Coffee Roaster Larry’s Beans Teams Up with Raleigh’s Hopscotch Music Festival

Aug. 23, 2010 - PRLog -- Raleigh, NC--Larry’s Beans, Raleigh’s Fair Trade, Organic coffee roaster, will be warming up the Veggie Bus for this year’s Hopscotch Music Festival in Downtown Raleigh.  Larry’s Beans will be supporting the local music scene for what could be the biggest music event to ever hit Raleigh.

In addition to Larry’s Beans being a festival sponsor, festival attendees can ride to their next show in style on Larry's waste-veggie oil powered bus.  This is the same bus the company uses for its local coffee deliveries.  

The Larry's Beans Veggie Shuttle will be happening on Friday and Saturday night (Sept 10&11) from 9pm-12:30am. The Veggie Bus, a Triangle favorite, will shuttle Hopscotch festival attendees around downtown Raleigh for free.  There will be four stops: The Pour House, Berkeley Cafe, King’s, and Five Star.  

The Veggie Bus is a re-fitted school bus converted to run off waste veggie oil.  Larry’s Beans took on this bus project in 2005 so they could have a planet-friendly way to deliver their coffee to local customers.  The waste veggie oil is collected from Rex Hospital and local restaurants (like Chinese buffets).

“The Hopscotch Music Festival and downtown Raleigh will be the center of the Universe for three days,” said Larry Larson, founder and CEO of Larry’s Beans.  “Music and dancing are my passions.  We love giving day jobs to local musicians and artists.  That’s why when I heard about Hopscotch I knew we had to be part of it.  Not to mention this is going to be Raleigh’s biggest music event ever!”  

Larry even created a webpage (10,000 Reasons to Dance) for people to share their reasons for dancing- LarrysBeans.com/10000dances.

In addition to the Veggie Bus shuttle, Larry’s Beans will help host a VIP event Thursday night (Sept. 9) at the Sheraton Raleigh for Hopscotch attendees.  Folks will have the opportunity to sample coffee and a special alcoholic concoction with cold brewed coffee concentrate.  

From Noon to 3:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Larry’s Beans will be sampling cold brew coffee outside of Tir Na Nog and Pour House in downtown Raleigh.  

Larry’s Beans will also be sampling and selling coffee at the City Plaza for the two main concerts on Friday and Saturday from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

About Hopscotch Music Festival

Homegrown by the Independent Weekly, the Hopscotch Music Festival gives the Triangle something new and noteworthy – an event that celebrates the area’s rich local talent by pairing it with an abundance of amazing national and international bands. Featuring just about every genre imaginable – rock, hip-hop, alt-country, metal, dance, punk, classical, noise, drone, folk, and more – the festival offers choices for every type of music fan. Linking 10 venues over three nights, including Friday and Saturday in City Plaza, the city’s premier public space, Hopscotch invites you to enjoy downtown Raleigh in a way you haven’t yet. With 120 bands at night, day parties thrown by local labels, a free cultural series at Raleigh City Museum, and other activities to come, finding fun will be easy from September 9 – 11th.  For more information, visit www.hopscotchmusicfest.com.


About Larry’s Beans
Since 1994 the mission of Larry’s Beans has been to find the best coffees in the world and roast them with precision and artistry. The company is a founding member of Cooperative Coffees, the first and only group of independent coffee roasters that buys green beans directly from 100% Fair Trade coffee co-ops.
Larry’s Beans builds Fair Trade relationships with small farm cooperatives, buys only Organic, Shade Grown coffees and supports farming partners in practicing sustainable farming methods. Larry’s Beans cultivates relationships that benefit people, animals, and the environment. In 2010, Larry’s Beans was the recipient of The Raleigh Environmental Stewardship Award for triple-bottom line business. For more information, please visit www.larrysbeans.com .