By Laurie Casey

According to Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap Study, one in seven people in Cook County will experience food insecurity this year. Want to do something? Come out to “Food Aid,” a two-day music festival July 22-23 to enjoy local bands and tackle food insecurity in Oak Park and surrounding communities. The weekend promises to be full of fun, as well as helping fill people’s tummies with nourishing food.

Food Aid's mission is to prevent hunger by raising money through music and entertainment events. Beneficiaries of the proceeds will go to Unity Fridges, Beyond Hunger, A House In Austin, Austin Coming Together and Westchester Food Pantry.

“With music as our inspiration and everyday, working-class people our heroes, Food Aid envisions a transformed America in which no one person experiences hunger and every person has access to fresh and healthy food,” says Anthony Clark, Director of Suburban Unity Alliance, and one of the event’s organizers.

“Any neighbor invested in the health of their community hopefully recognizes the negative, interconnected impact food insecurity has on that community– from the family with an empty fridge to the impact on sustainability,” he added. “Food insecurity not only causes suffering and poor health, it also slows progress in many other areas of development, like education and employment.”

Local people, let’s turn out! Here’s the exciting lineup:

7/22 at The Kehrein Center For The Arts
THE O’MY’S w/ WYATT WADDELL + KARA JACKSONBUY
TICKETS: bit.ly/FoodAid_722
Doors At 6:30PM | Music At 7PM | All Ages

7/23 at School Of Rock - Oak Park
MARY LANE w/ FURY, MIKEY EVERYTHING, YOMÍ, SINCE9INE6IX, TRICHOMES & SCHOOL OF ROCK SHOW TEAM BUY
TICKETS: bit.ly/FoodAid_723
Doors at 3:00PM | Music at 4:00PM | All Ages

WBEZ Chicago 91.5, Suburban Unity Alliance and Harmonica Dunn are the presenters of this event. One Earth Collective, Beer Shop, School Of Rock Oak Park, The Kehrein Center For The Arts are event supporters.