunteer effort, reaching a worldwide audience helping to raise money for many charities.
"There are no barriers in music," Phil Collins states. "The colour of skin or the choice of religion should be of no interest to us in how we judge each other."
The 2004 festival will benefit Keep A Child Alive, a new initiative of Artists Against AIDS Worldwide, set up to provide life-saving medicine to children living with HIV/AIDS in the developing world who will die without it.
"We are excited about teaming up with One World Beat for this amazing event," said Leigh Blake, Co-founder and Executive Director of Keep A Child Alive.
"As the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to spread throughout the world many people and especially children in developing nations are dying because they cannot afford the medicine that will keep them alive.
"Only one percent of Africans can afford this medicine and consequently 25 million Africans have already died, unnecessarily.
"This event will help bring much needed awareness of the global AIDS epidemic and its effect on families as well as financial support for those who need it desperately."
Sponsorship opportunities are also available to support the One World Beat organisation, which includes the administration, operations, promotions and advertising, as well as web casting.
The worldwide campaign for One World Beat 2004 commenced on December 1, 2003, to coincide with World AIDS Day (www.worldaidsday.org). Voices United Against Aids.
Events:
The 2004 One World Beat Global Music Festival will feature performances in many countries and include music from all genres.
All money raised from the events will go to Keep A Child Alive.
The following is a sample of organisations and musicians participating in One World Beat 2004 throughout the world (for a complete listing of events, please visit www.oneworldbeat.org):
Sydney - AUSTRALIA - CLUB ACOUSTICA
Bujumbura - BURUNDI - CLUB DU LAC AUX OISEAUX
Stratford – CANADA - BLS SOUL PRODUCTIONS
London - ENGLAND - SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE
Aachen – GERMANY – PESNYARY
Carterton – NEW ZEALAND – NOISE PRODUCTIONS
Perth – SCOTLAND - STUART BLANCE
Westville - SOUTH AFRICA – DAVID AND THE BAND
Philadelphia – USA – HAMPTON ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
How You Can Help:
Music lovers can organize their own event, support an event in their community, or throughout the three-day weekend, log on to the One World Beat web site, www.oneworldbeat.org, to make a donation.
Musicians can stage their own event, or donate a portion of their proceeds from an existing event to help support One World Beat, or simply show their support by sending a quote for the One World Beat web site.
Info:
For event information, participation and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Andy Treichler (Switzerland), Founder of One World Beat, via e-mail at andyt@oneworldbeat.org
For sponsorship opportunities, interested recording artists and media, please contact Crys Spelman (USA) via e-mail at CLSPublicity@aol.com
General info about One World Beat is available on the official One World Beat website: www.oneworldbeat.org
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Keep A Child Alive is dedicated to providing life-saving medicine to the 3.2 million children and families living with HIV/AIDS in the developing world. Every minute, a child dies because of lack of access to life-extending antiretroviral (ARV) therapy and Keep A Child Alive helps to provide antiretroviral medications to those living with this disease. www.keepachildalive.org
One World Beat is a Switzerland-based non-profit organisation whose mission is unite socially conscious musicians and charities for social change; Music Making a Difference! One World Beat is an all-volunteer organisation that provides musicians and non-profits a platform on which to communicate their message, while raising the consciousness of the planet, and much needed funding to support those in need. One World Beat shares this goal with various charities each year. www.oneworldbeat.org
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Musicians and music venues in Ukraine are being invited to take part in a global music festival raising money for children with AIDS.
One World Beat has approximately 100 events in 25 countries on board for the festival, which takes place in March.
But there are no events on board in Ukraine yet - and the festival organisers are looking for musicians who want to represent their country by taking part in this global event.
Musicians around the world will play, simultaneously, on the weekend of March 19-21 - all to raise money for Keep A Child Alive, a charity which provides medical equipment for children suffering with AIDS and HIV.
Musicians of all levels and genres can take part in the One World Beat festival, by donating some or all of their fee from a performance, and venues hosting events can donate part or all of the profits from their event to One World Beat.
All donations will go direct to Keep A Child Alive.
All events taking part in the festival will be listed on the One World Beat website (www.oneworldbeat.org) and there is also an individual page for each event, which features full details about that event.
In addition, there is a global PR campaign in place which is helping to promote the events.
Phil Collins is a One World Beat supporter.
Among the many venues worldwide hosting One World Beat events is the Shepherds Bush Empire in London, which has staged concerts for some of the world's biggest names in music, such as Elton John, Bob Dylan, Oasis and Stereophonics.
Several events, including concerts in London and Sydney, will be broadcast live on the internet via webcasting.
One World Beat is set to be one of the biggest global charity music extravaganzas since Live Aid.
Countries hosting One World Beat events to date are:
Australia, Belgium, Burundi, Canada, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Japan, Lithuania, Kenya, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, Scotland, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States and Wales.
There are also opportunities for volunteers to take part.
So far the One World Beat organisation has 36 event co-ordinators and other volunteers in 12 countries - who are all donating their time for free.
Any musicians or venues interested in taking part in One World Beat can contact Mark Roach via email: markroach@oneworldbeat.org
More information about the One World Beat global music festival is available on the official website: www.oneworldbeat.org
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