With music as our weapon of choice, We continue the fight against cancer and help friends, family and complete strangers on their journey battling this terrible disease. Scott Mitchell and BRandom Talent are pleased to announce that we are back for the 2nd annual Music For A Cure Saint John taking place on Saturday Aug 30th from 12pm - 11:30pm live at the Boardwalk stage in Market Square.
10 artists both local and non local will take the stage and share their craft with the Port City to raise funds to end cancer and also help current cancer patients.
50% of proceeds from this event will go to the Canadian Cancer Society with the remaining 50% to Victoria's Quilts. For those who aren't aware, Victoria's Quilts are a non-profit group who hand make quilts for terminally ill cancer patients.
There are many ways you can donate to this cause during the event. We will have:
- 50/50 draws
- Raffle draws for one of many gift cards
- A dunk tank Provided by R N BSounds DarrylDaamen (2$ for 3 balls)
- A silent art auction featuring paintings / drawings and sketches from the late Karla Fox-Hickson and Zoe Guimond.
- And lastly a memory wall where for a donation of your choosing, you can place a name on a leaf card to add to our MFACSJ wall in memory of a family member or a friend who you have lost from cancer, and in between each artist we will read off the names of those to the audience.
We will also have Face Painting from the lovely Sheila Little who will donate part of her proceeds to this cause.
The local roster for Music For A Cure Saint 2014 is:
Marissa Rignanesi -
https://www.facebook.com/MarissaRignanesi
https://soundcloud.com/marissa-rignanesi
The Real Great Scott -
https://www.facebook.com/groups/therealgreatscott/
http://therealgreatscott.bandcamp.com/
Johnny Moondog -
https://www.facebook.com/jmoondog
http://www.reverbnation.com/johnnymoondog
Jam, Spots & Hospitals -
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jam-S...97855177123211
http://www.reverbnation.com/jamspotsandhospitals
Jaclyn Reinhart -
https://www.facebook.com/JaclynReinhartMusic
http://www.jaclyncentral.com/
Mel and Mike from Southern Comfort -
https://www.facebook.com/SouthernComfort.SOCO
http://www.reverbnation.com/southerncomfortsoco
Phockx (aka Eric Fox DJ)
Kendra Gale Band -
https://www.facebook.com/KendraGaleBand
http://www.reverbnation.com/kendragale
http://kendragale.com/
Gary Stackhouse
Our Horizon artist will be Halifax, Nova Scotia's up and coming country music sensation.
13 year old Makayla Lynn -
http://www.makaylalynnmusic.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/madcoswink
https://www.facebook.com/musicalmakayla
http://www.reverbnation.com/makaylalynnmusic
https://twitter.com/musicalmakayla
Makayla Lynn is very well known for her song Fallen Hero (
http://www.makaylalynnmusic.com/fallen-hero.html), inspired by the tragic shootings of 3 RCMP officers in Moncton earlier this summer. However she is also a rising country music star who has made 4 appearances on the Cavendish Beach Music Festival, wrote over 50 songs tod date, has 3 albums including her latest offering "Daydream"; released in May of 2014 and has shared the stage with many nationally known country music artists such as: Carrie Underwood, The Dixie Chicks, Dwight Yoakam, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Tanya Tucker, Bill Anderson, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Kid Rock along with many others.
Our Headliner will be Antigonish, Nova Scotia based R&B outfit. WORKING CLASS BAND!!!!!!
Working Class Band were nominated for 2 ECMAS in 2013 under the Blues Recording of the Year and R & B/Soul Recording of the Year categories for their latest album Restless which is available now!. With a full lineup of talent including Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drums and Saxaphone, Working Class Band have been stunning audiences since their debut. You can check out Working Class Band at:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Worki...43904625748011
http://www.workingclassband.com/
For more information you can check us out on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/musicforacuresaintjohn or
http://www.facebook.com/mymusicforacure or email us at
musicforacuresj@gmail.com
Again that's Saturday Aug 30th beginning at 12pm and will run all day!
Victoria's Quilts -
http://www.victoriasquiltscanada.com/
Canadian Cancer Society -
http://www.cancer.ca/
BRandom Talent -
http://brandomtalent.com/
Sheila's Face Painting and Hobbies -
https://www.facebook.com/sealpainting
This event is Sponsored by:
Little Caesars -
http://www.littlecaesars.ca/
Menchies -
http://www.menchies.ca/
Saint John Hyundai -
http://www.sjhyundai.com/
Secondspin -
http://www.secondspinsaintjohn.blogspot.com/
The Real Atlantic Superstore (Loblaws) -
http://www.superstore.ca/
Sheila's Day Spa and Laser Centre -
http://sheilasdayspa.com/
R N B Sounds -
http://www.rnbsounds.com/
Subway Fairville BLVD (West Saint John) -
http://www.subway.ca