Help Haiti: Upcoming Benefit Shows at Brooklyn Bowl, Union Pool, & Bell House
It’s been said that the best thing we can do is get cold, hard, cash in the hands of those leading the relief effort in Haiti. To help make that happen, a few local venues have stepped up to offer benefit concerts in the upcoming days. Here are three. Feel free to leave any others you know of in the comments.
Tonight at Union Pool, Joe Driscoll, Living Days, Pagoda, and Sam Bisbee will perform at the Chances for Children Benefit for the Creche De L’Enfant Jesus Orphanage. It’s $15. They have an eye-roller on Gawker today with the quote, “Show the world that hipsters care,” which makes me cringe but whatever, just suck it up and donate for the children. Here’s the story: “The orphanage lies on the outskirts of the city, but because of the devastation in the Haitian infrastructure their food and water supply will be depleted by next week. New Yorkers, Duke and Lisa Scoppa, are in the process of adopting two children from the orphanage and are now heading this fund raiser to get the orphanage the supplies they need to survive.” Aside from door proceeds, all taco truck proceeds will go to the Red Cross, so go hungry.
Tomorrow night, Robert Randolph and the Family Band will be playing “a very special jam session” at Brooklyn Bowl as a benefit for the Red Cross & Wyclef’s Yele Haiti. This one’s $25 and 100% of the event’s proceeds will go to organizations. You can also bid on a package that includes eight tickets and three hours of bowling on lane 6 (“best sight lines in venue”) at Charity Folks.
The Bell House is hosting Strength Through Unity: A Benefit for the Victims of the Earthquake in Haiti next Weds., Jan 27th at 6pm. It’s $50. Jimmy Fallon, The Walkmen(!), the Cold War Kids, Sondre Lerche, and a few more bands are set to perform and 100% of the proceeds are due to go to Save The Children and Partners in Health.
image via BBC
