The inaugural Power to the People Festival was a massive, star-studded peaceful protest music and civic action event held on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. Curated by Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, the festival was a non-partisan day of “peace, love, justice, and music” and was heavily oriented toward grassroots activism for its 20,000 attendees. Ticket proceeds from the 10 hour festival directly benefited pro-voter and pro-democracy organizations HeadCount and VoteRiders.
Pavilion Stage: The Last Internationale, Grandson, Jack Sabbath ( Jack Black with Revel Ian, Roman Morello, Yoyoka, and Hugo Weiss, joined by Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath ), Cypress Hill, Tom Morello ( joined by his son Roman Morello, Serj Tankian of System of a Down, Chuck D and Flavor Flav of Public Enemy, Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels, Jack Black, B-Real and Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, Scott Ian of Anthrax, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters ), Soundgarden All-Stars ( Matt Cameron of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, Taylor Momsen of Pretty Reckless, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Robbie Mangano ), Dave Matthews ( joined by Cindy Mizelle ), Foo Fighters ( joined by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band ), Bruce Springsteen ( joined by Joan Baez, Tom Morello, Dave Matthews, Nathaniel Rateliff ), All Star Finale (with the entire ensemble)
