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

You can do BOTH on Sunday, December 16, at The Woodward Theater at the TOSSED SALAD II: BAND MASHUP COMPETITION, a musical fundraiser for the Freestore Foodbank! 

Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7:30pm. 
ADMISSION: $10 DOS at the door, or online at https://www.cincyticket.com/tossedsalad

CAN'T ATTEND THE EVENT BUT STILL WANT TO CONTRIBUTE? Just buy a ticket online at the above link! All ticket proceeds go to the Freestore! Last year, we raised over $800...let's DOUBLE that this year! Just one dollar allows the Freestore to provide three meals to our Cincinnati neighbors in need.

This year's event will be co-hosted by Mike Stankovich (musician, DJ, and proprietor of Longfellow Cincinnati) and Cincinnati poetry scene goddess Kim DuWaup Bolden (Cincinnati Poetry Slam). Tossed Salad musicians include members of Marjorie Lee and the Lovers, Lipstick Fiction, Old City, Static Falls, Hateflirt, The Perfect Children, Molly Sullivan, Saturn Batteries, Abiyah, Sylmar, Jess Lamb and the Factory, Ohio Knife, Halvsies, Fourth Wife, Stella, IN2ITIV3, Up+Dn, Dynamite Thunderpunch, Mardou, Nature Was Here, MADQUEEN, Newport Secret Six, and more! Our illustrious judges for the evening are Dana Hamblen (Darlene/Fairmount Girls /Culture Queer), MayaLou Banatwala (Heavy Hinges), Tracy Walker (Tracy Walker), and local music fan extraordinaire Jilly Gibboney (who also designed this year's updated Tossed Salad graphics!). 

WHAT IS TOSSED SALAD?
It’s like “band in a hat”, with a twist for charity (Freestore Foodbank). Musicians submitted their name and instrument(s) on an event page back in late October. They were then randomly drawn at an event in early November to form a mashup band. Three songs were drawn for each band, from which they’d eventually select two to perform on the 16th. 

Mashup 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 custom handcrafted award for BEST BAND.

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.

RSVP to this event to stay updated on event details, as well as additional special guest performances!

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

FRANK LLOYD WRONG:
Dave Cupp - Bass
Joe Suer - Drums
Jimmy Connolly -Guitar
Emily Ash - Vox
Kevin Hall -Keys

SONGS: 
Supermodel - SZA 
Sex & Candy - Marcy Playground

CAPTAIN V AND THE XYZs:
Sarah Hanselmann - Bass
Jaki Howser - Drums
Allen Whitt - Guitar
Marjorie Lee - Vox
Alex Duckworth - Keys
Preston Bell Charles III - Violin

SONGS: 
Since You've Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson 
Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground

SECRET FAMILY:
Chase Watkins - Bass
Ezra Plymesser - Drums
Joshua Kruer - Guitar
Kristen Kreft - Vox
Emmie Eimme - Keys

SONGS: 
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond 
Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson 

BAYBAY:
Max Vignola - Bass
Paul Yoseph Swabek - Drums
Christoph Wündersween - Guitar
Molly E. Sullivan - Vox
Alessandro Corona - Keys
Brian Gilronan - Sax

SONGS: 
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush 
Lucky - Britney Spears

PUMA THURMAN:
Brad Gibson - Bass
Tim Miller - Drums
Gabe Canazarro - Guitar
Lauren Salem - Vox
Nick Federinko - Keys
Sarah Gorak - Electric Violin

Songs: 
Love the One You're With - Isley Brothers 
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BOT, ESQ.:
Jon Lattier - Bass
Michael Clouse - Drums
Chaz Kramer (Spencer Webb) - Guitar
Abiyah - Vox
Beth Harris - Backing Vox
Warren Harrison - Keys

SONGS: 
Proud Mary - Tina Turner 
Anyone Who Knows What Love Is - Irma Thomas