Photostory: Wildrose Castle Jam
4B Harm Reduction's Wildrose Castle Jam charity event had moshing, drug education, and great local music from the city's hardcore scene.
Liam HodderThe Wildrose Castle Jam was a charity event for 4B Harm Reduction featuring seven bands, a lot of moshing, and drug and sex safety education. And it was so good, another local band, State of Decay, put a bill together the next day to play in the same bowl.
Bands played in the skatepark’s bowl with attendees moshing in the bowl up close and people sitting along the edge.
Solar Plexus opened their set by speaking out against the American government’s war on undocumented immigrants, the band’s front man saying “nobody is illegal on stolen land.”
Park locals skated in the background. It wouldn’t have been a skate jam without skating.
Kaden, one of the skaters, plotted to skate into an open gap in the crowd if one opened. A gap never opened.
The headlining band, No Skies, called out 4B before their set. One of the band’s singers hailed the non-profit for their aiding those who need it.
The event, being a charity event for 4B Harm Reduction, of course included harm reduction materials. In a gazebo nearby, condoms, test strips, snort kits, and educational materials were available. Angie Staines, the non-profit’s founder, said that while skateparks have a lot of broken bones, they’re harm reduction, and that this event was a part of that, bringing together the community.
