House Concerts

VOTESart house concerts create a gathering space for local community members to engage in constructive dialogue and create new infrastructure for civic engagement.

These house concerts can be as simple as events that provide information about how to vote and help register others, and can be organized in partnership with local non-partisan political organizations.

House Concert - Richmond, VA (2018)

Pop-up concerts

VOTESart organizes voter registration pop-up concerts in community spaces, to connect the shared experience of a public concert with voter information and voter registration. VOTESart musicians contact partner venues and organize performing ensembles that fit into each community space.

Community spaces are defined as anywhere that people can gather, and can include public parks, farmers markets, stores, restaurants, breweries, town squares, college campuses, and many, many more!

Educational Workshops

VOTESart musicians engage with high school and college students to create dialogue about democracy and creative methods of civic engagement. These student workshops include musical performances, student-led interactive musical activities, and open discussions about the importance and relevance of civic engagement.

Students discuss subjects and activities about which they are passionate, and brainstorm creative ways to connect those subjects and activities with local politics and civic engagement.