Calling all riff lovers and headbangers, the Chimacum Rock Harvest is around the corner for music fans in the Jefferson County area.

Four local hard rock bands will perform to benefit the Olympic Housing Trust at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4 at 9012 Beaver Valley Road. Local bands Green River Thrillers, Teepee Creeper, Grim Earth, and In Droves will all perform.

The Chimacum Rock Harvest will have a beer garden for attendees age 21 and over. The concert will be in a field behind the residence at 9012 Beaver Valley Road, and parking will be at the empty lot behind Chimacum Cannabis. The concert is expected to last from 7 to 11 p.m. Tickets cost $12 per person.

Erik Kingfisher, guitarist and vocalist for In Droves, has been a key coordinator for Rock Harvest.

“We’re just getting the word out. There hasn’t been a lot of live music in the past year and a half,” Kingfisher said. “It’s a grassroots thing; several community members are volunteering to make it happen.”

Kingfisher is passionate about the affordable housing situation in the Olympic Peninsula, and wants to bring awareness to the problem through the concert.

“We all recognize there’s a real disparity in the community. Affordability is a pretty big issue,” Kingfisher said. “Nothing’s gonna change unless there’s charity work to address that.”

The Chimacum Rock Harvest will help the Olympic Housing Trust raise money for operational costs, and work to improve the local housing situation.

Local businesses and nonprofits are involved in setting up the concert, including the Olympic Housing Trust and The Production Alliance, along with Crossroads Music, which will sponsor the event.

Jesse Thomas, the board president for the housing trust, is fully in support of the concert.

“We’re on board. Our main goal is exposure in the community and support,” Thomas said.

The housing trust is a nonprofit dedicated to protecting homes and land for housing by placing community assets in trust to benefit the community. The organization has a mission to build a stable, diverse, and affordable community, and improve the housing situation on the Olympic Peninsula.

“With the new program, we want the community to be informed and let us know their ideas and needs in the community,” Thomas said.

John Unruh, guitarist and vocalist for Teepee Creeper, said he wanted to do “anything to help out” the housing trust.

The Production Alliance, another nonprofit helping with the Chimacum Rock Harvest, has assisted Kingfisher and other organizers with the event.

“The Production Alliance is donating the stage,” said Daniel Milholland, The Production Alliance’s director of operations.

“We’re always excited to be a part of new venues, and this is a really sweet spot. It looks like it’s gonna be an awesome show,” Milholland added.

Kingfisher is expecting 50 to 75 people to show up depending on the weather and how many people hear about the concert.

“We want to bring our community around this cause,” Kingfisher said. “The goal is to have a good time.”

The bands are excited to perform again in public, he added, especially after many of them had to cancel shows and postpone performances due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Although Kingfisher and organizers are aware of the Delta variant of the coronavirus and its spread amid the ongoing pandemic, the concert will be outside to keep people safe.

“It’s been a hard year and half. We want to do something, but do it safely,” Kingfisher said.

Tickets can be bought online at https://chimacumrockharvest.bpt.me/.

For more information about the concert, go to https://fb.me/e/UyoAVYJF.