Virtual Benefit Concert on May 27th to Help Save & Preserve the San Marcos Foothills

Santa Barbara’s Foothills Forever Campaign is Hosting a Virtual Benefit Music Concert featuring Glen Phillips, Zach Gill of ALO, Bruce Goldish, and Rich Mahan.

The event brings together renowned musicians in the final push to protect and preserve the San Marcos Foothills West Mesa for future generations. To date, the Foothills Forever campaign has raised over $12 million, with a remaining $6.6 million needed to be raised by June 1st in order to purchase the property for the public’s benefit.

This free, virtual benefit concert featuring local music legends Glen Phillips, Zach Gill, and Bruce Goldish, and Nashville musician Rich Mahan, aims to entertain and attract supporters. Beautiful footage of the San Marcos foothills as well as testimonials by local campaign leaders will be included.

WHAT: Free, virtual benefit concert featuring music by Glen Phillips, Zach Gill ofALO, Bruce Goldish, and Rich Mahan

WHEN: May 27, 2021 from 6:00-7:00PM PDT

WHERE: YouTube: http://bit.ly/foothillsforever

ARTISTS:

Glen Phillips – American songwriter, lyricist, singer and guitarist. He is perhaps best known as the singer and songwriter of the alternative rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket.

Zach Gill of ALO – California rock band currently signed to Jack Johnson & Brushfire Records label. They have released four full-length albums for Brushfire, as well as a number of prior independent releases including a film soundtrack.

Bruce Goldish – Local iconic Santa Barbara “parking garage” guitarist who turns humble parking lot garages into his own personal concert halls. Sweet harmonic to caffeinated percussive fingerstyle guitar. His dedication to his art and the musical spell he’s cast on downtown Santa Barbara for over a decade is celebrated in the award-winning short film, ” State Street Serenade.”

Rich Mahan – Guitarist/singer-songwriter Rich Mahan lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where he recorded his solo debut, Blame Bobby Bare in 2012, and its follow up, Hot Chicken Wisdom in 2018. Over the years, he’s toured and recorded with several groups, playing roots rock with Jam Band Avocado Sundae and co-founding the alt-country band Shurman, which was signed to Vanguard Records.

For more information in the campaign to save and preserve the San Marcos Foothills West Mesa, visit: www.FoothillsForever.org

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