Reverb

Guster Summer 2024

IMPACT REPORT

$75,000+ RAISED
Supporting nonprofit organizations and climate projects

14,000+ FAN ACTIONS
At Red Rocks, On The Ocean, and Service Projects

8,000+ SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BOTTLES AVOIDED
by Artists, Crew, and Fans

Eco-Village

Red Rocks

Long-time REVERB and Guster volunteers connected with Guster fans at Red Rocks, offering custom RockNRefill bottles for donation and encouraging fans to take the Support & Feed 30-Day Plant Based Pledge.

  • 6,000 FAN ACTIONS for people and the planet
  • 670 DONATIONS for reusable RockNRefill Nalgene bottles
  • $13,390 RAISED supporting nonprofit organizations including REVERB

Service Project

We Don't Waste

REVERB and Positive Legacy teamed up to make a positive impact on the greater-Denver community through a a service project held on the morning of Guster’s Red Rocks show. Over 30 volunteers, including REVERB team members and Guster fans, assisted Denver-based nonprofit We Don’t Waste in recovering quality, unused food and preparing it for delivery to those in need.

Recovering the food not only helps support local nonprofits, preschools, and food pantries, but also diverts food from landfills, avoiding the creation of harmful methane pollution.

  • 120+ TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS
  • 8,000+ SERVINGS PACKAGED

Eco-Village

On The Ocean

Across both days of Guster’s On The Ocean at Thompson’s Point in Portland, ME, REVERB and 23 volunteers connected with fans to reduce single-use plastic, support local nonprofits, and promote sustainable food systems with Support + Feed.

  • 8,875 FAN ACTIONS for people and the planet
  • 8,000+ SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BOTTLES AVOIDED
  • $14,500 RAISED to support nonprofit organizations

Service Project

Portland Trails

As part of Guster’s On The Ocean, REVERB partnered with the local nonprofit Portland Trails for a volunteer trail cleanup. Together, REVERB volunteers and staff worked with Portland Trails to maintain and repair a section of the trail system linking Thompson’s Point, the festival’s venue, with Portland’s nearly 80-mile trail network.

  • 19 VOLUNTEERS collectively offered nearly 40 hours of their time
  • Volunteer efforts included:
    Removal of invasive species • Gravel replacement on trail • New barriers to protect trail from cars

VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION

At a special event at Bissell Brothers, REVERB Co-Founders and Co-Executive Directors, Lauren and Adam, along with Paige Roth, REVERB Director of Community & Volunteer Programs, and Livi Hally, REVERB Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, honored long-time REVERB volunteers who have given countless hours of their time to support REVERB’s mission.

REVERB's CLIMATE PROJECT PORTFOLIO

In acknowledgement of the climate impact of live music, Guster dedicated a portion of ticket sales to support REVERB’s Climate Project Portfolio. The portfolio is designed to support measurable greenhouse gas reductions, address climate justice, advance decarbonization efforts in music, and create lasting positive impacts with the goal of addressing the complex challenges of the climate crisis.

Decarbonization

Decarbonizing Music

REVERB’s Music Decarbonization Project advances innovative climate solutions that directly eliminate carbon emissions created by the music industry. Funding from this project helps develop emerging technologies and promotes the adoption of existing innovations that increase efficiency, expand clean energy options, and reduce greenhouse gas pollution with a focus on the unique climate challenges of music.

Food Waste Diversion

We Don't Waste

We Don’t Waste works to reduce hunger and food waste in the Denver area by recovering quality, unused food from the food industry and delivering it to nonprofit partners, such as food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, schools and daycare programs, and more.

Volunteering

Positive Legacy

Positive Legacy integrates music and service to benefit people and the planet.

THANKS!

We want to thank everyone who helped Guster at Red Rocks and On The Ocean create positive impacts for people, the planet, and local communities! We’d especially like to thank:

GUSTER
Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, Luke Reynolds, Brian Rosenworcel

GOOD HARBOR MUSIC
esp. Dalton Sim, Mark Jourdian, Aliya Daniels, Noah Chernin

James McDonald

POSITIVE LEGACY
esp. Carrie Reppert, Diana Azab, Alyse Brown

PORTLAND TRAILS
esp. Jaime Parker, Sheila Carlson

WE DON’T WASTE
esp. Barona DiNapoli

STATE THEATRE
esp. Lauren Wayne, McCrae Hathaway

BISSELL BROTHERS
esp. Matt Garstka

ALL THE REVERB VOLUNTEERS

REVERB TEAM
esp. Project Manager Brian Farrell and Onsite Coordinator Livi Hally

ALL THE FANS WHO TOOK ACTION TO CREATE A BETTER FUTURE FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET