Acts For Change: Spencer Albee / Tony McNaboe / This Way / Eric Bettencourt / Adam Kurtz / Sly-Chi / Jacob Augustine / Grupo Esperanze / comedian & more

"In 2008, 21 homeless people died on the streets of Portland, Maine. Now with the recession, the Preble Street Resource Center (www.preblestreet.org), a vital source for more and more people these days, is being used - and strained - more than ever before.....

ACTS FOR CHANGE will unite Portland's top talents on stage for an unforgetable day of music and comedy to raise money and just as importantly build awareness and education of how we can all do our "Civic Duty" (as President Obama stated in his Inaugural Address) to evoke a positive change in our community for the immediate and longterm....

--- EVERY SINGLE PENNY spent (via tickets) and through cash donations will go DIRECTLY to the Preble Street Resource Center. Everything has been done by Volunteers and services donated by our In-Kind Sponsors ---"

Musicians/Bands---
Spencer Albee (Spencer and the School Spirit Mafia, Rustic Overtones, As Fast As)
Tony McNaboe (Rustic Overtones, Paranoid Social Club)
This Way
Eric Bettencourt
Adam Kurtz
Sly-Chi
Jacob Augustine
Grupo Esperanza
Royal Hammer
The Sea Captains
Pete Miller and His Friends
Tree by Leaf
Grant Street Orchestra
Shane Allen


Comedians---
George Hamm
Brian Brinegar
Seth Bond Perry
Johnny Cail
Dennis Hunt
Erin Cyr
Rich Pickford


Speakers from---
Preble Street Resource Center
Portland Music Foundation
Maine Songwriters Association
- along with speakers from other various organizations, government offices, and local businesses


In-Kind Sponsors---
NL Partners
Portland Music Foundation
The Asylum
Bull Moose Music
Maine Songwriters Association
The Portland Phoenix
Time Warner Cable

For more information:
website: www.preblestreet.org (Preble Street's main site)
website: www.preblestreetconcert.com (concert site)
twitter: twitter.com/actsforchange