HANDS THAT ROCK TRIBUTE BAND MUSIC FESTIVAL
May 4, 2018 – Providence, RI – The Hands That Rock (HTR),
a non-profit organization providing
massage therapy at music festivals and special events to raise money for underserved
community music programs nationally, is pleased to announce the first annual
Hands That Rock Tribute Band Festival, an event that will focus on raising
needed funds to support music scholarships for Narragansett and South Kingstown
High School students. The event takes place on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at
3:00 PM at the Bonnet Shores Beach Club in Narragansett, Rhode Island and features
tribute performances by Total Access (Chicago), Merchants of Cool (Foreigner)
and Barefoot Rebel (Lynyrd Skynyrd). This flagship production will become the
model for future events to be produced by HTR by local residents in all 50 states.
“We are
very excited to be hosting this important program supporting music scholarships
in our home state of Rhode Island,” says Darcy Lynch, executive director. “Since
inception in 2012, we have raised tens of thousands of dollars for underserved
music programs through providing chair massage services for audiences at major
concerts and festivals featuring superstar acts such as Bon Jovi and Katie
Perry, to name a few. Needed dollars were donated to music programs in need
local to each concert venue or to national child-oriented organizations. While
this avenue of endeavor has been very successful for our mission, we wanted to
create an event model that focuses on local school districts and music education
programs that can be easily repeated in towns and cities across America. Our
Tribute Band Festival is that vehicle and we believe this will be very
successful.”
Tribute Band
Festival kicks off at 3:00 PM at the Beach Club pavilion with tickets set at
$35. Light beach fare will be served (cash
bar), a silent auction of rock memorabilia and donations from local businesses,
and a musical instrument donation drive round out the fundraising festivities.
