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HillyTown Presented: Mayo Street (+ BBQ) [7.29.11]

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Two things I love are music and food, so this event was a chance to pair the two. Despite some threatening clouds and occasional drizzle (oh, and that sold out Beirut show across town), the pre-show backyard BBQ we set up at Mayo Street Arts on Friday went off without a hitch, and music . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presented: Mayo Street (+ BBQ) [7.29.11]

KahBanging Out A Lineup

The first batch of bands for this year’s (expanded!) KahBang Festival in Bangor (August 6-14) has been announced and it’s definitely off to a strong start! This year you can expect to see OK Go, Biz Markie, Free Energy, The Gay Blades (thankfully returning after melting faces last year), Bad Rabbits, The Aviation Orange, Hey . . . → Read More: KahBanging Out A Lineup

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

Who Acts For Change: Spencer Albee / Tony McNaboe / This Way / Eric Bettencourt / Adam Kurtz / Sly-Chi / Jacob Augustine / Grupo Esperanze / comedian & more When Sunday, May 17, 2009 11:00am – $15 – 21+ Where Asylum (map) 121 Center Street Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other Info”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

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