SUBSTANCE presents Manifestation @ First Avenue

SUBSTANCE presents…

Manifestation

featuring Sage Francis, Building Better Bombs, B. Dolan & Cecil Otter of SFR and Doomtree, and the God Damn Doo Wop Band

Including: Host-Tish Jones, Spoken Word by El Guante and See More Perspective, Speeches by Louis King of HIRE MN, DJ Verb-X, Live Art, and more, beyond entertainment

A show to launch Substance as an organization and continue the Ripple Effect, started during the RNC, merging music, arts, and activism.

Friday, March 27^th, 2009

First Avenue, Minneapolis

18+ (Main Room), $13 in advance, $15 door, 8pm

An Environmentally and Socially Just Event (by Substance)

Partners: Global Exchange, Will Steger Foundation, CRASS, HECUA, Honor the Earth, Oxfam Action Corp, Knowmore.org, HIRE MN, Blue Sky Guide, YEA MN, YAWR

Sponsors: Greening – Sunny Day Earth Solutions, Media – The Onion, Twin Cities Daily Planet, KFAI

* All Ages Pre-Show at 7^th Street Entry, 4pm, $7, featuring Cecil Otter, The Battle Royale, Big Cats and El Guante of Tru Ruts

for more information, call 612.220.3378, or email info@livewithsubstance.org

- To Volunteer for Substance and help with show, call at number above or email kiley@livewithsubstance.org - for information about interning with Substance or starting your own college chapter, contact jim@livewithsubstance.org and visit www.livewithsubstance.org

SUBSTANCE is a nonprofit booking and promotions group devoted to merging music, art and progressive (nonpartisan) activism, based in Minneapolis, MN.

Substance produced the Ripple Effect Event at the Republican National Convention at the Minnesota State Capitol September 2nd, 2008, featuring Michael Franti, Anti-Flag, Dead Prez, Wookie Foot and Matisyahu, I Self Devine, and an appearance by Rage Against the Machine.  For more information on the Ripple Effect and the movement that was motivated by it, go to www.rippleeffecthq.org.  For more info on Substance and our work go to www.livewithsubstance.org