Tossed Salad: Pop-Up Band Competition & Food Drive Night

Check Out a Who’s Who of Local Musicians Doing Covers of Your Favorite Songs AND Help Your Neighbors Eat?!

You can do BOTH on Sunday, December 17, 8:30pm-1am, at Northside Tavern at the TOSSED SALAD: POP-UP BAND COMPETITION & FOOD DRIVE!

WHAT IS TOSSED SALAD?
It’s like “band in a hat” with a twist for charity (Freestore Foodbank). Musicians submitted their name and instrument on an event page back in late October. They were then randomly drawn at that event to form a pop-up band, and three songs were drawn for each band, from which they’d eventually select two to perform on the 17th. Songs were submitted by the general public for a $1 donation per song to the Freestore Foodbank.

Pop-up bands have had almost a month and a half to learn the songs – and are free to perform them in any style. For example, a band gets the song “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” and choose to play it as Ronnie James Dio, or a Deftones song, which they perform VH1 style — on stools. Bands are encouraged to have fun with the band names, costumes and styles.

A panel of judges will award a prize for Best Band ($200) AND the two people that submitted the winning band’s songs will each receive $50.

ADMISSION: $5 cover OR 5 canned/boxed goods (meat products, veggies/fruits/soup, mac and cheese, personal care items) donations.

ALL PROCEEDS GO DIRECTLY TO FREESTORE FOODBANK. You can also make a direct monetary donation to the Freestore at http://freestorefoodbank.org/. Just a $1 donation will provide THREE meals to a fellow Cincinnatian.

And now for your bands and the songs they will be sharing with you that evening:

TRASH SANTA:

Vocals Emily Ash
Synth Warren Harrison
Bass Sarah Hanselmann
Drums Tim Miller
Cello Sarah Gorak

SONGS:
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
Give Me the Cure – Fugazi

PLASTIC HASSLE:

Vocals Molly E. Sullivan
Guitar Kent Meloy
Bass Andrew Boylan
Drums Yemi Oyediran
Ukelele Melissa Fox

SONGS:
Killing Moon – Echo & the Bunnymen
When You Were Mine – Prince

SASSY CARAFE:

Vocals Sarah Daigneault
Bass Jude Hayden
Guitar Yusef Quotah
Drums Pierce Carver
Keys Brianna Kelly

SONGS:
Pressure Drop – Toots & the Maytals
Connection – Elastica

ROGUE XANAX:

Vocals Jess Lamb
Guitar Mike Stankovich
Bass Allen Whitt
Drums Jared Dean Stephens
Keys Abby Vice

SONGS:
Hound Dog -Big Mama Thurmond
Footsteps in the Dark – The Isley Brothers

SOFTRADIO:

Vocals Nancy Paraskevopoulos
Guitar Jaki Howser
Bass Chase Watkins
Drums Charles D’Ardenne
Cello/Guitar Kate Wakefield

SONGS:
Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack OR Fugees Version
Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles

STRANGER DANGER:

Vocals Monica West
Guitar TBD
Bass Kerstin Bladh
Drums Marvin Hawkins

SONGS:
Cult of Personality – Living Color
The Sign – Ace of Base