2/25/16 UPDATE:
Thank you to everyone who made our campaign a success and we hope that you enjoyed the show, if you were able to attend. Please visit www.helpgilman.org for more information about upcoming events, to donate, or to sign up for our mailing list.
2/7/16 UPDATE:
We're excited to be entering our final week of this Indiegogo campaign. We've added a new perk, a fantastic package donated by Green Day that includes a signed poster from the band. You'll want to get tickets to the Sunday, February 28 Nightlight show, which will feature acoustic performances by DR. FRANK (Mr T Experience), BILL COLLINS (Special Forces, MDC, Fang), CINDER BLOCK (Tilt), and M&M DUO (MoeTar), with DJ JESSE LUSCIOUS
spinning the tunes. There are still a limited number of 924 Gilman Ally
tickets available through our campaign and other exciting perks. We are
only $8,500 away from our goal for this campaign. This is your last
week to donate for the heck of it or for the unique perks!
1/15/16 UPDATE:
Get your General Admission tickets directly from the Fox Theater:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C005025DC7A3344?brand=anotherplanet&camefrom=CFC_ANOTHERPLANET_web
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What is 924 Gilman?
924 Gilman is the oldest-running d.i.y., all-ages, volunteer-run music venue in the US (& possibly in the world)!
Gilman has been the home to people of ALL ages in the East Bay music scene. Gilman has been the home for thousands of bands & artists including Green Day, Rancid, Operation Ivy, Jawbreaker, Neurosis, and AFI since 1986!
A pillar of the underground music community, Gilman's future is threatened by gentrification in West Berkeley, where Gilman has rented its space since it began. Help us purchase our own building to ensure our future.
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Many of us discovered the supportive and inclusive community at 924 Gilman that's focused on a love of music & creativity & art for people of all ages. It's a unique venue that strives to create a space free of racism, misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia.
924 Gilman became an official 501(c)3 non-profit in 2014, so all donations are tax deductible. Our fundraising committee's ultimate goal is to purchase a permanent home for 924 Gilman, with the hope to raise $1 million over the next three years. More information about the committee and our efforts can be found at www.helpgilman.org.
What is UnderCover Presents and this Fox Theater show?
One of our first major events is joining with UnderCover Presents for a tribute to Green Day's Dookie. It features local musical groups from different genres covering one song each from the album for both a recording and live performance. Green Day got their start at 924 Gilman and it seems only appropriate to begin our fundraising in earnest with this event.
The live performance will take place on February 19th, 2016 at the Fox Theater in Oakland. In summer and fall 2015, the bands arranged, perfected, and recorded their individual songs from Dookie. The songs were all recorded at the legendary Fantasy Studios in West Berkeley and will be released on CD by UnderCover Presents. You can receive the CD or digital download as part of the perks we're offering!
More information about the participating bands can be found at www.undercoverpresents.com.
UnderCover Presents was founded in 2010 and has rapidly established itself as an inspirational collective that gathers musicians and artists from every facet of San Francisco Bay Area’s creative community. It is a fiscally sponsored 501(c)3 working with San Francisco's Intersection For The Arts.
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Rewards for You!
We're offering an intriguing assortment of rewards for your donation. These include such goodies as:
- Gilman Ally tickets with an exclusive Gilman shirt, the 14-band Dookie cover recording, & admission to the exclusive after-show party!
- Advance regular tickets without any of those lovely "convenience fees"
- An original piece of artwork by Richie Bucher, who drew the cover of the Dookie album
- Singing lessons from the super-talented vocalist of MoeTar
- A bicycle tour of East Bay punk sites led by Corbett Redford, director of the upcoming documentary Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk, and Kamala Parks co-founder of Gilman's location in 1986
- An exclusive 924 Gilman T-shirt produced only for this event
- ... and so much more!
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Fundraising Goals!
Our goal for this campaign is $30,000, which will help us build funds and momentum towards securing 924 Gilman's future. In addition, the success of this campaign will be used to demonstrate the wide support for 924 Gilman in future grant applications and other fundraising efforts.
Goals of our fundraising drive:
- Possibly buy our building or a building at some point in the future. (We’re not currently in the process of purchasing a building)
- Lower our door prices to expand economic access to our programming.
- Expand our programming to encourage greater diversity in booking and greater outreach to currently under-served cultural populations & art genres.
- Perform building repairs & capital improvements (like installing a new emergency exit double door)
All money raised from this campaign will go into our fundraising account towards these goals. We will clearly communicate how much money we raise for this and any other campaign, as well as costs associated with our fundraising activities, on the
www.helpgilman.org website.
Even if you can't contribute right now, we would greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word about this campaign to your friends and family who might be interested in being a part of 924 Gilman's history. You can use e-mail, Indiegogo's share tools, or other social media to spread the word. Thank you for everything you can do!
Sincerely,
924 Gilman's Fundraising Committee (Kamala Parks, Jesse Townley, Helen Vance, Corbett Redford, Sammy Gesley, and Josh Wilner) and Executive Board (Larry Wolfley, Jeff Armstrong, and Heather Shah)
P.S.- We will contact you about shirt sizes via the e-mail you use to donate.
Earlier updates:
Friday 1/8/16 UPDATE!
We're almost 1/2 way to our goal! Thank you to all of you who have donated so far- let's break $15,000 BY SUNDAY! That will make the rest of this roll right along!
Some of the kick-ass perks:
$25 Green Day "Dookie" Tribute CD- we received a lot of orders for this so we had to add even more- don't miss out on the 2nd batch of them!
$95 Ally Ticket/Shirt/Afterparty- This is the only way to get into the Afterparty- AND you get a free shirt!
Please donate and please help spread the word!
1/4/2016 UPDATE!
JUST ADDED! TWO MORE GILMAN ALLY TABLE/PARTY/SHIRT PACKAGES!
If you give $500, you get: 4 tickets to the UnderCover Presents Green Day "Dookie" show at the Fox Theater for Friday February 19, 2016- no Ticketmaster fees! A Reserved Table in the venue with a great view of the show! 4 of 14-band Dookie cover recording on Digital! 4 exclusive 924 Gilman shirts that have been designed especially for this show! Free entry into the exclusive AFTER PARTY up the street after Friday's show with bands, crew, and special guests. All of these perks are ALL AGES!
12/30/2015 update:
Thank you to everyone who has donated so far! Thanks to all of you, we are 20% funded in just over a week!
Check out the new perk offered by Bill Collins of MDC, Fang, Special Forces, Rabble Rousers, & many more! 4 guitar lessons in the Bay Area for a donation of $200!
All donations are fully or partially tax-deductible, so tomorrow- December 31, 2015- is the deadline for tax deductible contributions for this year's taxes!
