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Destani will be a Special Guest for this 24 hour sing for the Earth event in NY!

Event location:
All In One @ The Church, 494 E 23rd St, Brooklyn, NY
Event date:
June 21, 2025 @ 11:30am – 11:59pm EDT
Join us for 24 hours of raising our voices in harmony and making it count!
Gaia Music Collective & Make Music New York are excited to be partnering to put on our first ever 24-HOUR 🌎 SING FOR THE EARTH 🌍. This joyous celebration of music, nature, and community will take place in NYC on the Summer Solstice, June 21st! Inspired by the tradition of Bobby McFerrin’s Unbroken Circle, the idea is to gather for 24 hours of nonstop music-making in honor of our planet, including circle singing, improvisation, participatory performances, music games, dancing, and whatever else we can think of to keep the song spinning.

This singing marathon is *FREE*, and along with this free registration, we are inviting you to participate in our “sing-a-thon” pledge system to raise money for the planet! This model allows your family, friends, and workplaces to raise pledge money and support you as you sing. (For example, you could ask your company to pledge $5 per hour that you sing, so that the longer you sing, the more money we raise! 💸) This will be the first experiment of its kind for us, but we’re excited about the potential of making a real impact with this model.

100% of the proceeds from this event will go to support charities doing conservation and environmental justice work. These non-profit organizations, serving both the local and international scale, are working tirelessly to heal both our precious planet and & groups of marginalized humans who are being disproportionately affected by climate change. They are doing amazing work, and with funding being cut left and right, they need our help!

🌱 Grow NYC – providing underserved communities with access to fresh local produce and green space

🏡 The American Indian Community House – serving indigenous folks in the city and building an upstate education center to share American Indian wisdom

🌳 Rainforest Foundation US – empowering indigenous leaders to steward our rainforests and protect wildlife

Still, even more than raising funds, we believe that the true power of this event will be in the people we gather and the music we make. We are excited about gathering a community of singers from around the globe to sing in harmony for 24 hours straight, and to make it matter. And we would love you to be a part of it!

This event will be led by an incredible cohort of international song leaders & facilitating artists, bringing together musical traditions from around the world (including Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Colombia, Spain, Sweden, India, Haïti, Chile, Cuba, Ireland, Poland, Democratic Republic of Congo, The Philippines, Italy, Moldova, Palestine, Israel, China, Korea, Honduras, El Salvador, The United States, Hawai’i, Lebanon, and beyond).

The 10 Core Facilitating Artists holding down the fort for the circle will consist of Gaia’s 6 core facilitators along with a handful of incredible international artists:

Guillermo Rozenthuler
Kenter Davies
Matt Goldstein
Rizumik
Simi Yuyu
Sofia Campoamor
Sofia Ribeiro
Tracy Robertson
Zahara
Zuza Gonçalves
Along with this amazing lineup, we have invited a crew of 40+ Special Guests to step into the circle for surprise featured moments to help us keep the song spinning, including:

Circle Song Facilitators
Song Leaders
Gaia Community Members
Recording Artists
Improvisers
Instrumentalists
Dancers
Visual Artists
and more!
This amazing cohort of international guests keeps expanding, and so far includes:

Anilee List, Cara Trezise, Charles Haines, Chiara Cortez, Dan Gorelick, Dan Rudin, Daphne Nisi, Destani Wolf, Destiny Cooper, Dylan Robinson, Edu Sattajah, Giulia Matteucci, Granville Mullings, Jr., Goussy Célestin, Joce Orante, Jordan Mudd, Julie Peacock, Khalid Taylor, Lauren Lane, Madge Dietrich, MALINDA, Manuel Linhares, Mark Farnum, Maya Velasquez, Micah Hendler, Michael Silverstein, Miles Millikan, Milly Roberts, miriam hamisa, Mitch Bowers, Molly Rabuffo, Murph Aucamp, Nico Allen, Sandrinne Edstrom, Soraya Perry, Stefano Di Blasio, TM Davy, Tom Weiser, Umami House…
Not to mention a very, very special guest: you, of course! We want your voice, your music in the circle, and there will be many opportunities for you to step into the circle and share your song – after all, we do have 24 hours to fill…

We hope you’re able to join us for what is sure to be an unforgettable event. Let’s celebrate the solstice in style!