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Garden of Dreams Talent Show Returns to Radio City Music Hall With More Than 150 Local Performers
by Michael Major - March 14, 2023 Celebrities and athletes have participated in the Garden of Dreams Talent Show – from mentoring performers to serving as presenters at the event – including Whoopi Goldberg, Henrik Lundqvist, Alicia Keys, Adam Graves, Sara Bareilles, Remy Ma, Miguel, Susan Sarandon, Fat Joe, Darryl McDaniels, Caleb ...
Brandi Carlile Set to Perform at Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party
by Michael Major - February 07, 2022 The 30th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party today announced six-time Grammy Award-winner Brandi Carlile will perform at the event. Additional names joining the event will be announced in the coming weeks. Carlile has also collaborated with Elton John, The Highwomen, Tanya...
The Prine Family Presents 'You Got Gold: Celebrating the Life & Songs of John Prine'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 25, 2021 The weeklong celebration will include tribute concerts at The Ryman Auditorium (October 6 & 7), CMA Theater at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (October 8) and the Basement East (October 9) and will culminate on October 10—what would have been John’s 75th birthday. ...
Metallica Announces Live Pay-Per-View Event Nov. 14
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 13, 2020 This special acoustic show benefitting the All Within My Hands foundation will stream live from Metallica HQ on Saturday, November 14th at 2:00pm Pacific. ...
The Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation Launches Phase 1 Of 'The Healing Tank Project'
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 13, 2020 In an effort to aid in maintaining one's mental health during this global pandemic, The Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation launches phase 1 of “The Healing Tank Project.”...
Elton John Aids Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party Raises Over $6.4 Million To Help End The AIDS Epidemic
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 10, 2020 The 28th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards® Viewing Party with Netflix's Queer Eye Fab Five: Bobby Berk, Tan France, Karamo, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness raised over $6.4 million for the global effort to end AIDS. The gala, which took place on Sunday, February 9 at West Holly...
Nicolas Godin Shares Two Remixes of 'The Border' Ahead of New Album Release
by Abigail Charpentier - January 10, 2020 With his anticipated new album Concrete and Glass due for release on the 24th January, via Because Music, Nicolas Godin has shared two excellent remixes of recent single “The Border”. The first is by Pierre Rousseau of Paradis, the producer of Concrete and Glass, who delivers a delicious, bass-drive...
Holiday Rock & Roll Bash Raises More Than $1 Million For The Lustgarten Foundation
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 04, 2019 On Tuesday, Dec. 3, The Madison Square Garden Company (NYSE: MSG) and AMC Networks (NASDAQ: AMCX) hosted the 19th Annual Holiday Rock & Roll Bash benefitting the Lustgarten Foundation, the world's largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research. The Foundation's premier fundraising event, the B...
A$AP Mob Announces Yams Day 2020
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 13, 2019 In 2015, the world lost a creative genius and music star A$AP Yams, while A$AP Mob lost their brother. Today, on A$AP Yams' birthday, it was announced that on Friday, January 17 his life will be celebrated with the fifth annual Yams Day at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The show will feature appea...
Gasparilla Music Festival Releases Pre-Sale Tickets for 2020
by Abigail Charpentier - September 26, 2019 The Gasparilla Music Festival (GMF) has released a limited number of discounted 'early bird' tickets on sale for its 9thinstallment taking place March 7-8, 2020, in Tampa. Two day general admission tickets are available for only $40 and two day VIP tickets for $175. The tickets are available on-line...
NMPA SONGS Foundation Announces Partnership With She Is The Music
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 13, 2019 The NMPA SONGS (Supporting Our Next Generation Of Songwriters) Foundation has announced a new partnership with She Is The Music (STIM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women working in music – songwriters, engineers, producers, artists and industry professionals....
Chris Young Presents the 3rd Annual Th3 Legends Cast for A Cure Big Bass Tournament Set on June 1
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 28, 2019 Multi-Platinum entertainer Chris Young will be stepping up to more than the mic this spring as he presents “The 3rd Annual Th3 Legends Cast For a Cure Big Bass Tournament” outside Nashville, TN. Set for June 1st, the event will benefit the T.J. Martell Foundation, the music industry's leading found...
