HeadCount To Sponsor #iVOTED Festival Stage feat. Trey Anastasio, Billie Eilish, Everyone Orchestra’s ‘Soundtrack To Life’ & More
HEADCOUNT TO SPONSOR #IVOTED FESTIVAL STAGE ON NOV 3
FEATURING EVERYONE ORCHESTRA’S “SOUNDTRACK TO HISTORY
”With Support from Ben & Jerry’s and ASCAP, Stage Will Host Trey Anastasio, Taking Back Sunday, The Disco Biscuits, Fantastic Negrito, Umphrey’s McGee, Jim James, Citizen Cope, Exclusive Video Messages From Billie Eilish and MGMT + Many More
New York, NY (October 26, 2020) — HeadCount is capping a record-setting year of get-out-the-vote efforts by sponsoring its own virtual stage during the #iVoted Festival, the largest single-night digital concert in history, taking place on November 3rd for election day.The HeadCount stage will feature the Everyone Orchestra performing a live “Soundtrack to History,” following performances and appearances by Trey Anastasio, Jim James (of My Morning Jacket), Fantastic Negrito, Umphrey’s McGee, The Disco Biscuits, Taking Back Sunday, Dreamers, Citizen Cope, Saves The Day, Demo Taped, Geographer, Jesse Ruben, Hollis Brown, A Conversation with Julien Baker and Rhea Butcher, as well as exclusive video messages from Billie Eilish, and MGMT, and a special message from Newport Festivals Foundation.Anyone wishing to view the #IVoted Festival can RSVP at ivotedconcerts.com, which includes instructions on how to submit a selfie photo outside a polling place or voting by mail. With support from Ben & Jerry’s and ASCAP, the HeadCount stage will also feature performances by ASCAP members as part of their “ASCAP Citizen” campaign.Sets of varying lengths will precede the “Soundtrack to History,” an improvised performance that serves as a musical accompaniment — or alternative — to watching the election returns as they unfold. It was first staged at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl in 2016 and will be streamed live from Portland, OR this year. Conducted by Matt Butler and featuring Andrew Borger (Pink Martini), JP Downer (Portland Cello Project), Sarah Clarke (Dirty Revival), Asher Fulero (Emancipator Ensemble), Nick Werth, Steve Berlin (Los Lobos) and more, the two-set performance will begin just before 9pm ET, when polls close in several major states. It will be followed by a late-night dance party with DJ Logic. The #iVoted initiative was founded by longtime entrepreneur Emily White, along with Mike Luba and Wilco’s Pat Sansone. #iVoted also recently announced Warped Tour Founder Kevin Lyman as its most recent board member. With more talent joining the movement daily, #iVoted’s Election Night concert series will be not only the biggest music and talent “festival” of the year but is on track to become the largest single-night digital concert in history.