Take home 2 Bronze Combo Tickets to the entire 10-Day Light of Day Winterfest in Asbury Park, NJ from January 11-19, 2015. These Bronze Combo tickets guarantee your seat at the Sold Out Main Event on Saturday January 17 at the Paramount Theater and tickets as available for other shows.
With a goal of raising a record half million dollars in its ongoing battle against Parkinson’s disease, Light of Day Winterfest 2015, presented by the Asbury Park Press, the 15th anniversary edition of the anchor event for the world-renowned Light of Day Foundation, will bring over 150 music acts to 30 venues over 10 days in three New Jersey cities and New York City in January, following holiday season tours of Europe and Canada.
Willie Nile, Gary US Bonds, Guy Davis, John Easdale, Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, Steve Conte & the Crazy Truth (led by the New York Dolls guitarist), James Maddock, John Eddie, Joe D’Urso & Stone Caravan, Billy Hector, Bruce Tunkel, Slim Chance & the Gamblers, and the Billy Walton Band, comprise the first wave of acts to be announced for LIGHT OF DAY 15. More acts will be announced as the festival approaches.
Light of Day Winterfest has gained international notoriety for surprise performances by Bruce Springsteen in 10 of the previous 14 years, including last year’s event, which raised a record $425,000 to combat Parkinson’s disease, by far the most of any previous year. In honor of the 15th anniversary the push is on to exceed a half million dollars, which would bring the 15-year total above $3 million.
These are heady times indeed for the Light of Day Foundation. The Light of Day Foundation is proud to announce that Billboard Magazine will present the Humanitarian Award to Bob Benjamin and the Light of Day Foundation at the Billboard Talent & Touring Conference & Awards in New York City on Nov. 20 “for their 15 years of bringing awareness and support for Parkinson’s disease through live music events.” Benjamin, an artist manager and music industry veteran, has been living with Parkinson’s since 1996, two years before he co-founded Light of Day with Pallagrosi and musician Joe D’Urso. And earlier this fall, the non-profit foundation was honored by CurePSP, the foremost organization working toward curing and preventing Parkinson’s related diseases such as CBD and PSP. Pallagrosi’s mother, Dolores, died in 2002 from the effects of PSP.