Record Hospital Fest®

What is a socially concious mosh?

Once a year, station members organize “Record Hospital Fest,” a charity concert featuring local bands. This despite the fact that not all Harvard students may be welcoming to the bands themselves.

Unlike Yardfest, the festival boasts a number of adventurous experimental groups, few of which can be described as safe choices. In the past, the event has been somewhat notorious for its wild acts. In 2003, a performance by one-man noise-rock group Kites took a turn for the bizarre when the artist took a razor to his own chest. The acts have mellowed out in the over two-decades since but the cause is the same.

Since 2000, WHRB has raised over $30,000 for more than a dozen Boston-area charities including Boston Healthcare for the Homeless and the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center.

View this year's line up announcement here

Learn more about RH Fest in the news

RH Puts On Underground ‘Fest’ - The Harvard Crimson, 2006

33.3 RPM: History and future of WHRB's "Record Hospital" rock show - Harvard Magazine, 2012

INTERVIEW WITH RH FEST ORGANIZER DANIEL LAKHDHIR - Boston Hassle, 2012

GO TO: RECORD HOSPITAL FEST 2018 - Boston Hassle, 2018