Kickstarter's Potato Salad Fund Going Towards Benefit Concert for Homeless

First, there was Woodstock. Now, there’s PotatoStock. Specifically, PotatoStock 2014, a benefit concert driven by the unusually successful Kickstarter campaign for Potato Salad by Zach Danger Brown.

Unlike most Kickstarter projects Brown’s Potato Salad garnered massive media attention due to its idiosyncratic funding goal of $10. The campaign would continue to surpass Brown’s potato dreams. He managed to gather $55,492 from 6,911 backers.

With the extra $55,482 dollars, Brown intends to raise money for charity at a potato salad-themed music festival:

We have a giant outdoor space reserved (The Columbus Commons) for September 27th, 2014, from noon to 8pm.