Kevin Lyman, Talinda Bennington launch mental health-driven 320 Festival
After revealing the 320 Project, Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and 320 Changes Direction founder Talinda Bennington, who was married to the late Chester Bennington, are announcing the first-ever 320 Fest.
The event, taking place on May 9 at L.A. Live, is bringing awareness to the importance of our mental health with a free community music and film festival, mental health summit and more.
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Last month, the pair revealed the 320 mental health summit taking place today (March 9).
The non-profit is kicking off with 320 Conversations, a roundtable discussion with actor/comic Ken Jeong hosting and Lyman moderating. Panel participants include Blue October frontman Justin Furstenfeld (who will also be performing), Morgan Freed (co-founder/director of Emo Nite LA), Tiffany Jenkins (Juggling The Jenkins), Jason Docton (CEO of Rise Above The Disorder) and Erin Raffery Ryan, executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Alliance On Mental Illness.
hey LA, mark your calendars for march 9th & join us for 320 conversations at USC’s bovard auditorium. we’ll be chatting about mental health, enjoying some music from justin of blue october, and announcing the #320festival. rsvp here: https://t.co/is9XM2fGOn pic.twitter.com/OMnSOQj8PR
— 320 Festival (@320festival) February 18, 2020
Now, they’re announcing an all-new event taking place in Los Angeles, California.
The even is featuring a community festival, film festival, mental health summit and benefit concert. Approximately 10,000 people throughout the day are joining together to shift views on mental health.
The festival is running through the Unite the United Foundation. All net proceeds are going to participating official 320 Festival nonprofits.
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We are thrilled to announce the 320 Festival and welcome all to L.A. LIVE on May 9th! Come join us for a day dedicated to normalizing mental health conversations and providing resources.
Find out more at https://t.co/is9XM2fGOn and become a part of the movement. pic.twitter.com/FefEE6953t
— 320 Festival (@320festival) March 9, 2020
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