When I was young I had fantasies of being a rock star, but I was a failure in guitar lessons and couldn’t really hold a tune, so that didn’t really work out. But I’ve stayed pretty obsessed with music. I like to be surrounded by it, and in my mind my life is accompanied by a soundtrack. Somehow music makes even the darkest situation bearable.
Yes, life is good when there is music around and life was great this weekend. I spent Saturday and Sunday a the Life is Good Festival in Canton, MA and I heard some amazing artists.
The festival raises money for the Life is Good Foundation to help kids overcome life-threatening challenges such as violence, illness and extreme poverty. Pretty much everything anyone did on the festival grounds those two days somehow contributed to the work of the foundation. Even if you bought a beer and threw a dollar into the tip jar, the proceeds and the tip went to the Foundation. An awful lot of the work that had to be done those days was done by volunteers. Some of them were employees of Life is Good giving a little extra time, others, like me, did not and were just volunteering their time.
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Life is Good Festival, Day One
Today was the first day of the the Life is Good Festival in the Blue Hills in Canton, MA.
The festival is a two-day celebration of music and optimism, featuring three stages of diverse live music, hands-on games, interactive arts activities and the “Good Kids” zone — home to the top acts in kids entertainment. The Life is Good Festival is a unique music event that every age group can enjoy.
100% of Life is Good’s profits from the Festival will go towards The Life is good Kids Foundation, helping kids overcome life-threatening challenges such as violence, illness and extreme poverty.
It was a great line up today. I really enjoyed Ozomatli, Mavis Staples and Ben Harper. I liked Dr. Dog, too. But I didn’t get to hear as much of it as I would have liked as I was working as a volunteer and had to get back to the Bocce station!