The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign is a national grassroots consortium of anti-poverty groups, which ArgusFest is a member.

This show is to raise money for our upcoming  “March to Fulfill the Dream”.

Led by poor and homeless people and supported by musicians and artists from across America, this historic 2,300 mile march is scheduled to start in New Orleans on April 4th (the day MLK Jr. was assassinated) and arrive in Detroit on June 22nd, the first day of the 2010 U.S. Social Forum.

Poverty is everywhere and growing.  We will be marching to mobilize the poor.

Few people know that when Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 he and the SCLC were organizing a poor people’s march from Mississippi to DC. The march went forward a month later without King.

In the last years of his life King was beginning to grow a multi-racial movement to end war and poverty. Sadly, so many years after his death we still see war and more and more poverty.  Adding great insult, King’s legacy is being shamelessly manipulated and exploited by the very creators and sustainers of war and poverty.

BUT WE ARE TAKING IT BACK!

We are re-energizing his movement, which never died. Martin Luther’s King’s last dream of a world without war and poverty is not one you will hear about on TV or read about in the papers but you will hear it loud when you talk with people (most people anyway). We are going to listen to one another, share our visions, and build and reconnect our communities.

We are going to MARCH TO FULFILL THE DREAM!!!

Join ArgusFest and friend for a night of music and dancing to support this effort.

Music performance by Radical Knitting Circle, TheTanukis, Laura Goldhamer, Tyler Ludwick, Pat Dethlefs, and friends from the Bluegrass Quartet.

ArgusFest 6th Annual
Fair Trade Holiday Bazaar
w/ Art, Music, & Culture to
Help End Poverty
Sunday, December 6
1:00 to 4:30 PM
Mercury Cafe
2199 California St, Denver

Do your holiday shopping with a clean conscience. Join ArgusFest at our 6th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Bazaar.

The event will feature vendors offering fair trade gifts, many of which whose sales help support organizations working to reduce conditions of poverty. Throughout the day we will feature live music, film, poetry, and education about poverty issues.

Vendors include:

- Cruelty Free World

- Emergency USA

- People of Hope Crafts

- Ladies Sewing Circle

- Bread and Roses Workers’ Cultural Center

- Bead for Life

- Pachyderm Power

- and more…

If you are interested in becoming a vendor please contact Jason Bosch at 303-669-7286.

More details coming soon…

Art, Music, & Culture to
Help End Poverty
& 6th Annual Fair
Trade Holiday Bazaar
Sunday, December 6
1:00 PM
Mercury Cafe
2199 California St, Denver

Calling all artists, musicians & creative people who support economic justice!

In cooperation with the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, ArgusFest is helping to coordinate music and cultural support in Denver and Boulder around the upcoming “March to Fulfill the Dream”. This historic poor people’s march will travel from the Katrina-torn Gulf through the Mississippi Delta and on through the Rust Belt culminating in Detroit at the 2010 US Social Forum.

Today, America is facing unprecedented economic decline. Not since the Great Depression have so many people been facing poverty and homelessness. Cheri Honkala of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign notes that many once middle class people have now lost their financial security and are only one paycheck away from living on the streets and the situation is expected to get worse. It is not hopeless though. People are educating themselves about how we got to this place and how we can move forward towards economic justice.

We are calling on artists, musicians, poets, and performers who wish to learn more about the fastest growing social movement in America today and get culturally involved.

KGNU Presents an ArgusFest Benefit with Paperbird, Sparlha Swa, Jonny 5 (of the Flobots), Ukulele Loki (solo set), Doo Crowder (of Pee Pee), Yeye*Organic*Pop, Vampira (of Vox Feminista), Art from Ashes, and magic by Phelyx
Saturday, August 22
8:00 PM
Mercury Cafe
2199 California St, Denver
$10

Come celebrate ArgusFest’s 8 years are raising awareness of human rights, social justice, media, and environmental issues with some great music and performers including:

Paper Bird

Paper Bird’s backbone is their songwriting, musicianship and a general allergy to all limitations and trends. With seven members and no leader, this band is pulled in every direction imaginable, but thanks to their unique instrumentation they are able to merge their spontaneous creativity into one, solid sound.

