Grace Potter, Dawes & Moon Taxi To Play HeadCount Convention Jams

Non-partisan, non-profit organization HeadCount will host a pair of invitation-only “HeadCount Convention Jams” during the Democratic and Republican national conventions as per Billboard. The concerts will support HeadCount’s goal of registering as many people as possible with Grace Potter, Moon Taxi and Dawes among the acts that will play.

On July 18, a HeadCount Convention Jam featuring a performance from Moon Taxi will take place at the House Of Blues in Cleveland. The event’s congressional hosts will be Reps. Marsha Blackburn, (R-Tennessee) and Mike McCaul, (R-Texas). Then, the following week, Dawes and Grace Potter will play late night sets at the Electric Factory while the Democratic convention is held in Philadelphia. Senators Barbara Boxer, (D-California), Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont) and Al Franken, (D-Minnesota) as well as Reps. Steny Hoyer, (D-Maryland), Linda Sanchez, (D-California) and Peter Welch (D-Vermont) will all co-host.

“The Convention Jams are meant to celebrate how music promotes voting and civic participation,” HeadCount co-chairman and Disco Biscuits bassist Marc Brownstein said in a statement. “I’m very excited to host Grace and Dawes in my home town, and show Convention attendees on both sides of the aisle that we really know how to throw a party.”