THE ROAD TO ZERO WASTE STARTS IN 2024

This summer, the band is partnering with Live Nation’s operated venues to minimize the concerts’ footprint – with the goal to divert at least 90% of fan-generated waste from landfills.  Leveraging its existing leading sustainability resources, Live Nation will support the concerts’ goal by providing zero waste green teams, zero waste stations, food donations, waste sorting, composting and the use of minimal single-use plastic.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AT LIVE NATION VENUES*

• Zero-waste stations to collect disposable items
• Onsite green teams hand-sorting all concert waste
• Menus featuring HOMEGROWN by Farm Aid food item
• Minimal single-use plastics in concessions
• Free water refill stations

HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE

• Bring your empty, refillable water bottle to select venues**
• Return your recyclables, compostables, and reusables to the correct bins
• Try a HOMEGROWN by Farm Aid menu item

*Live Nation Operated Venues include: MIDFLORIDA CREDIT UNION AMPHITHEATRE, ITHINK FINANCIAL, DOS EQUIS PAVILION, AMERIS BANK AMPHITHEATRE, COASTAL CREDIT UNION MUSIC PARK AT WALNUT CREEK, VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS AMPHITHEATER AT VIRGINIA BEACH, ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE, BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER, RUOFF MUSIC CENTER, BROADVIEW STAGE AT SPAC, NORTHWELL AT JONES BEACH THEATER, PNC BANK ARTS CENTER, XFINITY CENTER, JIFFY LUBE LIVE, BANK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PAVILION, FREEDOM MORTGAGE PAVILION, HAYDEN HOMES AMPHITHEATER, GORGE AMPHITHEATRE

** Check if your local venue has water refill stations by searching the venue and selecting plan your visit here.

HOMEGROWN CONCESSIONS 

Live Nation venues will feature a HOMEGROWN® Concessions item sourced from family farmers who use ecological practices. Enjoy your meal and help us compost your food scraps and compostable packaging to create even more fresh, healthy soil for your regional family farmers.  

ALMOST 5M TREES PLANTED

Dave Matthews Band’s ongoing partnership with The Nature Conservancy will result in over FIVE million trees being planted since 2020. Learn more about TNC’s Plant A Billion Trees campaign, a global reforestation effort at DMBTREES.ORG.

TOUR GREENING

Along with the tree campaign, DMB has joined forces with REVERB to neutralize not only the band’s carbon emissions but also the fans’ carbon footprint, resulting in a climate positive tour. The band has a long history of reducing their environmental footprint, and has neutralized their tour carbon going back to their first shows in 1991. Additionally, DMB takes the following efforts to make their shows as green as possible: 

• "Farm-to-Stage" local farm food for backstage catering 
• Biodiesel for tour buses and trucks
• Composting, up-cycling and recycling
• Reusable bottles, mugs and refill stations backstage / buses
• Rechargeable batteries / stage battery disposal
• Tour Carbon Offsets: neutralizing emissions from venue energy, flights, hotels and ground transport
• Reusable and compostable catering products
• Non-toxic cleaning products

ECO-VILLAGE

Since 2005, DMB has engaged fans in the Eco-Village, encouraging them to take environmental actions and learn about what they can do to help the Earth and their communities. The village hosts local and national non-profits at each show and encourages fans to take actions such as reducing plastic waste; registering to vote with HeadCount; donating to the DMB tree campaign; and pledging to Go Electric. Fans can sign up to volunteer in the Eco Village at Reverb.org .