Beats for Good: DFW High School Music Contest Opens for Do Good Fest at Levitt Pavilion Arlington

Addison, TX - (August 25, 2025) National Life Group is accepting submissions until September 14 from high school-aged musicians in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex to compete in Beats for Good for a chance to perform at its annual benefit concert and earn money for high school music programs.

The National Life Group Do Good Fest® presents a ‘90s throwback benefit concert featuring Collective Soul, along with Tonic and Fastball live at Levitt Pavilion Arlington on Saturday, Oct. 18.

Beats for Good is open to any current high school student in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. This contest is open to musical acts of all sizes and genres, acoustic or electric. The grand prize winner will open Do Good Fest and receive a $5,000 donation to their school’s music program as well as a $1,500 personal cash prize. First and second runners-up will receive $2,500 and $1,000 respectively for their school’s music program.

All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Tarrant Area Food Bank to feed kids in North Texas, a focus of National Life’s “Do good, Be good and Make good” values.

Beats for Good entries should include a link to a video of a performance no longer than five minutes. Once the submission period closes on September 14, a panel of local music professionals and educators will review the submissions and choose their favorites. Top videos will then be shared online for public voting Sept. 26 – Oct. 3. Learn more here.

This is the fourth year National Life has held Do Good Fest at Levitt Pavilion, raising over $200,000 in support of kids in North Texas.

Learn more here about National Life Group’s corporate philanthropy with programs that include LifeChanger of the Year, Do Good Heroes, a commitment to ending childhood hunger and supporting children’s mental health, among others.

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Contact: Daphne Larkin, corporate communications, National Life Group, 802.229.3607.

National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company, founded in Montpelier, Vermont, in 1848, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, Addison, Texas, chartered in 1955, and their affiliates. Each company of National Life Group is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations. Life Insurance Company of the Southwest is not an authorized insurer in New York and does not conduct insurance business in New York.