Artists Doing Good: Bassnectar

BASSNECTAR GIVES BACK AT HIS DEJA VOOM FESTIVAL WITH THE BE INTERACTIVE NON PROFIT

This week’s artists giving back spotlight goes to dubstep legend, Bassnectar. This past weekend was the inaugural Deja Voom festival, developed by the aforementioned producer in the beautiful Riviera Maya. In the past, festivals have been known to leave behind some negative impacts to the landscape and community. Think back to the Electric Forest trash controversy that knocked the festival down to only one weekend. Well Bassnectar is doing his part to make sure that won’t be the case for Deja Voom by enlisting the help of his non-profit, Be Interactive.

The non-profit reached out to the local community to see the best way they could do good while in the area.  They focused on supporting underprivileged elementary students, cleaning up ocean trash, and raising environmental consciousness among the fans who attended Deja Voom.

Locals pointed the Be Interactive team toward the Ki'in Beh School, who serve underprivileged children from ages 5-12. Deja Voom attendees flew in with 94 backpacks to donate items featuring kid-friendly imagery like Black Panther, Disney's Frozen, astronauts, troll dolls, puppies and more. The team also collected several tote boxes full of pencils, crayons, notebooks, and books to engage young readers.

Ocean trash on the local beaches has been recognized as a major problem. Festival attendees and the Be Interactive team came together to clean up over 560 lbs of trash at UNESCO World Heritage Site Sian Ka'an. They took a caravan of vans from the resort and worked to clean up discarded water bottles, shoes, bottle caps, styrofoam and detritus from the fishing industry that washed ashore in this wildlife sanctuary. 

560 lbs of trash cleaned from Sian Ka’an. Thank you to all who spent their day in service. 🙏🏻 #DejaVoom pic.twitter.com/Dmg7ESj9sd

— Be Interactive (@BeInteractiveHQ) March 1, 2019

The festival also included workshops on climate change activism and other consciousness-raising projects, a major donation drive that raised $18k for music education in Los Angeles with Be Interactive Education Grant recipients, 'Young Producers Group,' and more.

Be Interactive produces social impact initiatives at all Bassnectar produced events, and also funds grants for fans to do good in their local communities each quarter, with themes such as education and LTBGQ+ support.

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