Find Outside Lands’ Leftovers in the Bayview! 

Every year, Outside Lands becomes more of a cultural phenomenon, moving away from the small, local music festival it once was, and drawing thousands of attendees to Golden Gate Park. With such a large event, however, comes its drawbacks. This year, for the first time, Outside Lands Music Festival is partnering with a local sustainable non-profit, SCRAP, to repurpose the post-event waste.

SCRAP, or the Scroungers’ Center for Reusable Art Parts, is a long-beloved San Francisco charity based in the Bayview neighborhood. Founded in 1976, SCRAP operates as a creative community reuse center, where artists, educators, and more can find donated supplies. These donated supplies, ranging from fabric, ceramics, and paper, are sourced from a wide variety of donors, including large businesses and individuals, looking to give their unwanted items a new life. The organization also holds educational programming, including workshops for teachers, students, and others, Free Teachers’ Supplies Give-Aways, school field trips, setups at community events, and exhibitions of art made from reclaimed materials. Since its beginnings, SCRAP has aimed to keep viable art materials out of the Bay Area landfills, and increase accessibility to educators and creative-minded people across the Bay.

This year marks the first year of a collaboration between the music festival and non-profit, where OSL provided SCRAP with various signs and promotional materials from the festival, which SCRAP priced at $0.25 per square foot and sold to Bay Area residents. Many buyers were excited about the opportunity to repurpose this small piece of San Francisco history, and keep the Outside Lands spirit alive in their own classrooms and homes. For SCRAP and Outside Lands, this partnership represents their shared commitment to promoting creativity and sustainability in the Bay Area.

Learn more about SCRAP here!