Busking For SolarAid
November 5th, 2009 by sparky
To celebrate the launch of the Busking for SolarAid album, we’ll be hosting acoustic gigs and opening up a platform for some of our favourite buskers at all three Big Chill venues throughout November. SolarAid are an organization who aim to help combat climate change and global poverty by bringing clean, renewable energy to the poorest people in the world.
The Busking for SolarAid album features Fran and Josh , Aleister Kelman, Nimmo & the Gauntletts, Dr Butler’s Hatstand Medicine Band, Catrina Davies, James Tarling / Big Toe, Charlie and the Martyrs, Emily White, Archipelago, Marcina Arnold and more. 50% of the profits from the album, which is released on the Big Chill label, will go directly to SolarAid.
The Big Chill Bar (Bristol) - 12th November, 7pm - 10pm
Lewis Floyd Henry
Fran & Josh
Dr Butler’s Hat Stand
Archipelago
Catrina Davies
Seeker
Charlie & The Martyrs
Market Place - 18th November, 7pm - 11pm
Doppler shift
Archipelago
Oystar
Marcena Arnold
Seeker
The Big Chill House - 25th November, 7pm - 12pm
Lewis Floyd Henry at The Big Chill 2009
Lewis Floyd Henry
Fran & Josh
Nimmo & The Gauntletts
Paul Diello
Oystar
Marcena Arnold
Chloe Singer
The Big Chill Bar (London) - 28th November, 4pm - 8pm
Fran & Josh
Emily White
Alestair kellman
Dexy
John Mullin
Big Toe
About SolarAid
Fighting poverty
Right now, two billion people have no access to electricity. They rely on burning fuels such as kerosene and wood for light and heat, which is highly toxic and expensive. Having solar power improves people’s health, income and education. That’s because solar power can enable poor people to cook food, pump clean water, run fridges, light homes, schools and hospitals, farm more effectively, and much more.
Fighting climate change
Climate change is mainly due to the massive and continuing use of burning fossil fuels for energy. This has pumped vast amounts of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere. At the same time, we have destroyed vast tracts of forest, which has released billions of tonnes of carbon.
By replacing carbon-emitting products with solar power, and reducing our
dependency on burning wood and fossil fuels we can alleviate global warming.
Find out more at www.solar-aid.org/
November 10th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
[...] what the people themselves have to say about it on bigchill.net. I am proud to be involved in such a thing and also excited about the idea of having my first song [...]
November 18th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
so glad this is happening! we’re of like-minded goals and methods. as i check out solar aid’s website and so forth, please check out our solar-powered band ’solar punch’ which has been using solar energy exclusively for the last two years performing in and around new york as well as many parts of india working with the indian youth climate network. we write original rock songs about the environment and then perform same thru our solar-powered PA and amps = http://www.solarpunch.org
here’s us performing a bollywood song at the mumbai marathon in january 2009 = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGycfunwgcE
best wishes and all success!
June 23rd, 2010 at 4:27 pm
I am interested on partipating on solaraid, please if I need a booking if possible.
And if you can check on Myspace.com/explosivenzakomba you will see me with my foul Band called