Benefit concert for the Nick Currey Fund featuring two local bands at the Kasschau Memorial Shell
June 19,, 2013,
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, ‘Real Estate’ will headline the second annual Benefit Concert for the Nick Currey Fund will begin at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 30 at the Kasschau Memorial Shell at Vets Field .
The bands sophomore album “Days” was rated “Best New Music” by online critic Pitchfork and ranked number 52 on Billboard 200’s best-sellers charts and in a 2010 piece on NPR band members have credited their Ridgewood education for there love of music.
The concert will also feature Glenn Mercer of the Feelies, who has performed on the David Letterman Show and on Broadway with Lou Reed, Patti Smith, R.E.M. and Bob Dylan, and whose debut album “Crazy Rhythms” was voted in the top 50 albums of the 1980s by Rolling Stone Magazine. Opening for the show will be Brian Milligram and his band.
The concert is free, but donations for The Nick Currey Fund dedicated to finding a cure for Ewing’s Sarcoma .
Advance sale VIP seating at $20 entitles the donor to a reserved seat and the possibility of winning free giveaways. A VIP Gold option ($30) will also include a T-shirt. Seating is limited; buy tickets at wepay.com/events/benefit-concert-for-nick-currey-fund.
The concert is again sponsored by Real Living Gateway Realtors. Last year’s inaugural concert raised more than $8,500 in donations
For more information on The Nick Currey Fund, visit curesearch.org/nick-currey-fund. For concert information call 551-574-2762 or 201-288-0004, ext. 200.
