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“Raising money and awareness through the awesome power of music in order to defeat

 Parkinson’s and the Parkinsonisms, ALS and PSP, in our lifetime, since 2000”

 

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Just Around the Corner ….

 

LIGHT OF DAY WINTERFEST 2019

WORLDWIDE FOUNDATION’S ANNUAL 10-DAY FESTIVAL

RETURNS TO NJ, NYC, AND PHILLY JAN. 11-21

IN GLOBAL BATTLE AGAINST PARKINSON’S DISEASETHROUGH THE AWESOME POWER OF MUSIC

 

Tickets go on Sale SATURDAY, Dec. 1 @ NOON EST

 

“To rock, and to raise money for the Light of Day, and they do a hell of a job at both. And that’s pure poetry.” – Elmore Magazine

 

ASBURY PARK, NJ (Nov. 29, 2018) – With a goal of reaching the $5.5 million mark in its ongoing battle against Parkinson’s disease, LIGHT OF DAY WINTERFEST 2019, presented by the Asbury Park Press, the 19th anniversary edition of the anchor event for the world-renowned Light of Day Foundation, will bring over 150 music acts to 30 venues over 10 days in two New Jersey cities, New York City, Philadelphia, and Rockland County, NY, in January, following a holiday season European tour that kicks off today.

 

Tickets go on sale Saturday, Dec. 1 at NOON EST for the Asbury Park portion of LIGHT OF DAY WINTERFEST 2019, where the bulk of the action will occur, being held Jan. 11-21, 2019 at such fabled rock venues as the Paramount Theater, the Stone Pony, the Saint, the Wonder Bar, House of Independents, McLoone’s Supper Club, and the Asbury Hotel, among others. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com), Ticketmaster charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000, and all Ticketmaster outlets. A wide variety of combination ticket packages – as well as single tickets to each show – will be available.

 

The Ventures, Steve Forbert, Albert Lee and Band, Popa Chubby, Willie Nile and Band, Jesse Malin, James Maddock and Band, Jeffrey Gaines, Marc Ribler's Red, White & Brit Tribute to The Who featuring members of Little Steven’s Disciples of Soul, Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers, The Weeklings, John Eddie, Remember Jones, Williams Honor, Bruce Tunkel, Joe D’Urso and Stone Caravan, Christine Martucci, Nalani & Sarina,  Taylor Tote, Pat Guadagno, and the Billy Walton Band are among the first wave of acts to be announced for LIGHT OF DAY 2019. More acts will be announced as the festival approaches.

 

Concert goers can purchase tickets for individual shows, on an a la carte basis, including BOB'S BIRTHDAY BASH, at the Paramount Theater, scheduled for Jan. 19, 2019. Tickets for Bob’s Birthday Bash range from $33 to $375, and tickets for the other club shows range from Free to $30. Concert goers can purchase a LIGHT OF DAY COMBO TICKET PACKAGE to gain admission to all Asbury Park events (approximately 50 EVENTS) at five different levels, starting at $140. The packages GUARANTEE a reserved seat for BOB’S BIRTHDAY BASH at the Paramount Theatre, along with admission to all shows, capacity permitting, first-come, first-served basis. Ticket prices DO NOT include any fees and/or service/convenience charges.

 

The complete festival schedule and array of ticket packages are below:

Ticket packages include (all seat descriptions are approximate):

On Stage “All Access” package: $375 – On-stage seating, private on-stage cash bar, laminate, T-Shirt to “Bob’s Birthday Bash,” including pit seats and first 10 rows at the Paramount. Also includes a commemorative Light of Day New Jersey 2019 VIP laminate; a Light of Day New Jersey 2019 T-shirt, and a L’Oreal gift bag worth more than $200, plus admission to all other Light of Day Asbury Park 2019 events.

Platinum “All Access" package: $275 – “Very best” orchestra seats to “Bob’s Birthday Bash,” including pit seats and first 10 rows at the Paramount. Also includes a commemorative Light of Day New Jersey 2019 VIP laminate; a Light of Day New Jersey 2019 T-shirt, and a L’Oreal gift bag worth more than $200, plus admission to all other Light of Day Asbury Park 2019 events.

