In its ongoing quest to clean up the coast and educate the public on oceanic health, nonprofit Surfrider Foundation on Sunday afternoon will host the art and music festival and fundraiser “MaliBLUE” at the Malibu Pier.
“We want to educate the public about issues facing our coastlines and affecting water quality at our beaches,” Alexis Henry, Surfrider Foundation’s communications manager, said in an interview last week. “Malibu holds a special significance to the Surfrider Foundation, as it is where we were founded 25 years ago.”
The event will showcase live musical performances, art exhibits and a silent auction of customized surfboards designed by Tom Dumont of No Doubt, Chad Butler of Switchfoot, Eric Avery of Jane’s Addiction, singer/songwriter Tristan Prettyman and surf artist Jay Alders, the proceeds of which will benefit the Surfrider Foundation.
Singers and musicians Tyrone Wells, Mishka, Trevor Hall and Meiko will be performing during the event, which also features numerous educational and informational booths distributing information on how to keep the ocean healthy.
Mishka, a Bermuda-born singer/songwriter signed under Matthew McConaughey’s label “j.k. livin,” said he is looking forward to performing in Malibu and to being part of a good cause, as the ocean has played a major role in his life.
“The ocean is a living organism,” Mishka said Friday in a telephone interview. “We have to respect and protect it all the time. The ocean is like one of my family.”
Meiko, who described her music last week in a telephone interview as “indie, folk, pop, rock,” hails from Georgia and said Surfrider is her favorite Malibu beach.
“I used to go to Malibu a lot for this [my latest] record,” she said. “I would lay out with my guitar at Surfrider Beach and write music.”
Hall, a South Carolina native, played a past show at The Malibu Inn and also looks forward to Sunday’s event.
“I love playing in Malibu,” Hall said Monday in a telephone interview. “It’s got a good vibe in the middle of nature and I think my music goes with the view and the scene well.
“It’s always nice to play for benefits because music is for the people,” he added.
Those unable to attend MaliBLUE can follow Henry’s advice on how to care for and clean up the ocean.
“Simple things such as picking up after your pet, curbing your consumption of and recycling single-use plastics and not dumping used motor oil down storm drains are a few simple things you can do to protect our oceans,” she said.
MaliBLUE will take place Sunday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Malibu Pier. More information can be obtained by visiting emergencblue.com.