Kia Presents 'The Soul Collective' Featuring Janelle Monae And 10 Market Tour
 

Kia Motors Presents The Soul Collective a nationwide program geared toward creating awareness around the all-new 2010 Kia Soul -one of its most popular, stylish and intriguing vehicles. The collective is comprised of some of today's hottest artists, thought leaders and influencers including designer Jeff Staple and musicianJanelle Monae, among others. For the program, the participating members will generate original free content demonstrating "how they roll," including original films, games and music. The original content will begin this month and be released throughout the year.

Through The Soul Collective, the vehicle is identifying young emerging talent who are defining new ways to roll in their respective fields by giving them a platform and the freedom to create original content that reflects their style and expertise.

Each piece of content will be available for free download at http://Kia Motors America, Inc. Follow the Collective on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/kiacollective and its official Facebook page at Kia Soul | Facebook.


The official Kia Soul Collective includes:

+ Film - Jonas & Francois
French directing duo best known for directing videos such as Justice's "D.A.N.C.E.", Kanye West's "Good Life", Madonna and Justin Timberlake's "4 Minutes"

+ Entrepreneur - Jeffery Kalmikoff from Threadless
CCO of the most successful community-centered online apparel store

+ Music -Janelle Monae
Janelle Monaeis a Grammy Award-nominated singer, songwriter, and performer.

+ Design - Jeff Staple
Owner, Staple Design, STAPLE & The Reed Space

In support of the Kia Soul, kicking off this month is "The Soul Collective": a nationwide campaign to include original exclusive content and a 10-city live tour that starts this week in Seattle. Check out details and tour dates below.


Rolling into Seattle starting Friday, August 21 -

Friday, August 21st: 12-8pm
Test Drives all Day
Performances by Dum Dum Girls and Wavves
DJ Sets all day from Soul Uno, Risk One, Supreme LaRock

Saturday, August 22nd: 12-8pm
Test Drives all Day
Performances by No Age and Chairlift
DJ Sets all day from N8, Sean Cee & Four Color Zack

Sunday, August 23rd: 12-4pm:
Test Drives all Day
DJ Sets from N8 & Supreme LaRock
6:30-10pm: Exclusive Santigold Performance... Get a free pair of tickets by test-driving a Kia Soul at any of the events all weekend!

Official Dates for the 10-City Tour:
08/20 - 08/23 Seattle, WA
08/27 - 08/30 Phoenix, AZ
09/10 - 09/13 Chicago. IL
09/17 - 09/20 Washington, DC
09/24 - 09/27 Philadelphia, PA
10/01 - 10/4 Miami, FL
10/08 - 10/11 Atlanta, GA
10/15 - 10/18 Boston, MA
10/22 - 10/25 New York, NY
11/5 - 11/8 Los Angeles