PEACE AID
The Day Music Created Peace on Earth
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2026 (Peace Day Weekend)
How can I participate?
You can dedicate an existing concert, create a PEACE AID™ event, become a local organizer, or help spread the word.
The Promise of Peace
PEACE AID™ unites the world through music to create a day of peace.
In 1985, Live Aid united nearly 2 billion people through the power of music. In 1986, the First Earth Run engaged a billion people in passing a torch of peace around the world. Both demonstrated humanity’s capacity to come together on a planetary scale.
Now, Rick Lukens, International Director of Live Aid, and David Gershon, creator of the First Earth Run, have joined forces to create PEACE AID.
Humanity United
Imagine a digital Torch of Peace encircling the Earth empowered by music and human connection.
Musicians and audiences around the world uniting in an extraordinary moment of shared humanity.
A single day demonstrating that we can do something great and guide our own destiny.
How Peace Spreads
Musicians of all genres across the planet dedicate concerts — small and large — to peace.
Fans light a Digital Peace Torch and pass it from person to person, community to community, country to country.
A Day of Planetary Possibility
At a time of growing division, PEACE AID™ transforms music into peace. Every gathering becomes a living experience of our shared humanity.
Carry the Torch
You are invited to create Peace on Earth for a day!
- Dedicate your existing concert to peace
- Create a PEACE AID concert
- Organize PEACE AID locally
- Share PEACE AID with others
PEACE AID Partners
Peace on Earth by 2030
United Earth Networks
Opus for Peace
Pathways to Peace
WE Rotary eClub for International Peace
