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Reverend Billy and The Stop Shopping Choir in residence at White Feather Farm August 1-6 Live Performance August 6th at The Barn at White Feather Farm
Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir are an award winning radical performance community from New York City. In January 2022 they recorded their most recent record , Change Without Us in Bearsville and they return to the area Aug 1st for a weeklong residency at White Feather Farm culminating in a special performance of these new songs on Saturday Aug 6 at 8 pm in the intimate Barn setting at the Farm.
On Wednesday August 3th they will host a General Assembly addressing the climate future and August 4th they will have a song share. Both are open to the public with limited attendance capacity.
Reverend Billy and The StopShopping choir have performed all over the world, on stages and in the streets. Their work lies at the unique intersection between art, activism and spirit. They are committed environmental activists and have campaigned for 20 years against militarism, pesticides, extractive industry and the overwhelming threat of consumerism to the life systems of Earth. In 2016 they opened for Neil Young on his Rebel Content tour and recently attended the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow. Their highly original content is prescient and moving, addressing the complexities we all carry with us during this time of climate crisis.
Reverend Billy is the host of Earth Riot Radio, airing on 100 stations nationwide and podcast platforms everywhere. He is an activist writer and performer and has been arrested more than 75 times. The Church of Stop Shopping is directed by Savitri D. Songs are composed by Sunder Ganglani with arrangements by folk singer Ali Dineen.
The Church of Stop Shopping are recipients of An Obie Award, the Alpert Award in the Arts and The Edwin Booth Theater Award.
Reverend Billy, Savitri D and members of the Stop Shopping Choir are available for pre- recorded or live interviews.
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