2012 News!
YRR has three concerts planned. The first is celebratory, to welcome back the Sweetwater to Mill Valley. Those who have been around awhile know Sweetwater as a music venue that has hosted some of the most legendary musicians of the 20th Century.
The new Sweetwater, located in the newly renovated Masonic Auditorium in Mill Valley, is committed to providing not only great music by professional entertainers, but also to embrace the community by facilitating youth and other concerts as well as open mic. We are honored to be one of the first organizations invited to play in the new facility.
The concert is February 12, 5-8pm
The second concert will be on the Plaza in Mill Valley on May 19 to benefit the Windhorse Foundation, a non-profit group supporting indigenous peoples and orphanages in Asia.
The third event on September 21, 2012 at the Mill Valley Community Center, will be a festival to celebrate World Peace Day.
At the end of January 2010, 40 wonderful musicians come together in less than 10 days, played to a sold out crowd and on the streets of downtown Mill Valley, and raised over $11,000 for Doctors without Borders. The theme of this concert was “Save Lives." We believe that the youth musicians did just that.
The second concert was May 30 in the plaza in downtown Mill Valley. Ten groups comprised of youth street musicians played around town, and approximately 15 bands played in the plaza. Watch the clips from the show here!
The third concert, on December 12th, 2010, featured some of our favorite performers as well! More events are being planned for the future, so stayed tuned!
Youth Rock is partnering with Architecture for Humanity, who have, through a global network of building professionals, brought design, construction and development services to communities in need. They were in Haiti prior to the earthquake, and are committed to the rebuild. Our goal is to raise enough funds to build a school/communitycenter/shelter. The Bezos Family Foundation has offered matching grants up to $2500 for each youth group that raises money for StudentsRebuild.org.
