Musically Fed Celebrates Record-Breaking Summer of Food Rescue

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Maria Brunner – 480-951-1882  | insightmgt@aol.com 

Suzanne Cooper – 509-750-8288  | suzanne@musicallyfed.org  

MUSICALLY FED CELEBRATES A RECORD-SETTING SUMMER

OF MAJOR TOURS, RESCUED CATERING & FEEDING THE HUNGRY

Equally Busy Fall Season for Phoenix-Based Non-Profit

Includes U.S. Tours By Billie Eilish, Eric Church, Tyler Childers & Linkin Park

(Phoenix, AZ – 9/3/2025) Musically Fed today announced the conclusion of a record-breaking summer during which the non-profit rescued over 51,500 pounds of backstage catering and repurposed more than 43,000 meals for the food insecure across America, England and the EU. In addition to partnering on Billie Eilish’s European tour; national tours by Wilco, Dierks Bentley and Brand New; and venues that include The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles; Bridgestone Arena, Ascend Amphitheater, and First Bank Amphitheater in Nashville; Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island and Credit Union 1 Amphitheater in Chicago; Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas; Nationwide Arena in Columbus; and Phx Arena, Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater, Arizona Financial Theater and Mullett Arena in Phoenix; Musically Fed’s summer highlights included: 

●        CMA Fest 2025: In partnership with the Country Music Association, Musically Fed returned to CMA Fest for the fifth straight year of supporting hunger relief in Nashville. Over the course of the 4-day June event, Musically Fed’s teams collected, repackaged and repurposed over 4,500 pounds of unused backstage crew and artist catering, and delivered more than 5,000 meals to local organizations throughout Davidson County.

●        Coldplay: Musically Fed partnered with Coldplay on their entire 2025 U.S. and European tours, culminating with the band’s 10-show July run at London’s Wembley Stadium and almost 3,500 meals donated to organizations across America, the UK and the EU.

●        Lollapalooza 2025: For their fifth consecutive year as an Official Lollapalooza Partner, Musically Fed was on the ground in Chicago from July 23^rd through August 7^th rescuing unused crew and artist catering from pre-production through all four days of shows until final load-out. Nearly 5,000 meals and 6,000 pounds of food were repurposed for more than 15 Chicago-area organizations.

This fall, Musically Fed will partner with national tours that include Lainey Wilson, Linkin Park and Eric Church, continue partnering with Billie Eilish and Tyler Childers tours, as well as festivals that include C3 Presents’ Sea Hear Now (Sept. 13-14, Asbury Park, NJ), Oceans Calling (Sept. 26-28, Ocean City, MD) Country Calling (Oct. 3-5, Ocean City, MD) and all dates on the national touring Breakaway Festival.

“Today our mission is more important than ever,” says Maria Brunner, founder of Musically Fed. “As food banks, shelters and community centers nationwide feel the pain of budget cuts, organizations like ours must help fill the holes. What our team has accomplished this summer and will continue through the fall represents an ongoing commitment to sustainability, community impact and making a difference in the lives of veterans, seniors and families in crisis. Music feeds the soul. We feed the hungry.”

About Musically Fed

Founded in 2016, the mission of Musically Fed has been to mobilize the music industry in the fight against hunger by working with artists, promoters, management and venues nationwide to donate unused backstage meals to community organizations that feed people facing homelessness, hunger and food insecurity. Musically Fed identifies the opportunities, procures the resources, and coordinates all aspects of food handling, transport, and distribution. From Billie Eilish to The GRAMMY Awards, Musically Fed makes it easy for the music industry to give back in every city they visit. To date, Musically Fed has provided over 700,000 meals across the U.S.

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