Best of Kokua Festival Benefit Auction Starts Today!
The Best of Kokua Festival Benefit Auction starts today and runs until April 9th! There are some amazing auction items including:
- A beautiful Gibson Les Paul wooden guitar made of sustainable FSC certified wood and autographed by Kokua Festival musicians including Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder, Willie Nelson, Ben Harper, Taj Mahal and more. BID NOW!
- A Hawaiian handcrafted Pono ukulele autographed by Hawaii's own Jack Johnson, John Cruz and Paula Fuga. BID NOW!
- A limited edition collection of all Kokua Festival Posters, framed and autographed by the musicians who performed at the Kokua Festival each year. BID NOW!
- A Jack Johnson autographed To The Sea Biofoam Surfboard custom made by Cobalt Surfboards in Encinitas, California by renowned shaper Brian Szymanski! BID NOW!
- Exclusive VIP concert ticket packages to each of Jack's sold out Hawaiian Islands shows with John Cruz and Paula Fuga (see show dates below). Packages include 4 premium seats, a gift bag with a Hawaiian Islands Tour t-shirt, an autographed tour poster... and a meet & greet with Jack!
- BID NOW! April 19th - Kauai - Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center
- BID NOW! April 21st - Oahu - Hawaii Theatre
- BID NOW! April 22nd - Oahu - Hawaii Theatre
- BID NOW! April 25th - Maui - Castle Theatre
- BID NOW! April 26th - Maui - Castle Theatre
- BID NOW! April 28th - Big Island - Kahilu Theatre
- BID NOW! April 29th - Big Island - Kahilu Theatre
All auction packages include the new Jack Johnson & Friends - Best of Kokua album autographed by Jack and all proceeds will benefit the Kokua Hawaii Foundation ...so let the bidding begin!
Rolling Stone Video Premiere
The Jack Johnson & Friends - Best of Kokua Festival video premiers continue! Yesterday Rolling Stone premiered the video performance of "Constellations" featuring Jack, Eddie Vedder, and Kawika Kahiapo from the 2007 Kokua Festival. You can watch the video here and others that have already premiered. Keep your eyes peeled, we will be premiering more live videos leading up to the release of Jack Johnson & Friends - Best of Kokua Festival on April 17th!
Preorder "Jack Johnson and Friends - Best of Kokua Festival" Today!
The Jack Johnson & Friends - Best of Kokua Festival live album is now available for preorder on iTunes and KokuaFestival.com. All pre-order purchases on the KokuaFestival.com site come with an instant download of the bonus track, "3 R's" featuring Jack Johnson with Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds from the 2008 Kokua Festival. The iTunes album features a digital booklet and a live bonus track of "Banana Pancakes" from the 2006 Kokua Festival.
The preorder packages for Jack Johnson & Friends - Best of Kokua Festival are still available from KokuaFestival.com. Place your order by April 10th to be amongst the first to receive the CD. We will be selecting a random preorder buyer to receive a special thank you gift of the entire Kokua Festival posters collection from all six years of the festival.
The album features live tracks from the Kokua Festival, Jack's benefit event for the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, and highlights onstage collaborations with legendary musicians including Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, Dave Matthews, Ziggy Marley, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley and more.
Preorder your copy of Jack Johnson and Friends - Best of Kokua Festival today!
The Dalai Lama visits Hawaii, Jack to Perform at Pillars of Peace Event
Jack was honored to be asked to perform at the upcoming Pillars of Peace event and lecture with the Dalai Lama. Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, will be in Hawaii for two public talks in Honolulu on April 14th and 15th, 2012. Jack Johnson is performing at the Dalai Lama's student talk for high school and college students titled, "Educating the Heart," on April 14th. The second event, "Advancing Peace through the Power of Aloha," will take place on April 15th. The venue for both events is the Stan Sheriff Center on the University of Hawai'i campus at Manoa. The Dalai Lama's visit marks the launch of a new Hawaii Community Foundation initiative entitled "Pillars of Peace Hawai'i: Building Peace on a Foundation of Aloha." The program aims to bring global peace leaders to Hawai'i to exchange ideas about the many forms of peace that exist in Hawai'i, and around the world. For more information about the Dalai Lama's visit to O'ahu and to purchase tickets, go to www.pillarsofpeacehawaii.org.
DonorsChoose.org and the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation
To celebrate Earth Day 2012, the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation will match up to $25,000 in donations to "green" classroom projects on DonorsChoose.org, an online charity that makes it easy to support public school students in need. Projects qualifying for this offer focus on reducing waste and single-use plastics in schools and communities across the country.
The Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation was founded by Jack and Kim Johnson to support environmental, art, and music education worldwide. Leading up to Earth Day, the Foundation aims to leverage community support for classroom projects, and to encourage environmental stewardship through youth activities focused on recycling, waste reduction, and creative plastic-free initiatives.
The Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation will fund 50% of qualifying waste reduction and plastic-free projects, but only if people like you help contribute the rest. Starting April 9, every donation made to these classrooms will have double the impact! Learn more at DonorsChoose.org.
Support the Japan Environmental Action Network's Marine Debris Clean-up Efforts
JEAN was an outstanding All At Once non-profit partner during the 2008 Jack Johnson tour of Japan and they are currently focusing on clean up efforts in the wake of the devastating tsunami that hit their coast one year ago. The Ocean Conservancy is raising funds through April 30, up to $10,000, to distribute to JEAN for marine debris research and removal along Japan's coast. Donate Now
Website: http://www.razoo.com/story/Japan-Environmental-Action-Network
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