Wavy Gravy's 75th Birthday

Crosby & Nash, Jackson Browne, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Hornsby & more!

May 27, 2011 at Beacon Theatre

About the Show

Bay Area cultural icon Wavy Gravy is turning 75 years young this year, and you’re invited to his party! Wavy Gravy will host a benefit concert on Friday May 27th at the Beacon Theatre in New York. This epic show will feature a legendary lineup of musicians, performing alone and together, including Crosby and Nash, Jackson Browne, Ani DiFranco, Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Bruce Hornsby, Dr. John, Jorma Kaukonen, Steve Kimock, and Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Seva Foundation is a California based non-profit organization, founded in 1979 by Wavy Gravy, Ram Dass, Larry Brilliant and a group of renowned public health experts. "Seva" is a Sankrit word meaning "service to humankind." Seva Foundation works in the poorest corners of the globe helping to provide financial resources and technical expertise that help communities build sustainable solutions to poverty and disease. With an emphasis on curable and preventable blindness, Seva supported programs have restored sight to more than 3 million people in Asia and Africa. In the U.S. Seva works with Native American communities on the prevention of diabetes and other chronic health issues.

In honour of Wavy's 75th Birthday, please bring a healthy and nutritious non-perishable food donation to the May 27th show! What to bring? A list of most needed foods CAN be found at www.rockCANroll.org.

''wouldn't it be neat, if the people that you meet, had shoes upon their feet and somethin' to eat and wouldn't it be fine if all humankind had shelter'' - Wavy Gravy