Platinum Paramount Only Ticket: $185 – “Bob’s Birthday Bash” reserved seats in first 10 rows, with Light of Day New Jersey 2019 VIP laminate and T-Shirt.

Gold “All Access” package: $225 – “Bob’s Birthday Bash” reserved seats in rows 11 to 16 and the loge, or closer seats on the left and right sides at the Paramount. Also includes admission to all other Light of Day Asbury Park 2019 events.

Gold Paramount Only Ticket: $135 – Same as Gold “All Access” package except it DOES NOT INCLUDE admission to all other Light of Day Asbury Park 2019 events.

Silver “All Access” package: $179 - “Bob’s Birthday Bash” reservedmid, rear and lower side orchestra seats at the Paramount, plus admission to all Light of Day Asbury Park 2019 events. 

Silver Paramount Only Ticket: $99 – Same as Silver “All Access” package except it DOES NOT INCLUDE admission to all other Light of Day Asbury Park 2019 events.

Bronze “All Access” package: $139 – “Bob’s Birthday Bash” reserved rear orchestra and lower balcony seats at the Paramount, plus admission to all other Light of Day Asbury Park 2019 events.

Bronze Paramount Only Ticket: $69 – Same as Bronze “All Access” package except it DOES NOT INCLUDE admission to all other Light of Day Asbury Park 2019 events.

Super Savers - $43 and $33 – Upper balcony seating for “Bob’s Birthday Bash” only. 

***Ticket prices do not reflect Ticketmaster and venue service/facility/convenience charges.

****Please note: All combo tickets guarantee your seat at the Main Event. However, admission to all other Light of Day Asbury Park events is subject to capacity restrictions at their respective venue.

Individual event ticket prices:

 

Friday, JAN 11

LOD “NORTH JERSEY” Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair, NJ, 7pm

 

Saturday, JAN 12

LOD “PHILADELPHIA,” The World Cafe, Downstairs, Philadelphia, Pa., 7pm

 

Sunday, JAN 13

LOD TBA McLoone’s Supper Club, 21+, 7:30pm

LOD "COVER ME: BEST OF THE JERSEY BAR BANDS", Stone Pony, All Ages, 2pm

LOD “ROCKLAND” – Penguin Rep Theatre, Stony Point, NY, 3 pm

 

Wednesday, JAN 16

LOD "NEW YORK CITY,” The Cutting Room, 18+, 7pm

 

Thursday, JAN 17

LOD “WINTERFEST 2018 KICK-OFF" - House of Independents, Thurs.,18+, 7pm

LOD "FIRST NOTE", The Saint, 18+, 6:30pm

LOD TBA, McLoone’s Supper Club, All Ages, Doors/Dinner 6pm/ Show 8pm

LOD "SANDY MACK's WONDER JAM" -Wonder Bar, 21+, 7pm

LOD “MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY’S BLUE HAWK RECORDS PRESENTS,” Langosta Lounge, All-Ages, 7pm

 

Friday, JAN 18

LOD "ASBURY ANGELS INDUCTION" Stone Pony, Fri., All Ages, 6:30pm

LOD "OPEN MIC" Hosted by Rob Dye - Wonder Bar, Fri., 21+, 6pm

LOD TBA Paramount Theater, All Ages, 8pm

LOD “NIGHT OF COVERS” Silverball Museum

LOD "ACOUSTIC CAROUSEL WITH PETER SCHERER" Langosta Lounge, 21+, 8pm

LOD TBA House of Independents

LOD "ROCK HEAVY" The Saint, Fri.,18+, 8pm

LOD TBA, McLoone’s Supper Club, All Ages, Doors/Dinner 6pm/ Show 8pm

LOD SOUND BOOTH Asbury Hotel, 9 p.m.

