The Maine's "#BandShirtDay" Tee

100% Cotton
Unisex Sizing

PREORDER

This item is available for pre-order. Your item will ship on or by October 15th.

ABOUT BAND SHIRT DAY

MerchFriends has launched the fourth annual Band Shirt Day (#BandShirtDay) on Friday September 19th, 2025. A celebration of the iconic “band tee” and a global fundraising initiative, uniting artists, fans and the music industry at large. Event partners include Hello Merch, Bandsintown, and WASTOIDS.

This year’s Band Shirt Day fund recipients include:

ACLU

www.aclu.org

The American Civil Liberties Union is a nonprofit organization founded in 1920 "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States".

Ally Coalition

www.theallycoalition.org

TAC provides critical support for grassroots non-profit organizations dedicated to bettering the lives of LGBTQ+ youth.

Animal Legal Defense Fund

www.aldf.org

The Animal Legal Defense Fund files high-impact lawsuits to protect animals from harm, provides free legal assistance and training to prosecutors in their fight against animal cruelty, supports animal protection legislation, and provides resources and opportunities to law students and professionals to advance the field of animal law.

MerchFriends

www.merchfriends.org

MerchFriends introduced Band Shirt Day in 2022, creating an annual celebration of the band tee, a merch staple since the 1950s. The day gives artists, labels, and merchandisers a chance to show their love for band shirts while raising money for charities of their choice. MerchFriends is a 501(c)(6) organization, and contributions support its yearly operations, ensuring the continuation of the Band Shirt Day initiative.

Project Hope

www.projecthope.org

For more than 60 years, Project HOPE has transformed the health and well-being of people and communities around the world. We work on the front lines of the world’s health challenges, partnering hand-in-hand with communities, health care workers and public health systems to ensure sustainable change.

#BandShirtDay Tee

Designer: The Maine