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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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