Josh Pyke will show his support for Indigenous Literacy Day by presenting the inaugural 'Busking For Change' concert on September 2 at Sydney's Annandale Hotel during National Literacy and Numeracy Week.
The concert will feature a special solo acoustic set from Josh plus performances from a star-studded cast of guests and DJs.
'Busking For Change' will raise funds for the Indigenous Literacy Project, the same charity Josh supported with the auction of his headline-grabbing guitar boat. The boat, which featured in Josh's 'Make You Happy' video clip, raised over $7000 for the ILP when it was sold on ebay.
The ILP is a partnership between The Australian Book Industry and The Fred Hollows Foundation and aims to help raise urgently needed funds to address the literacy crisis in remote Indigenous communities. Indigenous Literacy Day is their major fundraising effort each year. Participating bookshops, publishers and businesses donate a percentage of their sales (or make a donation), while participating schools also engage in fundraising activities. The goal for 2009 is to raise $250,000.
"By Year 7 schooling, only one in five indigenous children from remote communities can read and write at the accepted minimum standard. This is a massive problem which can be quantifiably changed by the programs run by the Indigenous Literacy Project. The one thing I can do is put on a charity show to help support the people financially who are out there making the difference, hence Busking For Change," says Josh.
"To me, a decent level of literacy is really the cornerstone to being able to choose what type of life you want. If you can read and write and communicate with words, your world is opened up to further education, different creative pursuits, or just the escapism of reading a really good book at the end of a hard day at work. Being literate helps you put yourself in the context of the greater world that you live in."
This is a rare chance to see Josh perform in such an intimate setting, and will be sure to sell out. Get in quick when they go on sale August 10!
Tickets will be on sale through www.buskingforchange.com.au
General Admission
$30
Special Offer Tickets
$500 - Limit of two available
This gets you: 2 x tickets to ‘Busking For Change’ at The Annandale Hotel
2 x tickets to Josh Pyke’s Luna Park show in Sydney INCLUDING a meet and greet with Josh on the day and side stage access during the show.
Executive 'No Attendance Required' Tickets
$500 - Become an executive supporter of the show.
This does not give you an actual ticket to the show, but is surely the preferred option for all those execs who really don't want to go to the show but want to support Josh and the cause. (your donation is tax deductible).
More information on the Busking For Change line-up will be announced in the coming weeks, but in the interim, please visit www.buskingforchange.com and www.indigenousliteracyproject. org.au
The concert will feature a special solo acoustic set from Josh plus performances from a star-studded cast of guests and DJs.
'Busking For Change' will raise funds for the Indigenous Literacy Project, the same charity Josh supported with the auction of his headline-grabbing guitar boat. The boat, which featured in Josh's 'Make You Happy' video clip, raised over $7000 for the ILP when it was sold on ebay.
The ILP is a partnership between The Australian Book Industry and The Fred Hollows Foundation and aims to help raise urgently needed funds to address the literacy crisis in remote Indigenous communities. Indigenous Literacy Day is their major fundraising effort each year. Participating bookshops, publishers and businesses donate a percentage of their sales (or make a donation), while participating schools also engage in fundraising activities. The goal for 2009 is to raise $250,000.
"By Year 7 schooling, only one in five indigenous children from remote communities can read and write at the accepted minimum standard. This is a massive problem which can be quantifiably changed by the programs run by the Indigenous Literacy Project. The one thing I can do is put on a charity show to help support the people financially who are out there making the difference, hence Busking For Change," says Josh.
"To me, a decent level of literacy is really the cornerstone to being able to choose what type of life you want. If you can read and write and communicate with words, your world is opened up to further education, different creative pursuits, or just the escapism of reading a really good book at the end of a hard day at work. Being literate helps you put yourself in the context of the greater world that you live in."
This is a rare chance to see Josh perform in such an intimate setting, and will be sure to sell out. Get in quick when they go on sale August 10!
Tickets will be on sale through www.buskingforchange.com.au
General Admission
$30
Special Offer Tickets
$500 - Limit of two available
This gets you: 2 x tickets to ‘Busking For Change’ at The Annandale Hotel
2 x tickets to Josh Pyke’s Luna Park show in Sydney INCLUDING a meet and greet with Josh on the day and side stage access during the show.
Executive 'No Attendance Required' Tickets
$500 - Become an executive supporter of the show.
This does not give you an actual ticket to the show, but is surely the preferred option for all those execs who really don't want to go to the show but want to support Josh and the cause. (your donation is tax deductible).
More information on the Busking For Change line-up will be announced in the coming weeks, but in the interim, please visit www.buskingforchange.com and www.indigenousliteracyproject. org.au
