Press Release

Project Sweatshop in association with Grass Roots productions presents the 3rd annual:

“We the People” Music, Arts & Cultural Festival 2008 – Saturday September 27th, 2008.

-America’s premier socially conscious entertainment & music festival-

Headliners:

LES CLAYPOOL of PRIMUS, TOM MORELLO of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE / THE NIGHTWATCHMAN, the RZA aka BOBBY DIGITAL of the WU TANG CLAN, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, Z TRIP, EPMD, and BARRINGTON LEVY

Line Up:

SHAVO ODADJIAN,(System of a Down), DILATED PEOPLES, BASSNECTAR, EEK A MOUSE, MURS(Living Legends/Felt/3MG), FISHBONE, ILL BILL, B SIDE PLAYERS, FLYING LOTUS, LOOK DAGGERS, FREE THE ROBOTS, QUINTO SOL, BUSDRIVER, SCARUB (Living Legends/3MG), ELIGH (Living Legends/3MG),Janelle Monáe, NHI, ROOTS OF CREATION, MAETAR, SEAN PRICE (Boot Camp Clik/Heltah Skeltah), MARKUS JAMES, WEST INDIAN GIRL, and more...

Speakers:

Green party presidential nominee CYNTHIA MCKINNEY, Congressional candidate CINDY SHEEHAN, International radio personality JACK BLOOD, and South Central Farm organizer TEZOZOMOC, have been confirmed as speakers with more to be announced.

Hosts:

FIDEL RODRIGUEZ (KPFK) and GARTH TRINIDAD (KCRW)

Location:

LOS ANGELES STATE HISTORIC PARK 1245 N. Spring St. Los Angeles 90012 www.parks.ca.gov

Featuring:

3 Stages, Art Exhibit, 21 + Beer Garden, Martial Arts, Danza Mexica, Tribal Dancing, B Boys and B Girls, Non-Profit Quad, International Food Court, Kids Corner, Children 9 years and under FREE, and much more. ALL AGES welcome.

The organization of the WE THE PEOPLE festival was conceived due to a great need for a stimulant in social awareness and an encompassing platform within the urban community to inspire the involvement and active participation of the conscious urban youth populous throughout the country.

While providing a vastly artistic and intellectually satisfying array of talent at the concert series, The WE THE PEOPLE festival’s primary objective involves reaching out to the myriad of organizations, groups, like-minded promotion firms, and of course artists, in order to conceive the greatest arena in which to engage and then garner participation from a grossly uninformed youth audience, including all other age groups affected by contemporary matters that involve our communities.

By in large, the WE THE PEOPLE festival aspires to continue to promote and suggest a much needed platform that calls for a voice for the youth of our nation and those artists they credit with acknowledging their daily struggles within the environments that surround them, socially, culturally and politically.

Rock the Vote lends its support to this annual non-partisan event.
Chrysalis Project lends its support to this annual non-partisan event.

What: We the People Music Festival www.WeThePeopleFestival.com
Who: Les Claypool, Tom Morello, the RZA, Suicidal Tendencies, Barrington Levy plus others
When: Saturday September 27th, 2008 – 2:00pm to Midnight
Where: Los Angeles State Historic Park 1245 N. Spring Street, L.A. CA 90012

"A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Save Self Help Graphics & Art Fund."