10/07/2026
Skidwizard and many other young bands at Backyard Party are choosing to confront our history head-on—turning a classic ska song into something immediate, loud, and alive.
That’s part of what makes live music matter. Songs get handed from one generation to the next, and sometimes the next generation has plenty of reasons to sing them again.
🎸 Live at Backyard Party • Episode 2 of our new collaborative series, following Natalia Inez and preceding Loach and Squatchy is king ❤️🔥
Backyard Party is an extraordinary youth music community that grew out of the devastation of the 2025 Eaton Fire, when young musicians lost garages, backyards, and gathering places where they practiced, performed, and built friendships through music.
Co-founders Matt Chait and Sandra Denver created Backyard Party to give them new communal places to play, watch, hang out, learn, and tell their stories together.
Since opening in September 2025, Backyard Party has hosted 400+ acts, paid out and donated more than $15,000 to local bands and charities, and built a growing community of young musicians, families, and supporters across Los Angeles.
The minute Medicinal Media heard about Backyard Party, we called to see how we could join forces. Two weeks later, we were drenched in sweat, grinning for hours, and covering our first four astonishing BYP-affiliated bands.
🎸 BACKYARD PARTY
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❤️ THE HEALING POWER OF MUSIC
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Medicinal Media is a youth mental wellness-focused publication and production company exploring more joyful ways for young people and families to connect and support one another through storytelling, art, music, and community.
