Two Great Events. One Great Day: The Love+Unity Music Fest and Scholarship Ride on World Day of Diversity and Culture

WEST ORANGE, N.J. - May 17, 2022 - PRLog -- For the seventh year in a row, West Orange singer, songwriter, and international recording artist Carl Brister together with his NJ nonprofit organization Music Village is hosting a music festival that inspires unity in the community through music and love. Starting out as a way to bring people together after racial unrest erupted around the nation, it has continued the message of love that kicks off with a scholarship bike ride to help young music students and ends in a great celebration of diversity and culture.

Filled with exciting live music performances by the area's top artists representing an array of genres the Love+Unity Music Fest is free for everyone. The diverse line-up includes:     ● Founder, Recording Artist Carl Brister ● Jazz/R&B Pianist Nat Adderly Jr. ● Soul / House Vocalist Kenny Bobien ● Opera Singer Alison Bolshoi ● Pop/Rock Artist Chandler Mogel ● Rapper Samad Savage ● Classic Rock singer John Anthony ● House Music artist Viola Sykes ● Reggeaton Singer Nestor Martinez ● West Orange High School Jubilee Choir and Step Teams ● Latin Music Artist - Bazz Valencia

Brister, who will give a special live performance of his new music release "Trauma" in honor of May's Mental Health Awareness Month, has seen the meaning of The Love+Unity Music Fest grow each year. He adds, " From the racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, NY to even the crisis in Ukraine this song is a way to help us all come together to say "Don't let it take your light. We will reject hate and stand together in Love+Unity."



The Love + Unity Music Fest and Scholarship Bike Ride will take place on the U.N. sanctioned World Day of Diversity on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at Thomas Edison Field, 75 William Street, West Orange, NJ, 07052.  It is presented in partnership with The West Orange Board of Education, The Township of West Orange and Essex County and  supported by individual donors and businesses in and around the community including Panera Bread, Jersey Mike's, Power Bar, Beverly's Webshop, and more.  The Scholarship Bike Ride kicks off at 9 am returning to Thomas Edison Field to start the Love+Unity Music Fest at 12 noon till 7 pm with food trucks, cultural arts, vendors, live music, and fun for all.

For more info: www.MusicVillage.live all inquiries email: cbrister@musicvillage.live / 973-325-0373/201-779-1784