Occasion with a goal.
The Rise & Shine FamJam Fundraiser is a music competition that donates 100% of its proceeds to ship underprivileged kids and teenagers to the Rise & Shine Basis’s Captain’s Camps.
At Captain’s Camps, youths in want are empowered to pursue their passions and develop a well-rounded skillset. The curriculum is particularly constructed round making a steadiness {of professional} mentorship, elite sports activities coaching, beginner-level DJ coaching, and all-encompassing life expertise.
Impressed by the award-winning documentary movie Rise & Shine: The Jay DeMerit Story, the Rise & Shine Basis promotes key beliefs comparable to onerous work, perseverance, self-belief, and a “dream large” mentality.
How it began
After a profitable profession as a part of the U.S. Males’s Nationwide Staff and captain of Watford FC, adopted by captaincy of the Vancouver Whitecaps, Jay DeMerit started devoting his consideration to a wide range of charities and philanthropic organizations. And in 2016, he determined to determine the Rise & Shine Basis to channel his efforts to have a higher general impression.
In accordance with a press launch, DeMerit’s objective is “to encourage younger athletes to establish their strengths and passions, and to develop the abilities required for ongoing success and well-being all through the pursuit of excellence in sport and much past.”
DJ duo and couple Dani Wilson and Josh Allen of Common Residents first met DeMerit after acting at his Pemberton Music Competition afterparty on his property. At the moment, they’d ample expertise throwing occasions and have been longing to host one thing particular.
The duo needed to curate a competition that’s “void of the cash, energy and ego struggles we see so typically within the music business.” In the end, they needed an occasion that promoted group, inventive expression, and altruistic giving.
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Jay DeMerit’s property, the place the Rise & Shine FamJam Fundraiser 2019 came about.
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Upon assembly DeMerit, seeing his land and studying concerning the Rise & Shine Basis, Wilson and Allen realized that they’d the right alternative to make deliver their dream to fruition. As soon as they arrange a gathering with DeMerit and pitched their concept to throw a mini competition on his land and donate 100% of proceeds in direction of his improvement camps, DeMerit did not hesitate to simply accept the supply.
After three consecutive sold-out festivals, with performances from The Funk Hunters, Nostalgix, SkiiTour, Moontricks, Neon Steve and Stickybuds, the Rise and Shine FamJam Fundraiser has despatched near 50 deserving youngsters to camp and established an superior group of competition goers who collect annually to get together with goal.
What’s new in 2022
This 12 months, the Rise & Shine FamJam Fundraiser will transfer from the picturesque city of Pemberton, and can now be hosted at its new residence in Squamish, BC. It is very important observe that Rise & Shine can be working at a restricted capability this 12 months.
From June 3-5, 2022, Rise & Shine FamJam Fundraiser will return for its fourth version. This 12 months’s headliners embody the award-winning DJ, drummer and producer RUMPUS, funky tastemakers Fort Knox 5, DJ duo Case of the Mondays and those who began all of it, Common Residents, amongst others.
Try the 2022 docket beneath.
Tickets to the fest are on sale now by way of Eventbrite. Within the meantime, there’s a Rise & Shine pre-party in Vancouver later this month with performances from Jessu & PYKA, KOJI AIKEN, LNDN and DJ Beer. For extra particulars concerning the official pre-party, navigate here.
Rise & Shine official pre-party 2022.
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