The Dead Milkmen and More @ Liberty Lands For the Rock To The Future Fundraiser.
Text and images by Luong Huynh.
On Saturday at Liberty Lands Park in Northern Liberties, Philly legends The Dead Milkmen headlined the first ever Rally for Rock, a benefit show for Rock to the Future.
Rock to the Future is a nonprofit organization that provides music education to Philadelphia’s underserved youth at no cost to them or their families. They do this through three distinct programs: the MusiCore Afterschool Program, Macquarie Free Music Workshops and Music Summer Camps.
With the recent elimination of the Itinerant Music Teachers program due to a $304 million budget shortfall, 66 Philly public school music teachers have been laid off or reassigned, which has left about 10,000 students without music instruction. Rock to the Future hopes to help fill the gaping hole left by these cuts by bringing their programming and workshops directly into Philly schools.
Other local favorites that played in support of the event were the West Philly Orchestra, Conversations with Enemies, Andrew Lipke, Break It Up, You Do You, and the Rock to the Future Student House Band.
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