LOD MAKIN’ WAVES WITH BOB MAKIN Asbury Yacht Club, Showtime TBA

 

Saturday, JAN 19

LOD "BOB'S BIRTHDAY BASH” Paramount Theater, Sat, All Ages, 6pm, $33-$375

LOD “DOWNTOWN – ASBURY UNDERGROUND," curated by Pat Schiavino and Asbury Underground. Noon – 7PM Over 20 venues!

LOD “WOMEN OF SONG”

LOD "FULL TILT BOOGIE BASH" Wonder Bar, Sat., 21+, 7pm

LOD "ASBURY BLUES"- Wonder Bar, 21+, Noon

LOD TBA, House of Independents, evening, 18+, 8pm

LOD TBA, House of Independents, afternoon, 18+

LOD TBA, McLoone’s Supper Club, All Ages, Noon

LOD TBA, McLoone’s Supper Club, Sat., 18+, 7pm

LOD "ROCK HEAVY", The Saint, Sat., 18+, 7:30pm

LOD "LANGOSTA LIVE" – Langosta Lounge, 21+, 9pm

LOD MAKIN’ WAVES WITH BOB MAKIN – Asbury Yacht Club, Showtime TBA

LOD SOUND BOOTH – Asbury Hotel, 9 pm

 

Sunday, JAN 20

LOD "KID'S ROCK" Stone Pony, Sun., All Ages, Noon

LOD "MUSICIANS ON A MISSION", The Saint, Sun., 18+, Noon

LOD "SONGWRITERS BY THE SEA BOARDWALK CRAWL", Watermark, Sun., All Ages, Noon

LOD "SONGWRITERS BY THE SEA BOARDWALK CRAWL" Langosta Lounge, Sun., All Ages, 3pm

LOD "SONGWRITERS BY THE SEA BOARDWALK CRAWL", McLoone’s Supper Club, Sun., All Ages, 6pm

LOD ASBURY MUSIC HALL Asbury Hotel, 2 pm

LOD "LAST NOTE", The Saint, Sun., 18+, 7:30pm

 

Monday, JAN 21

LOD "GOODBYE BRUNCH," McLoone’s Supper Club, All Ages, 10:30a-1:30p.

 

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In 2018, Light of Day WinterFest raised over a half million dollars for the fourth straight year, catapulting its 18-year cumulative total past the $5 million mark. Light of Day WinterFest 2019 is expected to push the 19-year total past $5.5 million. The festival has gained international notoriety for surprise performances by Bruce Springsteen in 11 of its 18 years, including his most recent appearance, in 2015.

 

Aside from Springsteen, previous LIGHT OF DAY WINTERFEST performers have included Michael J. Fox, John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls), Darlene Love, Ed Kowalczyk (Live), Jakob Dylan, Suzanne Vega, Max Weinberg (E Street Band), Jake Clemons (E Street Band), Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez (E Street Band), Lucinda Williams, Mike Peters (The Alarm, Big Country), David Bryan of Bon Jovi, The Verve Pipe, Greg Kihn, David Bromberg, Alejandro Escovedo, Pete Yorn, The Smithereens, Peter Asher, Chuck Prophet, Joey Molland (Badfinger), Peter Himmelman, Gary U.S. Bonds, Southside Johnny, Dramarama, Garland Jeffreys, LaBamba’s Big Band, and actor/musician Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos). Michael J. Fox starred with Joan Jett in the 1987 film titled after the Springsteen song (and live concert favorite) of the same name, which Fox and Jett sang in the movie.

 

LIGHT OF DAY WINTERFEST 2019 also will include shows in New York City (Jan. 16 @ The Cutting Room), North Jersey (Jan. 11 in Montclair), Philadelphia (Jan. 12, @ World Café Live), and Rockland County (Jan. 13 @ Penguin Rep Theatre, Stony Point, NY). They are the culmination of a worldwide series of shows that began as a one-day event in Asbury Park and grew in the U.S. to a 10-day festival in the New Jersey/New York/Philadelphia metropolitan area.

 

On the radio side, longtime LOD concert host Tom Cunningham will host his Sunday morning “Bruce Brunch” program on 105.7 “The Hawk,” live from the Anchor’s Bend restaurant, in the Convention Hall/Paramount Theatre complex, with very special guests, on Jan. 20, starting at 9 a.m.

