New LaGrange Festival Celebrates Music, Mindfulness, Mental Health

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The first Hope Givers Festival takes place May 11 in LaGrange. / Twitter

The U.S. Mental Health Care System is a multi-billion dollar industry, yet countless people living with or affected by mental illness fall through the cracks.

Georgia ranks 47th out of 50 for access to mental health care, resources and insurance coverage making it even tougher to live with disorders most data and experts find to be under-researched, undertreated and over-stigmatized.

On Second Thought host Virginia Prescott speaks with Tamlin Hall and Mel Carter.

The Hope Givers Mental Wellness and Music Festival hopes to make a dent in that. On Second Thought host Virginia Prescott spoke with the festival's organizer, Tamlin Hall. Hall also wrote and directed Holden On — an award-winning feature film. The film is based on a true story about dual diagnosis and teen suicide. 

Mel Carter also joined the conversation. She's one of the featured speakers at the Hope Givers Mental Wellness and Music Festival. Carter also leads the Head of Mindfulness Education and Innovation at New York University. 

Judah and the Lion is one of the headliners for the LaGrange festival. The group's singer and banjo player, Nate, gave his thoughts on mental health.

Judah from Judah and the Lion talks about the importance of mental health.

The event gets underway Saturday, May 11 at the Sweetland Amphitheatre in LaGrange. 

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