Bon Iver will perform at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday (August 7), when her tour of battleground states comes to Justin Vernon’s Eau Claire hometown, Billboard reports. The Wisconsin rally will be the second stop of Harris’ tour with her as-yet-unannounced running mate, after it kicks off in Philadelphia tomorrow.
Though Bon Iver have not addressed Harris’ presumptive Democratic nomination for president, the band has recently used social channels to support various progressive causes, including a pledge of support to Democrat Nick Butler’s campaign for local Wisconsin government. The rally performance will be the latest in the band’s long history of political engagement, both locally and nationally. Vernon was a vocal advocate of Bernie Sanders in 2016 and 2020, playing at several rallies and fundraisers, and has promoted various nonpartisan voter registration drives through channels including the Eaux Claires Music Festival he co-founded with the National’s Aaron Dessner.
