Four Bands, One Stage, Three Charities

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Jan 05, 2010, 03:51 ET

Tickets Going Fast for Friday's Head-On Collision of Music & Media

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The stage is being readied for Journopalooza II to rock the National Press Club Friday night, where more than a thousand expected attendees will be dancing, drinking, and being merry to the musical stylings of DC's most multi-talented media professionals. Tickets are going fast for the second annual rock concert with a cause.

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All proceeds from the music festival will benefit three great media non-profits: The Committee to Protect Journalists/Journalist Assistance Program, The Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library, and Reporters Without Borders. For Journopalooza II, provocatively-named bands in the musical lineup -- Charm Offensive, Dirty Bomb, Nobody's Business, Suspicious Package -- draw performers from The Washington Post, LA Times, McClatchy, Reuters, AARP magazine, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Book Forum, and Center for Public Integrity. Their performances will showcase originals and popular covers spanning many genres, including R&B, soul, classic rock, pop, and semi-hard rock.

Attendees too mature for the rock concert scene will be hanging out Friday night in the slightly quieter Holman lounge next to the ballroom, which will broadcast the stage on a big screen. The classic Tom Toles-designed Journopalooza concert T-shirt will be on sale for $20. Raffles will be held for a Les Paul Studio guitar from Gibson ($5), a print of the Journopalooza logo signed by the artist ($1), and a concert T-shirt signed by all the journo/rockers ($1).

Four cash bars open with the doors at 7:30. Rock & Roll will commence at 8.

Tickets on sale now at www.journopalooza.com.

Prices are $25 in advance, $30 at the door.

JOURNOPALOOZA II EVENT DETAILS

When: Friday, January 8, 2010

Doors and Bar: 7:30

Show starts: 8:00

Where: National Press Club ballroom

529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor

How much: $25 in advance, $30 at the door

For more info, see www.journopalooza.com or contact [email protected]

SOURCE National Press Club