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Wesley Schultz, lead singer and co-founder of the two-time GRAMMY®-nominated band the Lumineers will headline the first-ever Right Here, Right Now Mini Global Climate Concert with special guest Yola being held April 13 at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado. Tickets are on sale now at axs.com.
The event, which aims to combat the human rights crisis resulting from climate change, is being co-hosted by Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance (Right Here, Right Now), United Nations Human Rights, and the Recording Academy®, the world’s leading music organization which also produces the GRAMMY Awards®.
The Right Here, Right Now Mini Global Climate Concert Series is bringing together some of the most popular arena acts to perform in small iconic concert venues around the globe, while shining a light on alarming climate issues such as floods, droughts, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, food insecurity, clean water, ocean acidity, deforestation, mental health, and more.
The inaugural concert, which will be filmed by Citizen Pictures for a later broadcast, is being produced by AEG Presents and supported by the CU Boulder. Right Here, Right Now Music is planning to host Mini Global Climate Concerts in numerous cities on multiple continents, with discussions already underway for potential events in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, London, Johannesburg, Bogotá, and Dubai.
Proceeds from Right Here, Right Now Mini Global Climate Concerts will go to United Nations Human Rights climate justice initiatives and MusiCares®, the leading music charity providing music professionals health and human services across a spectrum of needs.
David Clark, founder and CEO of Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance, stated: "We're thrilled to be kicking off the concert series in Boulder, as the city has become the 'Davos of Climate Change,' since the University of Colorado Boulder recently convened world leaders, top climate experts, business leaders, and human rights advocates, along with students from our Education Coalition that includes over 2,300 universities – for the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit co-hosted with United Nations Human Rights last year."
The Right Here, Right Now Mini Global Climate Concert at Boulder Theater will also serve as the kickoff of the Right Here, Right Now Boulder Impact Forum being held at University Memorial Center Glenn Miller Ballroom on April 14 in connection with the 75th anniversary of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights and CU Boulder’s Conference on World Affairs. The forum, which is free and open to the public, will feature expert panelists from the United Nations, the U.S. government, State of Colorado, City of Boulder and CU Boulder, who will share an update on the drafting of the landmark “Human Rights Climate Commitments” being developed as a result of the 2022 Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit held last December in Boulder.
The Right Here, Right Now Mini Global Concert at Boulder Theater is being advised on best sustainability practices by Sound Future Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to accelerating climate innovation for the live event industry, as well as leveraging the power of the industry to catalyze climate innovation.
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