Rock & Roll for Baby Seals! The first ever "Harpseals Survival Revival" took place on Nov. 3rd, 2005

4 BANDS, NUMEROUS ROCKSTARS, a SILENT AUCTION with AMAZING GIFTS and ART,
FASCINATING SEAL MERCHANDISE, VEGAN VIXENS, and MORE, MORE, MORE...

What it was and why we did it
To oppose the largest slaughter of marine mammals on the planet- to raise funds and awareness to end the horrific and bizarre annual massacre of the innocents known as the Atlantic Canadian Harpseal hunt. (find out more)

Click to see the pictures

What happened that night
Harpseals.org first ever, (and possibly the first of its kind) concert for the seals was a great success and a lot of fun for all. Throughout the evening, we managed to meld together an interesting and fun night of music, education, and help for the seals as we rocked and rolled to 4 awesome tribute bands. (see band list at right)

Our friends at the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society joined us with a booth and offered their support as well as some terrific items for our auction and lots of great seal posters, among other things. The concert helped us raise some much needed funds from a portion of the overall ticket sales and a terrific "silent auction" of donated gifts from many amazing and generous persons. Most of the "seal action" took place in the "seal room" where we displayed the beautiful art, autographed Stratocaster guitars, and other wonderful gift items.

In addition, we also sold many Harpseals.org T-shirts and raffled off several terrific prize baskets full of seal goodies including some very unique seal novelties put together with help from our creative volunteers.

Click to see the pictures

All proceeds are being used to fund the seal campaign of Harpseals.org and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, both 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.

Did we have Rockstars?
You bet! In addition to our rockin' bands living up to their excellent reputations, we also had an awesome lineup of famous seal-loving musicians making special guest musical appearances throughout the evening including:

* Carmine Appice- A living drumming legend. (drummer of Vanilla Fudge, the band that Led Zeppelin opened for on one of their very first live shows, as well as a regular drumming stand in and personal friend of John Bonham.) To find out more, please visit: www.carmineappice.net

* Stuart Smith, guitarist, and drummer Richie Onori, of the band "Heaven & Earth".
To find out more, please visit: www.heavenandearthband.com

Click to see the pictures

Where did it take place?
The venue for the show was the ever so interesting Canyon Dinner Theater in Agoura Hills which is definitely a terrific place to have a concert. Well known for big name bands playing there regulary, the friendly management donated the venue for free that night during one of their busiest regular weekday gigs- and we are forever grateful for them doing so!