 

The Light of Day Foundation grants money to organizations which fund specific research initiatives, including the Michael J. Fox Foundation, CurePSP, the Parkinson’s Foundation (formerly the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation), and the Parkinson’s Unity Walk. The Light of Day Foundation also supports “boots on the ground” programs designed to help people with these diseases live better lives on a daily basis, including co-sponsored projects with Joan Dancy & PALS, with a mission to help New Jersey residents in nearby Monmouth and Ocean Counties afflicted with ALS by providing a better quality of life for them and their families.

 

This fall, the Light of Day Foundation made a $100,000 donation to the Parkinson’s Foundation to launch the Come Out In The Light Of Day educational initiative, a pilot program to be tested in New Jersey for patients who are newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s, and the first newly diagnosed educational resource program in America, according to Tony Pallagrosi, executive director of the Light of Day Foundation.

 

In 2017, Gold’s Gym in Howell, NJ, became the second location for Boxing for Bob classes, FREE to Parkinson’s disease patients, with participation fully funded by the Light of Day Foundation. The full-body, non-contact boxing therapy workout ― which also utilizes strength training, flexibility and balance drills – continues at its original location, Gladiator’s Gym in Forked River, NJ, as well. The two locations combine to serve over 100 Parkinson’s patients with thrice weekly instruction, while Boxing for Bob continues to expand through the Light of Day Foundation.

 

In 2016, the Foundation was able to proudly establish a $150,000 grant to the Parkinsons Disease Foundation, as well as host an incredibly successful matching grant drive with CurePSP which raised an additional $200,000. This year, the Foundation gave an additional $50,000, which raised $112,000 to support “The Hope Initiative,” a newly co-sponsored program with CurePSP, the foremost organization working toward curing and preventing Parkinson’s related diseases such as CBD and PSP.

 

More significantly, Light of Day has expanded into an internationally recognized tour, through a true grassroots effort of musicians, music fans and benefactors. Light of Day shows now take place around the world on three continents, this year including the 12th annual European tour — a 17-day holiday run in 11 countries (Nov. 29-Dec. 17). And for the fifth consecutive year, a two-day Light of Day event was held over the summer in Australia, always taking place in the Australian city of Ocean Grove, Victoria, a sister city to Asbury Park neighbor Ocean Grove, NJ. Portions of proceeds from all shows are donated to local Parkinson's organizations.

Light of Day also fields a team in the annual Parkinson's Unity Walk in New York's Central Park.

 

Complete information on all Light of Day activity can be found at www.lightofday.organd on Facebook.. Donations to the Light of Day Foundation can be made through the main website as well.

 

ABOUT THE LIGHT OF DAY FOUNDATION

The Light of Day Foundation, Inc., utilizes the awesome power of music to raise money and awareness in its continuing battle to defeat Parkinson’s disease and related neuro-degenerative diseases, specifically Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), within our lifetime. The Foundation’s mission is to fund research into possible cures, improved treatments and support for patients who suffer from those diseases, their families and their caregivers to help improve their quality of life. Gifts to the Light of Day Foundation, Inc. are tax-deductible to the full extent of the Internal Revenue Code. The Light of Day Foundation, Inc. is designated by the IRS as a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) organization. The Light of Day Foundation, Inc.'s Federal ID # is 20-1560386. Light of Day - the concerts and the organization - grew from a birthday party and fund-raiser held in 1998 at the Downtown Cafe in Red Bank to celebrate the 40th birthday of artist manager and music industry veteran Bob Benjamin, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1996.

 

PHOTO CREDIT: Jeff Ross

 

For interviews, media credentials, hi-rez jpegs and more press info …

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Randy Alexander, Randex Communications

856.596.1410 | randex@randexpr.com

Online press kit at www.randexpr.com

 

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Utilizing the awesome power of music to raise money and awareness in our continuing battle
to defeat Parkinson's disease and its related illnesses, ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and
PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy) within our lifetime.