Avicii's Family To Launch Foundation In His Memory
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 26, 2019 A year after his passing on April 20, 2018, the Tim 'Avicii' Bergling family are starting a foundation –the Tim Bergling Foundation – in his memory. ...
Annual Holiday Rock & Roll Bash Raises More Than $1 Million For Lustgarten Foundation
by Tori Hartshorn - December 14, 2018 On Thursday evening, December 13, The Madison Square Garden Company (NYSE: MSG) and AMC Networks (NASDAQ: AMCX) hosted the 18th Annual Holiday Rock & Roll Bash to benefit the Lustgarten Foundation, the nation's largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research. The Bash is the Foundation's premie...
Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation Launches a Major Workforce Education Initiative
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 11, 2018 Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation (AWMH) has launched a major workforce education initiative that provides direct support to community colleges to enhance their career and technical education programs. These programs provide skills and services to students who are looking to enter a traditi...
The Madison Square Garden Company Announces GARDEN OF LAUGHS
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 27, 2018 The Madison Square Garden Company (NYSE: MSG) and the Garden of Dreams Foundation are proud to announce the return of Garden of Laughs– the successful bi-annual all-star comedy benefit that has raised nearly $5 million for the charity since its inception. This year's show, hosted by Steve Schirripa...
Songbook Foundation Archivist Earns National Certification
by A.A. Cristi - October 05, 2018 Great American Songbook Foundation Archivist Lisa Lobdell has been named to the national Academy of Certified Archivists, a certification that supports and promotes the highest level of professional archival standards and practices....
CMA Foundation Launches IT STARTS WITH M.E. Campaign
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 09, 2018 For more than a decade, the CMA Foundation has worked tirelessly to provide resources for students to have the opportunity to participate in quality music education programs. Thanks to the generosity of CMA members, its message of 'music education for all' is starting to resonate. Due in part to the...
The Garden of Dreams Foundation Unveils Brand-New Music Recording Studio At Madison Square Boys & Girls Club In The Bronx
by Tori Hartshorn - March 29, 2018 The Garden of Dreams Foundation unveiled a brand-new music recording studio for the children at Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, Joel E. Smilow Clubhouse, in the Bronx. In partnership with Notes for Notes, the recording studio was unveiled by Garden of Dreams Board Member Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of ...
Gavin DeGraw Lends His Voice To Pancreatic Cancer Research Partnering With The Lustgarten Foundation
by Macon Prickett - March 28, 2018 WOODBURY, N.Y., March 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ Having lost his mother to the disease, singer, songwriter Gavin DeGraw knows firsthand how devastating pancreatic cancer is for patients and their families. Gavin is turning his grief into action by helping the Lustgarten Foundation raise awareness by enco...
Marc Roberge and O.A.R Honored with Garden of Dreams Hero Award
by Robert Diamond - March 24, 2018 The Garden of Dreams Foundation announced tonight that Marc Roberge and O.A.R. are the recipients of the 2018 Garden of Dreams Hero Award....
Songbook Foundation Names New Staffer
by A.A. Cristi - February 26, 2018 The Great American Songbook Foundation's new Manager of Programs and Communications arrives with substantial experience in musical theater, social media and nonprofit fundraising....
The LA Police Memorial Foundation To Hold Benefit Concert Featuring Steven Tyler and The Loving Mary Band
by Macon Prickett - February 09, 2018 The Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation (LAPMF) will hold a special benefit concert on Tuesday March 6 at Avalon Hollywood. The evening will begin with a performance by LA-based rock musicians Heaven & Earth. Steven Tyler and the Loving Mary Band will close the evening out....
Elton John AIDS Foundation Presents Its 26th Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party
by Macon Prickett - January 30, 2018 Sir Elton John and David Furnish will host the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF)'s 26th annual Academy Awards Viewing Party on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at West Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. BVLGARI is the gala event's generous Presenting Sponsor....
$30M Simon Gift presented To Songbook Foundation
by A.A. Cristi - January 04, 2018 The Great American Songbook Foundation today announced a transformative gift in the form of one of Indiana's most stately and renowned private residences.... |