The Fever Pitch Pilgrimage
Taína Asili—a singer, interdisciplinary artist and activist—will be walking from Albany to NYC for climate justice and collective liberation. The Fever Pitch Pilgrimage is a two-week, 150-mile journey from September 13 to 27, 2025.
Each day Taína and several of her artist collaborators will walk an average of 15 miles to a city where they will give song offerings—moments of music and intention shared in partnership with local social and climate justice organizations. These offerings aim to resist the violence of climate devastation, incarceration, war, fascism, and genocide—while uplifting the movements for immigrant rights, racial and gender justice, and a livable future for all. The highlighted artistic offering of this tour will be Asili’s full multimedia show Fever Pitch—a fusion of live music, dance, and video centered on climate justice—presenting at select community spaces for free or at a sliding scale, with a post-show panel conversation with local climate and social justice organizers. As the journey continues, the core walkers will be sailed by boat from Newburgh to Haverstraw (9/21) on the historic Clearwater, co-founded by folk legend Pete Seeger to protect the Hudson River through environmental education and activism. From there the walk continues, culminating in NYC during New York Climate Week, with a final performance on the walk at UPROSE Brooklyn (9/26) the city’s oldest Latino community-based organization dedicated to climate justice. After the NYC events, the pilgrimage will travel back by electric car to Rise & Root Farm to the Abundance Festival (9/27), a benefit for the Black Farmer Fund, where the team will perform and offer a collective gift from the funds raised. The journey will conclude with a Fever Pitch performance and a community report-back at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY (10/4)—offering reflections, stories, and visions gathered throughout the pilgrimage.
This pilgrimage arrives at a pivotal moment—amid escalating climate crisis and political chaos—when we urgently need spaces to gather, grieve, strategize, and imagine the world we know is possible. More than a performance, the pilgrimage is a movement intervention—a living, walking ritual that centers art and culture as vital tools for building shared wisdom and grassroots power.
Dates
Please note: Song offering times are approximate and may vary, as the pilgrimage will take place on foot. Check here for updates.
| Sat. Sept. 13th | Albany to Nassau | Song offering at Corning Preserve, Albany, 11 AM |
| Sun. Sept. 14th | Kinderhook to Hudson | Song offering at Henry Hudson Riverfront Park, Hudson, 4 PM |
| Mon. Sept. 15th | Hudson to Tivoli | Song offering at Tivoli Park, Tivoli, 4:30 PM |
| Tues. Sept. 16th | Tivoli to Kingston | Song offering at Kingston Point Beach, 3:30 PM |
| Wed. Sept. 17th | Kingston | Fever Pitch show at Unicorn Bar, 7 PM |
| Thurs. Sept. 18th | Kingston to New Paltz | Send-off song offering + words at Red Fox Ravine, Kingston, 9AM Song offering at Water Street Market, New Paltz, 4 PM |
| Fri. Sept. 19th | New Paltz to Poughkeepsie | Song offering at Victor C. Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie, 2 PM |
| Sat. Sept. 20th | Poughkeepsie to Beacon | Song offering + potluck hosted by Fareground, Beacon Sloop Club, 3:30 PM |
| Sun. Sept. 21st | Sail on the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater from Newburgh to Cold Spring (ticketed passengers) Cold Spring to Bear Mountain (pilgrimage team only) | Talk & Performance on Clearwater, 10 AM |
| Mon. Sept. 22nd | Haverstraw to Irvington | Song offering at Scenic Hudson Park, Irvington, 3:30 PM |
| Tues. Sept. 23rd | Yonkers to The Bronx | Show with BombaYo, The Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx , 6:30 PM |
| Wed. Sept. 24th | Washington Heights to Midtown | Walk w/Harlem Palestine Peace Walk from Washington Heights to East Harlem. Meet at 158th and Broadway at 1:30PM, ending at The People’s Church at 5:30 PM, with song offerings along the way. |
| Thurs. Sept. 25th | Midtown to Lower Manhattan to Brooklyn | Meet at 11 AM in front of NY Public Library and walk to Union Square at 12 PM, Middle Church at 1 PM, and Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Park at 3 PM, with song offerings at each stop. |
| Fri. Sept. 26th | Brooklyn | Fever Pitch show at UPROSE’s Climate Justice Lives Here series, 6:30 PM |
| Sat. Sept. 27th | Chester | Performance at Abundance Festival for Black Farmer Fund, Rise & Root Farm, 10:30 AM |
| Sat. Oct. 4th | Troy | Fever Pitch Show & Pilgrimage Report Back at The Sanctuary for Independent Media, 7 PM |
Support the Pilgrimage
To bring this vision to life, we’re inviting our community to walk with us in solidarity—whether in spirit, online, or through direct support. We’ve launched a GoFundMe campaign to help cover artist fees, accommodations, meals, production costs for the free and sliding scale events along the route, and a community gift to Black Farmer Fund.
We’re also seeking organizational and business sponsors to make a tax-deductible contribution through our fiscal sponsor. Depending on your level of support, your organization can receive recognition in our printed programs, on our website and social media, and have the opportunity to table at select events along the pilgrimage route. To learn more or become a sponsor, contact us at info[at]tainaasili.com.
Sponsors & Partners
The ever growing list of sponsors and community partners of The Fever Pitch Pilgrimage include (in alphabetical order):
The Story Behind the Pilgrimage
The inspiration for this journey emerged from a convergence of experiences and visions. Over the past two decades, Taína has performed across the nation—from Lincoln Center to San Francisco Pride to the Women’s March on Washington—and her music has been featured by NPR, Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Democracy Now. In addition to her creative work, Taína serves as Board Chair of Soul Fire Farm, and has collaborated with numerous racial, gender, and climate justice organizations. After two years in the making, Taína’s new climate justice show Fever Pitch recently premiered at several academic institutions—but Taína Asili felt a calling to bring the show to more grassroots spaces. She was reminded of a transformative Ballots & Balances 2024 tour with the NC Climate Justice Collective, where she performed excerpts of the work for frontlines communities. She also held in her heart the spiritual impact of the several day long Peace Walks she has joined over the years, led by Jun San Yasuda of the Nipponzan Myohoji order and Grafton Peace Pagoda. More recently, reading John Francis’ Planetwalker—the story of a man who gave up motorized transportation for 22 years and remained silent for 17 of them as a form of environmental protest and prayer, traveling with a banjo in hand—inspired a vision in Taína to carry her show from Albany to New York City on foot.
To prepare for the walk, Taína and her team are receiving guidance from a dedicated council of peace walkers, spiritual leaders, marathon runners, and personal trainers—each offering their wisdom to support the physical, mental, and spiritual journey ahead.
