Michael Franti & Spearhead on tour

July was full of firsts for Michael Franti and his band Spearhead. On the 4th of July weekend, Franti and Spearhead played the inaugural Rothbury Festival in Michigan, a greened-out festival run in large part by volunteers and devoted to education and activism as much as a great live music experience. While he was there, Franti lead 500 enthusiastic yoga devotees in an afternoon of music and movement before his set that evening.

July also found Franti’s award-winning documentary I Know I’m Not Alone at the first documentary film festival in Dubai, “Documentary Voices: Pulling Focus.” Featuring 20 filmmakers from the Arab countries, US and Iran, the festival opened with Franti’s 2005 film about his experiences in the war-ravaged countries of Iraq, Israel and Palestine, and was attended by the Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

The remainder of the summer and well into the fall will find Franti and Spearhead traveling around the world, playing such festivals at the Fuji Rock festival in Japan, Pukkelpop in Belgium and Franti’s own Power to the Peaceful festival which draws 50,000+ people each year to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

All Rebel Rockers, Michael Franti and Spearhead’s upcoming release, hits stores on September 9th. Produced by superstar production team Sly and Robbie (No Doubt, Alicia Keys, Sean Paul), with additional production from Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, Faith No More) on a number of tracks, All Rebel Rockers is arguably the grooviest, most danceable protest record ever. Billboard magazine writes “it is not possible for Michael Franti to put aside, even briefly, the stay-positive political messages in his music, but on All Rebel Rockers, he delivers them with a club-approved, dub-infused soul heavily dipped in the record’s birthplace of Kingston Jamaica.”

Catch Michael Franti and Spearhead on tour:

Thu Jul 24

Detroit Lakes
MN
10,000 LAKES FESTIVAL
Sun Jul 27

Niigata
JPN
FUJI ROCK FEST - Field of Heaven
Fri Aug 08

Jersey City
NJ
ALL POINTS WEST
Sat Aug 09

Edmonton
AB
EDMONTON FOLK FESTIVAL
Sun Aug 10

Regina
SK
REGINA FOLK FESTIVAL
Thu Aug 14

Amsterdam
Netherlands
PARADISO
Fri Aug 15

Hasselt
Belgium
PUKKELPOP
Sat Aug 16

Chelmsford
United Kingdom
Hylands Park - V FESTIVAL
Sun Aug 17

Staffordshire
United Kingdom
Weston Park - V FESTIVAL
Tue Aug 19

Sheffield
United Kingdom
LEADMILL
Wed Aug 20

Edinburgh
Scotland
LIQUID ROOM
Thu Aug 21

London
England
KOKO
Fri Aug 22

Cheltenhelm
United Kingdom
GREENBELT
Sun Aug 24

Chiemsee
Germany
CHIEMSEE REGGAE Summer - Open Air
Mon Aug 25

Berlin
Germany
KATO
Tue Aug 26

Cologne
Germany
LUXOR
Thu Aug 28

Eindhoven
Netherlands
EFFENAAR
Sat Aug 30

Argyll
Scotland
CONNECT FESTIVAL
Sun Aug 31

County Laois
Ireland
ELECTRIC PICNIC
Sat Sep 06

San Francisco
CA
POWER TO THE PEACEFUL FESTIVAL
Fri Sep 12

Seattle
WA
MARYMOOR AMPHITHEATER
Sat Sep 13

Portland
OR
ROSELAND THEATER
Sun Sep 14

Laytonville
CA
BLACK OAK RANCH - EARTHDANCE FESTIVAL
Fri Sep 19

San Diego
CA
STREET SCENE
Sun Sep 21

Los Angeles
CA
HOLLYWOOD BOWL
Fri Sep 26

Santa Fe
NM
PAOLO SOLERI OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER
Sat Sep 27

Flagstaff
AZ
PINE MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATER
Sun Sep 28

Tucson
AZ
RIALTO THEATRE