The female vocals create a soulful, dynamic harmony that accentuates each singer, while giving the illusion of a single voice. The trombone, banjo, and guitar elevate the music to a higher level while the skilled notes of the bass reflect the harmonies. Each style bounces off the other, while each note appreciates the other. They make audiences feel love, excitement, and passion. A show not to be missed, a band that must be heard: Paper Bird is one of a kind. http://www.myspace.com/paperthebird

Sparlha Swa

Described as Sade and Tracey Chapman drinking coconuts in Brazil…on the beach…no straws.

The genre-splitting vocals and lyrically-potent songwriting of rising artist Sparlha Swa offers us an alternative music that is truly honest and evocatively so; sparse, powerful and to the point.

Sparlha’s songs are simple yet profound, soulful and resonant on the level of spirit. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, the artist pulls her inspiration from around the globe with mentors like Sade, Astrud Gilberto, Miriam Makeba and Ravi Shankar. http://www.myspace.com/sparlhaswa

Jonny 5 (from the Flobots)

Founding member of Denver’s hottest hip-hop band The Flobots and the non-profit http://www.flobots.org/, Jonny 5 raps with style and progressive messages of human rights and social justice inspiring a whole new generation of critically thinking and feeling souls.

http://flobots.com/

Ukulele Loki (solo set)

Described as sepia-chord, indie-pan alley, and melancholy Brechtian carnival rock, Ukulele Loki is like nothing you’ve seen before. He is sure to charm your heart.

http://www.myspace.com/ukuleleloki

Doo Crowder (from Pee Pee)

Doo Crowder leads Denver’s indie band Pee Pee. His heart is only matched by his energy and eagerness to get the audience singing. http://www.myspace.com/doocrowder

YeYe*Organic*Pop

YEYE*ORGANIC*POP from Mexico City sings with passion and purpose to bring the joy of life through music to her audiences.

http://www.myspace.com/yeyeorganicpop

Vampira (from Vox Feminista)
If you don’t know about Vox Feminista you are seriously missing out. They are Colorado’s funniest and wittiest political satire group. Vox’s Vampira will provide some comment on the state of the world.
http://www.voxfeminista.org/

Art from Ashes
The Mission of Art from Ashes is to empower struggling youth through poetry and other therapeutic workshops that facilitate expression, connection and transformation. Some youth will be sharing some of their poems with us.

artfromashes.org

Phelyx

Phelyx is the number-one close-up mentalist magician in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, Washington, Ohio, Arizona, South Dakota, and rising. He currently hosts a weekly show at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret and will be making a special appearance in support of ArgusFest.

http://www.phelyx.com/

Musicians for Freedom
Friday, July 3
7:00 PM
The Oriental Theater
4335 W. 44th Ave, Denver

ArgusFest is a proud sponsor of Musicians for Freedom.

On July 3, 2009, broadcast radio executives, internet marketing entrepreneurs, and socio-political visionaries will convene in beautiful Denver, Colorado for the 1st Annual Musicians for Freedom (MFF) Voice of Freedom Summit, featuring engaging panels and presentations on topics and strategies for marketing third-party issues and agendas to the general public.

A minimum of one emerging performer will be selected to showcase for a slate of political and broadcast industry leaders and given $200 cash plus a percentage of Advance Ticket Sales/Cover Charge at the door.

During set breaks you’ll have the opportunity to socialize and network with investigative researchers, top third-party political advocates and socially-conscious musicians, visual artists, and film-makers.

This year’s Voice of Freedom Summit will offer music participants, for the first time, an opportunity to receive access to the 2009 Voice of Freedom Summit exhibitors, including presentations by important and influential groups such as The Libertarian Party, Young Americans for Liberty, Campaign for Liberty, Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Denver Area Citizens for Liberty, Liberty on the Rocks, The Constitution Party, The Green Party, The Ralph Nader Party, and many, many others involved in brainstorming alternative political perspectives and grassroots avenues for forging a new vision of citizen participation and influence in American politics.

For more information, please visit http://www.musiciansforfreedom.com/