If you love a good cause and good music, leave the night of Tuesday, March 14th free.
The Classic City Showcase, a concert for a cause, will be held for the third year that night at the Georgia Theatre. Tickets are $15 each, and all proceeds will go towards the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Relay For Life.
Doors open at 7 p.m. The concert features local bands Harvey Funkwalker, Odd Street and The Orange Constant, with Of Good Nature closing out the night at 11 p.m.
Russell Vandiver, a University of Georgia senior, is the main organizer of the event. After his 2014 leukemia diagnosis, the benefit concert was used to combat the cancer he was dealing with. He has since recovered, and in the past two years, the Classic City Showcase has helped donate over $10,000 for the fight against blood cancer.
Vandiver says that the main goal of the concert is to raise awareness for people going through cancer. Raising money for the cause doesn’t hurt, either.
As opposed to the past years, the 2017 Classic City Showcase is being presented by four fraternities (Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, FIJI and Sigma Nu) instead of SAE alone. Because of this, Vandiver is hopeful that even more people will come to the event.
"Just the general structure of the people who might end up at this concert has grown substantially," he said.
Vandiver hopes that close to $10,000 can be raised for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Relay For Life during this concert alone. And with good attendance, this is definitely possible.
In addition to raising money for an important issue, this concert showcases three awesome Athens-area bands along with Of Good Nature. Honestly, paying $15 to see these four bands is a steal, and the fact that all the proceeds go to charity just makes it even better.
Be the Match will also be at the event swabbing people and adding them to the bone marrow registry. For Vandiver, this hits home: in 2015, he received stem cells that helped save his life.
We all know someone who has at least been affected by cancer. The Classic City Showcase aims to do its part in making the fight easier. Head over to the Georgia Theatre on March 14th for some great music that will try to do just that.
Just in case you can’t come, you can still donate to the Classic City Showcase’s fundraising page here.
Check out the Facebook event for the Classic City Showcase here, and buy tickets here.
