About the Festival

The founder of the festival “Girls Rock,” Ellina Graypel (www.ellinagraypel.com) and the organizers of the festival “Tvorcheskiy Vecher”, held in San Francisco for the past 6 years, joined to create a new truly global event! “Children of the Sun” is a music festival that aims to strengthen cooperation between American and Russian volunteers. We hope that by drawing to your attention real problems and people working to solve them, you will desire to take a part. The opportunity is here! By attending the festival “Children of the Sun,” you will not only have an amazing time listening to the music of artists such as Ellina Graypel, Alisa Apreleva and the band Mobius and have an chance to share your own creations from the same stage at the open mic traditional to “Tvorcheskiy Vecher”, you will also have the opportunity to meet representatives of the educational center “Step Up” who will be happy to tell you about their work with the graduates of Russian orphanages and about the volunteer movement in Russia in general.

What will the event’s proceeds go towards?

All proceeds will go towards funding of programs for socially disadvantaged children who study in the Center “Step Up.” Due to cognitive development disorders, these children did not have the opportunity to study like other children and now live in boarding schools. They come to “Step Up” for education, conversation, and human relational support. Whatever help you can give is a chance for them to become fully functioning members of society. - $5 =  100 cups of tea - $ 12 = one lesson - $ 500 = rent of educational premises of the Center for 1 month