Student Musicians from Loyola, Xavier, Dillard and Tulane Band Together for Free Concert and Voter Registration Drive at The Broadside

NEW ORLEANS – Music students from four New Orleans universities will take the
stage this Sunday at The Broadside for a free concert and to register voters for the 2024
presidential election.

The event, which takes place from 4-10 p.m., will feature seven musical artists on the
main, outdoor stage at The Broadside, as well as other artists on the new, indoor stage,
said Sig Greenebaum, co-founder of NOLAxNOLA, which is working to put together the
concert and voter registration drive.

The event, called the NOLAxNOLA College Showcase, is being presented by College
Communities of C.A.R.E., a collective of college students from the Greater New Orleans
area who work together to address shared challenges.

Mia Borders, a prolific singer-songwriter in New Orleans, said Communities of C.A.R.E.
contacted her to help them find a way to engage students across the city and
incorporate music.

Borders, a Loyola alum and former faculty member at the school, will take part in a set
at the concert with the Loyola All Stars, which is comprised of faculty and alumni. Other
artists performing at the event include Kota Dosa, Apricot Jam, Sari Jordan, Lyle
George, Planet of Little Green Men, Yung Delirious, $hamn, KP2 Wild, Sean Straynge,
Carl Stanton, James Wyrtzen, Lyle Hutchins and Sadie Pine.
“I reached out to The Broadside to see if they’d be interested in hosting a voter
registration drive-slash-concert for students, and they suggested we join forces with
NOLAxNOLA for what was originally planned as a battle of the bands between Loyola
and Tulane,” Borders said. “Since New Orleans is home to so many colleges and
universities, we decided to expand the event to include performers from Dillard and
Xavier as well.”

Headcount, which stages nonpartisan voter registration drives at concerts and other live
events, will be on hand to register people to vote for the party of their choice,

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Greenebaum said. The deadline to register to vote in the 2024 presidential election is
Oct. 7.

According to Ballotpedia, Louisiana has one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the
country. The voter turnout rate among people ages 18-29 is even lower, ranking 44th out
of 50 states, according to CIRCLE, the Center for Information & Research on Civic
Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.

“Young adults have a lot of power,” Greenebaum said. “It’s easy to say, I don’t like any
of the candidates. But it’s important for them to participate in the future of this country
because it’s theirs.”

Jonathan McHugh, Hilton-Baldridge Eminent Scholar/Chair in Music Industry Studies at
Loyola, worked with Greenebaum and Borders to gather the student musicians and
make the event a reality.

“We take any opportunity we get to have our students perform at a great venue like The
Broadside,” McHugh said. “I love the synergies of having all these students from other
schools be a part of the larger music community that Loyola has, and that other schools
do not.”

The following organizations are sponsoring the event: Third Coast Entertainment, the
Borders Foundation, Dillard University Center for Racial Justice, Ecology Brewing and
Rock & Brews Restaurant.