06/03/2021
"folkLAB presents: Sadapalooza" is a night of stand-up comedy and spoken word poetry celebrating sadness and de-stigmatizing mental health issues.
100% of funds raised will benefit Inside Our Minds, a Pittsburgh-based, mental health support and advocacy group, so they can continue their vital, free-to-all, mental health programs during this challenging time.
Get your TICKETS here: https://givebutter.com/sadapalooza2021
Tickets are free, we just ask that you make a pay-what-you-wish donation via the givebutter Sadapalooza donation and ticket page.
"Sadapalooza" is created and hosted by Rachel Greene (formerly of Old Growth Poetry Collective in Olympia, WA) Featuring performances by Pittsburgh's treasured and emerging stand-up comedians and spoken word poets:
Arla White
Brittany Alexis
Michael Hodges (formerly of Pittsburgh, joining from Seattle)
Tyler Ray Kendrick
Lena Kinney
Shooooz
Torrey Shineman
Vanessa St. Clair (formerly of Pittsburgh, joining from LA)
Maya Wright
The event will run March 6th, 2021 from 7pm-9pm via livestream on www.folklab.net, as well as YouTube and Facebook Live.
This event may contain some sensitive themes and is therefore recommend for those ages +16 and up.
This event will include live captions.
We are creating a space to welcome real sadness and mental health struggles, while holding onto a sense of humor, absurdity, and togetherness. The event is a celebration of sadness that aims to push back on mental health stigma and isolation at a time of year when it can be easy to fall into seasonal depression and hard to hang onto your support networks.
The traumatic strain of the pandemic, the struggle for racial justice, and the political unrest are exacerbating mental health struggles for everyone, even those who haven’t experienced them in the past. We hope to shine a light on such struggles and encourage candid conversation while also bringing some joy and lightness to a dark subject and dark time.
