July 10, 2012

CULTIVATE HUMANITY


Billabong’s 6th annual DESIGN FOR HUMANITY benefit, will be held on Wednesday, July 25th, 2012. Billabong is excited to return to the legendary “NY Street” backlot of Paramount Studios in Hollywood. This massive fashion-music-art block party will offer three concert stages, DJ dance parties, a runway fashion show presenting one of a kind Billabong bikinis, organic food trucks, custom art gallery, a VIP street, live screenprinting by HIT+RUN and much more.

This year’s "Design for Humanity" will feel like a music festival offering multiple performances on three stages by some of today’s hottest bands and DJs. Indie rock bands Walk the Moon and Imagine Dragons will open the show followed by performances by American folk rock band The Lumineers and headliners Welsh alt rock band The Joy Formidable. This year’s art show is titled UNLEARN | RELEARN featuring the works of over 25 artists including Maya Hayuk, Deedee Cheriel, Justin Krietmeyer, Chris Betting, Lisa Solberg, Damion Silver and Mark Warren Jacques, to name a few. The show will feature modern artists who work in various mediums including paint, photography as well as some tactile, 3D installations.

100% of this year’s ticket sales and a portion of the proceeds from art auction and product collaboration sales are being donated to the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation, a new foundation aimed at supporting people, organizations and institutions that are committed to a better, more sustainable future through their work to improve individual family farms, the environment, as well as youth and education programs. The Chipotle Cultivate Foundation is dedicated to creating a sustainable, healthful and equitable food future.

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: www.designforhumanity.com