3rd Annual 'Bestest Concert Ever' Comes to Royal Oak Farmers Market

WHAT: 3rd Annual “Bestest Concert Ever”

WHERE:  Royal Oak Farmers Market

WHEN:  March 22,  2014  from 5pm to 8pm

WHO:  Amy Gore and her Valentines, Candy Band, Detroit School of Rock and Pop Music, Royal Oak High School Jazz Combo

ADMISSION:  $5 per – 100% of the profits going to Royal Oak High School Band and Orchestra Instrument Fund and Live the Music Foundation – which provides scholarships for music lessons at the Detroit School of Rock and Pop Music

Activities Include:  Rockin the Red Carpet photos, Crazy Hair Salon, Zany Face Painting and a haute couture dress-up station.  You can also get your hand immortalized in wax with Creative Arts Studios or play all the instruments you can imagine at the Mccourts Musical Petting Zoo

Hungry and thirsty?  There will also be some super yummy food available for purchase including Detroit BBQ, Del Taco and Creative Confections.  Milking It Productions will also be on hand with their famous AXL Pale Ale and BRIK Red Ale for the over 21 set.

Other gracious sponsors include:  Union Adworks,  John Carlson Photography

MORE ABOUT...

AMY GORE AND HER VALENTINES:  Amy Gore is a singer who writes and plays guitar. Her songs are rock anthems, with a slammin’ pop bite and a hint of country. Her music features heavy-hitting beats with electrifying riffs. She has released three albums, her latest featuring the Valentines is entitled “In Love.” She has performed at all the music venues in the city, and throughout the US, opening for Blondie’s Endangered Species tour as “Gorvette,” stemming from a collab with Nikki Corvette.

CANDY BAND:  Born in May of 2003, this group of local Moms have 5 CD’s to their name.  They play rockin’ kids music with an edge and have played hundreds of schools, libraries and street fairs around Detroit and everywhere from New York to Chicago.

THE DETROIT SCHOOL OF ROCK AND POP MUSIC:  The Detroit School of Rock and Pop Music is a musical community led by some of the finest professional musicians in Metro Detroit. The DSRP helps people begin with lessons and gives them experience with rock and pop bands, jazz ensembles and various recitals, concerts and events as they progress. They make their own recordings and television shows and also have a summer camp that travels across the country. They have performed in New York, Chicago, Memphis, Nashville, Cleveland and many places in between including local community festivals and events like Arts, Beats and Eats and The Royal Oak Commission for the Arts "Art ExploredLIVE" summer concerts series. Through their sister organization, The Live The Music Foundation, they provide scholarships to the school for students in need, advocate for live music in our community, and much needed equipment grants that make events like the Bestest Concert happen.

ROYAL OAK HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ COMBO:  A revolving cast of jazz loving teenagers make up this combo.  

So….Load the family in the car, put on your dancing shoes, arrive hungry and let’s ROCK!!!

For more information, please contact Paula Messner @ paulamessner@yahoo.com

Or call 248-549-1769