Brooklyn-Based Nonprofit KIDS ROCK FOR KIDS to Host Fundraising Music Festival
The festival will run from June 18th through June 20th.
By: Marissa Tomeo May. 04, 2022
Brooklyn-based nonprofit, Kids Rock For Kids (KRFK), is set to host COME TOGETHER, the very first multi-day International Teen Music Festival, which will bring kids from around the world to perform in venues across New York City. More importantly, the festival, which will run from June 18 -20, 2022, will raise money for kids in crisis in both Ukraine and New York City.
Internationally acclaimed pop band, Laundry Day, will headline two nights of the festival as they come off their massive Spring tour. Laundry Day began making music in 2018 while attending Beacon High School in New York City and has since released their major label debut on Warner Records. The festival will also feature bands and musicians from Spain, the UK, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, Indonesia, Australia, and across the U.S.
"We are so excited for this, and we welcome all families to come out and watch these off-the-chart talented teens perform," says Lisa Schorr, co-founder of KRFK. "We've curated a line-up of the best teen talent on the planet, and they're going to be performing at some of the coolest venues across New York City. Our mission has always been local and global. All the money we raise this year will go to homeless children in New York City and children suffering in Ukraine."
KRFK started in 2017 in Brooklyn with a small, community-based show to raise money for local nonprofit organizations as well as for AFCECO, a girls orphanage in Afghanistan. Because it was too dangerous for the girls in Afghanistan to perform in public, they performed for a New York audience over Skype and remained on to watch the local NYC bands play.
"There was not a dry eye in the house," recalls Schorr. By 2019, KRFK started to fill larger venues and attract much deserved media attention from the likes of NBC News, Fox News, and The New York Times. In 2020, KRFK became a 501(c)(3) and took everything to the next level. Forced to pivot to a virtual format in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, KRFK is understandably thrilled to once again have the opportunity to showcase live performances.
"We throw incredible rock shows," proclaims Schorr, "And then we give the money to kids in need. That's what we do. And I can't wait to do it again and again."
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