For 10 years, Dylan Fest, Stones Fest and Petty Fest, collectively known as the Best Fest, have celebrated their titular artists with respectfully raucous covers concerts for charity, featuring acts like The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney, Norah Jones, Delta Spirit and Kesha. Proceeds to date — in the hundreds of thousands, according to co-founder Alex Levy — have historically gone to Sweet Relief, a Fullerton, Calif.-based nonprofit organization that provides financial assistance for musicians in need. This year, the Best Fest adds another honorary artist: George Harrison. George Fest, which will take over Los Angeles’ El Rey Theatre on Sept. 28, coincides with this month’s release of George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75.
“We’re huge Beatles fans, huge George fans,” says Levy, who met George’s son Dhani through mutual friends…