On one hand, a band shirt is a simple everyday item, the kind of thing you might take for granted. But when you start thinking about it, the topic encompasses so much more: band shirts help us tell stories about ourselves and what music means to us. And that’s why we’re here: to think a little more about band shirts and the holiday invented to celebrate them, Band Shirt Day, a global fundraising initiative uniting artists, fans, and the music industry at large on Friday, September 20th.

Artists like Portugal. The Man, Wilco, The Revivalists, The Format, K.Flay, Cherry Glazerr, Geese, and Warren G, along with many more confirmed to participate through the Band Shirt Day. Wanna sign up as an artist for fan? Register now.

Since launching, Band Shirt Day has raised more than 30k for charities, much of that from the Band Shirt Day Fund in partnership with GoFundMe, raising cash for organizations like Planned Parenthood, ACLU, Project Hope, The Ally Coalition, MusicCares, and Animal Legal Defense Fund.

This is the Band Shirt Day Podcast, featuring Dylan-Gette King, the communications manager for MerchFriends, a coalition of merch makers working together to create a sustainable music merch ecosystem, and Jason P. Woodbury, creative director of WASTOIDS.

In this episode, they share band shirt stories and hear how indie R&B singer Vicky Farewell created the kind of rebellious shirt she dreamed about as a young person for her musical project. Plus, official Weezer historian Karl Koch drops in to discuss how Weezer's scrappy lo-fi shirts helped establish a sense of community and share details about some of the rare shirts he's granted permission for us to display at the Band Shirt Day Art Show at Hello Lincoln. 

Tune in and get your best band tee ready for September 20th, 2024. 

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