All Night Lights- http://www.allnightlights.com - The lighting design company in charge of lighting the Human Rights Awareness Festival, the No Sweat Fashion Show, and the Fair Trade Coffee Night. The company is headed by concert lighting genius Aaron Winkler.

Al Howard & the K23 Orchestra- http://www.k23orchestra.com Pocket funk, staccato spoken word, classic soul, aggressive rock and vintage psychedelic with lyrics that transcend any style or genre, appealing to humanities most primal essence.

ALO- http://www.alomusic.com - Soulful California pop with feel-good, danceable grooves born for live performances.

Aphrodesia - http://www.aphrodesia.org - 10-piece Afrobeat Ensemble featuring monstrous horns, polyrhythmic beats, and rich female vocals

Blue Turtle Seduction - http://www.blueturtleseduction.com - Eastern European & reggae influenced fiddle rock & roll!

Garaj Mahal - http://www.garajmahal.net - Innovative fusion of funk and jazz with a world music flare.

Golden - http://www.peddlingmedicine.com - Golden is a music maker infused with the best of hip-hop legends, new-school rhymes, break-beat wizards and slam-poets. Golden delivers substance with the hype. Intelligence and wit in the lyrics join with beats that strike powerfully.

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - http://www.jfjo.com -  Imaginative new jazz that shatters any kind of identity, much less categories and classifications.

Joseph Israel - http://www.josephisrael.com - Joseph Israel's live show is incredible and heartfelt. He has toured with the likes of Steel Pulse, Israel Vibrations, Abijah, Mikey General and many others. He performs both solo and with a full band.

John Butler Trio - http://www.johnbutlertrio.com/ - Raging Austrailian Roots Rock that speaks to social equity, justice and the human spirit

Leslie Helpert - http://www.myspace.com/serpentfly - Leslie's music explores and disfigures traditional social concepts and explores the constant evolution of language. Her music is self-coined "lovelypunk" and her artistic stance is based on the premise of natural change.

Les Nubians - http://www.lesnubians.com - Afropean hip hop/R&B duo

Michael Franti and Spearhead - http://www.spearheadvibrations.com/ - Pushing boundaries, musically, lyrically, and socially, Michael Franti has been an artist of conscience who with the power of his group Spearhead has continued to challenge himself and his audience to seek fresh perspectives on our ever changing planet.

The Motet - http://www.themotet.net - A group full of musical exploration and innovation, fusing instrumental, indie-rock, and electronically textured improvisation

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - http://www.sierraleonesrefugeeallstars.com - Formed in a refugee camp in the West African nation of Guinea, SLRAS tour the world playing traditional afro-beat/reggae and spreading their message of peace and love in a "can't help but dance" show that fans from all musical backgrounds enjoy.

Taarka - http://www.taarka.com - A breathless synergy of sounds that strikingly blends bluegrass, folk, gypsy and jazz

Tea Leaf Green - http://www.tealeafgreen.com - Honoring a long lineage of rock bands that have come before them, Tea Leaf  Green pays tribute to the past while carving out a distinct name for themselves.

Toubab Krewe - http://www.myspace.com/toubabkrewe - Blending Malian, American and Dirty South influences, bridging the gap between West African and American music

Zion I - http://www.zionicrew.com/ - Conscious hip-hop from the Bay Area

Wisebird - http://www.wisebird.net/ - Four-piece Rock n' Roll band out of Salt Lake City, Utah that dedicates their unique blues driven rock n' roll to support Human Rights