Party: Music at Work Benefit Concert

Party: Music at Work Benefit Concert

Music at Work Benefit Concert
Infernol Art Productions, Lee's Music, 98.3CIFM and The Blue Grotto are proud to present the MUSIC AT WORK Benefit Concert on Thursday September 22nd 2016 at 8pm at The Blue Grotto. Tickets are available starting July 22, 2016 online at thebluegrotto.ca for $35. This is a 19+ event.
Come enjoy local Kamloops musicians such as Dave Coalmine, Wolf 359, Bobby Cleveland, 60Hz, Nicole Clay, Caroline Dick, Mickael Maddison, the Decoys and more perform the music of The Tragically Hip with the Interior of BC’s only Hip cover band: The Hip Replacements. Proceeds from the event will go towards the Kamloops Cancer Clinic through The Royal Inland Foundation and also The Sunnybrook Foundation, The Tragically Hip frontman Gordon Downie’s charity of choice. More performers are expected to be added to the lineup through the summer.
Local performing artists Arron Butowski and Kara-Sheen Inferno of Infernol Art Productions say the show concept came to them naturally. “When I heard the news of Gord Downie’s illness and the final tour I thought how cool it would have been if The Hip could have played Kamloops,” says Butowski. “Then I was angry at how hard it was to get tickets. If I can’t see The Hip, my second favourite thing to do is to play The Hip’s music. Every band has a Hip song in their back pocket so I thought why not get the amazing talent in this city together and have our own concert and instead of putting money in the pockets of scalpers, put it in the hands of those who really need it.”
Proceeds from the Benefit Concert will be going towards televisions at the Kamloops Cancer Clinic for patients receiving treatments, a new vital signs machine and a portion to the Sunnybrook Foundation. “As performers ourselves, what we have to offer is an escape through entertainment, so raising funds through entertainment to provide cancer patients with an escape during their treatments seems fitting,” says Inferno. “I wanted to find a way to pay it forward for all the help my family received throughout my childhood.” Inferno is no stranger to the battle against cancer. Her mother, a four-time cancer survivor, battled a rare form of hairy cell leukemia and breast cancer on and off throughout Inferno’s childhood. “We want a portion of the funds raised to stay in the community because I know firsthand how important community is for cancer patients and their families. When my mother was diagnosed with cancer for the first time she had me as a baby, and my two brothers, one a three year old toddler the other a five year old. When she beat cancer for the fourth time she had three adult children. From the beginning of her battle to remission the people of our community helped out anyway they could, from casseroles, to cleaning, to childcare. It really did take a village to raise my brothers and me.”
Additional line-up announcements for the event will be made throughout the summer at
https://www.instagram.com/infernolart/ and https://m.facebook.com/InfernolArt/ “This is going to be great,” says Butowski. “This isn’t about covering songs. This is about a sing-along with your friends to help your community while honouring the amazing talent of a Canadian legend.”
For more information call Infernol Productions at 250-682-5099 or email [email protected]