San Antonio, prepare to “Rock & Rescue.” Beginning in April and running through the next six months, local music competitions will be held at 13 different nightclubs and it’s all for the benefit of the dogs and cats of the City of San Antonio’s Animal Care Services.
Rock & Rescue features three to four local bands each night, competing for a grand prize to be awarded by AT&T. The San Antonio-based communications giant is also the title sponsor of a summer concert series which will feature national music acts. Details on where the concert series will be held and what acts will appear will be announced after Fiesta. Meanwhile, the top four bands from the Rock & Rescue competitions will appear during the AT&T Summer Concert Series.
All of this music will help to raise awareness and money for Animal Care Services as it begins a five year program to transition it’s facility into a no-kill shelter.
Today, for the first time, the local media was given the opportunity to see the progress that’s been made. The new 38,000 square foot, campus-style ACS facility is located on the southwest side of San Antonio. When its completed later this summer, the ten buildings will include increased kennel capacity for dogs and adoption space; a cattery adoption area with space for 210 felines; a 45-square foot cat condo in the administration building lobby; a medical clinic for onsite spay/neuter procedures; ‘get acquainted’ yard and other assets.
Rock & Rescue is dedicated to saving the lives of dogs and cats one song at a time. The music competitions will see donations being collected for Animal Care Services while the AT&T Summer Concert Series should result in thousands of dollars added to the City’s coffers.
The first Rock & Rescue is scheduled for Thursday, April 5th at Karma at 8123 Broadway, the second Rock & Rescue will be held at the Revolution Room, also at 8123 Broadway, on April 18th. Additional live music clubs are being added each day.
That was the official press release. Here's some more info for bands:
The top four local bands will open for the national acts at the Sunken Gardens Theater. The top band out of the final four will receive international exposure through AT&T and it's Blue Room.
Bands that are interested in playing, contact me (Rowan) and I'll put you in touch (I don't like posting people's email addresses on here...don't want to contribute to their email spambox.) It doesn't cost anything except to play a 15 to 20 minute set for the judges and the audience. A plug and play audio system will be provided.
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