NEW ORLEANS (press release) – 1 Million Strong, an impact initiative that seeks to transform the way people think about addiction and recovery, is hosting a wellness retreat experience at the 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The experience will include a sober-supportive wellness tent experience for festivalgoers to hang out and enjoy alcohol-free cocktails, afternoon mocktail happy hours, and meet up with people in recovery as well as allies.
The goal of the 1 Million Strong wellness retreat experience is to build a sober active community at concerts and music festivals—events where people in recovery often feel excluded or triggered—so all music fans can have an enjoyable experience and build a strong sense of community.
1 Million Strong is an initiative created through a partnership between Stand Together Foundation, which is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities, Stand Together Music, an organization that believes that the music industry is uniquely positioned to amplify and accelerate addiction recovery, and The Phoenix, which was founded on the mission to build a national sober active community that fuels resilience and harnesses the transformational power of connection so that together we rise, recover, and live.
WHERE: 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots
1751 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70119
Gentilly Pedestrian Entrance, across from Kids Tent
WHEN: During the 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, April 28 – April 30 and May 4 – 7. The tent will open the same time Jazz Fest opens its gates at 11:00 am (CT) daily. Everyday there will be a mocktail happy hour at 3pm.
WHO:
· Bill Taylor, Director, Music Strategy and Programs, The Phoenix
· Colette Weintraub, Head of Stand Together Music