Mt. Airy Art Garage hosted the "Kamala Gala" on Oct. 1, organized in part by Jenny French, a committee person for the Springfield Township Democratic Committee.

The event featured several folk musicians performing to raise money for Montgomery County Democrats and the Kamala Harris campaign. It raised about $8,000, half of which goes to the Harris campaign and the other half to the Montgomery County Democratic Committee.

French reached out to Philadelphia musician Ken Ulansey to organize and plan the event. Other performers included Rodney Whittenberg, Roger Mrgdician, Raji Malik, Phyllis Chapell, Dave Posmontier, John Colgan Davis, Johnny Never, Peter Farrell, Meghan Cary and Ben Arnold. 

"We connected on Facebook and started talking about, you know, it would be really neat if we could do something for Kamala once she was chosen," French told the Local. "(Ulansey) said he'd been trying to put something together, but it hadn't gelled yet. And I said, 'Well, I'd be happy to try to help with it.' And so it began, and it took a while to nail down a location that would actually be willing to host us."

French said several venues did not want to host because of the political nature of the event. Eventually, she reached out to the Mt. Airy Art Garage, which agreed to host.

A little over 50 people attended the event, with many who could not participate still donating. French says the money will go toward helping "get out the vote" for down-ballot candidates in Montgomery County.