Benefit Concert on March 19 at El Rey in L.A.
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Donovan will headline a benefit concert for the David Lynch Foundation on Friday, March 19 at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles.
Doors will open at 7:30 pm. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.
“The Beatles and I brought back from India the lost art of meditation. Now with David Lynch, we pass it on to thousands of students world-wide . Join us to help save the world! Change Begins Within!”, Donovan tells us as he prepares for the big night.
Donovan will be joined by his daughter Astrella Celeste and son Donovan Jr. (this is the first public appearance the 3 have ever made together!!)
Our band leader Jerry Vivino along with Scott Healy & Rick Reed (from the Conan O’Brien late night band) and James Wormworth (drums) will make up Donovan’s band.
With special guests:
- Astrella Celeste
- Donovan Leitch Jr.
- POE
- Matt Costa
- The Global Sound Lodge feat: Matt Sorum (of Guns n Roses, Velvet Revolver) & Lanny Cordola (Nancy Sinatra/House Of Lords)
- Amrita Sen (Weezer/Ozomatli)
- Danny Saber (Black Grape / Alice Cooper)
- Carla Olson (Textones)
- Jack Maness (Sublime/Long Beach Dub All Stars)
- Ruby Friedman
- Bob Forrest (Thelonious Monster)
Schedule:
- 7:30 pm: Doors open
- 8:30 pm: Everyboy
- 9:00 pm: Blessed the Strange
- 9:35 pm: Jack Maness backed musically by Rickshaw
- 10:00 pm: Donovan & Friends
- 11:30 pm: The Paris Escovedo Project
David Lynch, Mathew St. Patrick, from Six Feet Under and Adam Gaynor (formally of Matchbox 20), will host the evening performances with morning personality, Larry Morgan from 100.3 FM helping with the introductions.
DJ Carlos Niño will spin the sounds that will assure the night beats in tempo with the over all flavor of this special gathering.
“This will be a unique and heartfelt performance that every music lover will want to experience,” said concert promoter Jason Rothberg.
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.
For information and interviews, contact Amber Shell amber@webookbands.com.
General Admission: $25.00 advance and $30.00 at the door
VIP Tickets: $110 (includes a meet and greet with Donovan after the show, VIP seating + a signed Donovan CD)Official Sponsors:
About The David Lynch Foundation:
www.DavidLynchFoundation.org
The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace was founded in July 2005 by the award winning filmmaker David Lynch with the immediate goal of teaching one million at-risk youth to meditate. The Foundation has already provided over 100,000 scholarships for students to learn the Transcendental Meditation technique, as well as inmates and guards in prisons, formerly homeless men in re-entry programs, soldiers with PTSD returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and American Indians suffering from diabetes.About David Lynch Foundation Television (DLF.TV)
In April 2009, David Lynch launched David Lynch Foundation Television (DLF.TV): The Online TV Channel, which, in David’s words, “Documents programs that awaken creativity and transform lives.” DLF.TV showcases high quality video content from David Lynch Foundation programs and events, debuts compelling profiles and documentaries, and explores all aspects of creativity. www.DLF.TV