ACL Cares Academy Programming Schedule
AMF is excited to be a part of the new programming schedule at this year’s ACL Cares Academy. We’re in good company, too! Come see us at the ACL Cares stage on Saturday, October 6 with Jackie Venson, and Sunday, October 14 with Kydd Jones. Johnny Goudie will be interviewing these artists to discuss their journey through the Austin music scene and how they got to ACL Fest. See you there!
From aclfestival.com.
NEW PROGRAMMING. SAME GREAT ORGANIZATIONS.
Go beyond the music at ACL Cares where you can get involved with a variety of causes, including art, the environment, and organizations committed to improving the quality of life for their community and future generations. While you’re there, check out the new ACL Cares Academy to learn from and engage with organizations and causes involved with CARES through interactive panels, meet and greets, and fun activities! Hosted by local comedian Lisa Friedrich.
Check out our schedule below.
WEEKEND ONE PANELS
Friday, Oct. 5th:
12-12:30pm: How HAAM Saves Lives – A Conversation with Say It Loud Podcast with HAAM
Description: Say It Loud Podcast will be having a live interview with a HAAM member, Sydney Wright, about how HAAM has helped her and allowed her to continue on her creative art journey. Following the interview will be a short acoustic performance by Sydney Wright.
2-2:30pm: No Time To Waste – 2040 with Central Texas Food Bank, Keep Austin Fed, and Austin Resource Recovery
Description: Food rescue for human consumption will play a huge role in the efforts to get to zero waste in Austin by 2040. Come hear how three local organizations are working together to reach this goal!
4-4:15pm: How To Save A Life with Love Hope Strength Foundation
Description: Love Hope Strength will have volunteers share their stories about why they volunteer with Love Hope Strength, followed by a demonstration of how to register to become a bone marrow donor.
Saturday, Oct. 6th:
11:30am-11:45am: 5 Healthy Tips For Your Best ACL Ever with Carly Johnson Brawner Functional Nutritional Services
Description: Learn 5 simple health tips to make your ACL experience happy, fun, and full of energy!
1-1:30pm: Improv with Style with Anthropos Arts
Description: Real world application of music training, using improv to “fake it til you make it”. Anthropos students and alumni will improvise style and keys , as dictated by random audience selection, shifting from style to style/key to key without stopping.
4:30-5pm: How Did I Get Here? – Journey to ACL Fest with Austin Music Foundation
Description: AMF Artist Consultant, Johnny Goudie, hosts interviews with Austin artist, Jackie Venson, performing at the festival, to discuss their experiences and share stories about navigating the music industry and how they landed a spot on the ACL Fest lineup.
Sunday, Oct. 7th:
12:30-12:45pm: The World’s Largest Lesson with ONE Campaign
Description: Come hear about how ONE is teaming up with World’s Largest Lesson to bring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to groups around the world. By participating in World’s Largest Lesson, ONE aims to ensure more of people are aware of the SDGs and the role they play in ending extreme poverty.
2-2:30pm: Mindful Meditation with SIMS Foundation and Yoga Yoga
Description: SIMS and Yoga Yoga are partners in bringing guided meditation as a mental wellness tool to the Austin music community. Now they are bringing it to ACL, offering festival goers some respite from the chaos with some guided meditation.
4-4:30pm: Language of Liberation: Radically Changing How We Think and Talk About Others with PETA
Description: Our daily language is saturated with deep-seated biases about those we consider the “Other”- both human and nonhuman. Explore how we can spot these biases in our words and how we can speak in a way that’s more consistent with our values.
WEEKEND TWO PANELS
Friday, Oct. 12th:
12-12:15pm: 5 Healthy Tips For Your Best ACL Ever with Carly Johnson Brawner Functional Nutrition Services
Description: Learn 5 simple health tips to make your ACL experience happy, fun, and full of energy!
2-2:30pm: No Time to Waste – 2040 with Central Texas Food Bank, Keep Austin Fed, and Austin Resource Recovery
Description: Food rescue for human consumption will play a huge role in the efforts to get to zero waste in Austin by 2040. Come hear how three local organizations are working together to reach this goal!
Saturday, Oct. 13th:
1-1:15pm: How to Save a Life with Love Hope Strength Foundation
Description: Love Hope Strength will have volunteers share their stories about why they volunteer with Love Hope Strength, followed by a demonstration of how to register to become a bone marrow donor.
2:30-3pm: Mindful Meditation with SIMS Foundation and Yoga Yoga
Description: SIMS and Yoga Yoga are partners in bringing guided meditation as a mental wellness tool to the Austin music community. Now they are bringing it to ACL, offering festival goers some respite from the chaos with some guided meditation.
4:30-5pm: Improv with Style with Anthropos Arts
Description: Real world application of music training, using improv to “fake it til you make it”. Anthropos students and alumni will improvise style and keys , as dictated by random audience selection, shifting from style to style/key to key without stopping.
Sunday, Oct. 14th:
12:30-1pm: How HAAM Saves Lives – a Conversation with Say It Loud Podcast with HAAM
Description: Say It Loud Podcast will be having a live interview with HAAM members, Love & Chaos, about how HAAM has helped them and allowed them to continue on their creative art journey. Following the interview will be a short acoustic performance by Love & Chaos.
4:30-5pm: How Did I Get Here? – Journey to ACL Fest with Austin Music Foundation
Description: AMF Artist Consultant Johnny Goudie hosts interviews with Austin artist, Kydd Jones, performing at the festival to discuss their experiences and share stories about navigating the music industry and how they landed a spot on the ACL Fest lineup.
