News from Wishlist Foundation, a Pearl Jam Fan Nonprofit Organization

fundraiser, gigaton, preparty - January 27, 2020

Pearl Jam Fans Host Fundraisers Across North America

Wishlist Foundation is hosting preparty fundraisers in March and April at every city on the band’s 16-date North American tour supporting their much-anticipated eleventh studio album, Gigaton. The tour kicks-off on March 18 in Toronto and wraps with a two-date stint in Oakland April 18-19. The fan fundraiser events will benefit the band’s spotlight charities as well as local charities in each city.

Flight to Mars VIP Preparty Event

After a hiatus in 2018, Flight to Mars, a tribute to 1970s English heavy rockers UFO featuring Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready, return play at The Showbox in Seattle, WA on Saturday, May 11th. Proceeds from the show will benefit the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America's Camp Oasis, as well as the Jennifer Jaff Care Line for People with IBD at Patient Advocate Foundation.

A variety of VIP auction packages are available through the Wishlist Foundation via eBay at http://ebay.com/usr/wishlistfoundation

Seattle Showbox SoDo Tickets Explained

Seattle Showbox SoDo Tickets Explained We want to take a minute to explain our Wishlist Foundation Pearl Jam Fan Preparty Fundraiser-Seattle 2 Showbox SoDo ticketing with a little more detail because we really want to make sure you can get in if you want to be there. Showbox SoDo is NOT like other preparties where it's based on occupancy at the time. For example - we're packed, you're waiting on line to get in, so when 5 people leave, 5 people can then enter. It is NOT like this. This is a finite ticket event. Meaning, we have X number of tickets available and...

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fundraiser, preparty - July 26, 2017

Dublin Pre-Party

Dublin Pre-Party by: Carin Cohen and Damien Murphy Eddie Vedder’s solo show in Dublin June 9th was always going to be a special one, as the homecoming show for touring partner, Glen Hansard. That made it the perfect place for us to host a Wishlist fundraiser. With the recent death of Chris Cornell hanging over the tour, organizers Carin Cohen and Damien Murphy decided to raise funds for Pieta House, an Irish organization that provides a free, therapeutic approach to people who are in suicidal distress and those who engage in self-harm. During this time especially, we wanted to bring...

Wishlist Welcomes Liz Whelan-Summers & Matt Summers to Preparty Staff

Wishlist Foundation is happy to welcome wife & husband team Liz Whelan-Summers & Matt Summers, to our Preparty Staff team!Liz and Matt didn’t exist for each other back in 1992 when Pearl Jam came onto the scene. But separately, they each discovered the band that would eventually be part of the glue that brought them together.In the early days Liz remembers listening to Jeremy over and over in her best friend’s bedroom, watching the videos for Alive and Jeremy on MTV (when they actually played mostly music videos!), and being the proud owner of a grainy bootleg VHS tape of...