Torres, Lenny Kaye, Kevin Devine & more participating in Brooklyn Rock Lottery 8
The eighth edition of Brooklyn Rock Lottery will happen Saturday, December 2 at Knitting Factory. As in years past, 25 hand-picked musicians will gather early that Saturday morning, put their names in a hat which will then be drawn to form “bands” who then must write songs, rehearse and perform them that night. The initial lineup has just been released and you may recognize some of the participants:
Alec Spiegelman Cuddle Magic
Ben Wareham Brooklyn Wind Symphony / MS 50
David Castillo Primitive Weapons / Co-owner of Saint Vitus Bar
Elliott Skinner Thirdstory / Chance The Rapper
Jaleel Bunton TV On the Radio
Jesse Krakow Shudder To Think / The Shaggs
Jim White Dirty Three / Xylouris White
Jon Herington Steely Dan / The Jon Herington Band
Kevin Devine
Kolin Zein Rocket Silence
Leesa Harrington Lez Zeppelin
Lenny Kaye Patti Smith Group
Mackenzie Scott Torres
Matthew Katz-Bohen Blondie / Broadway’s “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” / Sharon Needles / Pastel Confession
Max Clarke Cut Worms
Mireya Ramos Flor de Toloache
Paul Lizarraga Honduras
Ruben Sindo Acosta A Bunch of Dead People / Afuche
Ryan DeRobertis Skylar Spence
Sal Principato Liquid Liquid / Fist Of Facts / 178 Product
Sarah Goldstone Ex Reyes / Kiyo Cato / Merrily James
Travis Swinford New Love Crowd
Tickets are on sale now and this year half the proceeds will go to PLOT, a mentoring program for at-risk youth between the ages of nine and twenty-one living in Brooklyn, New York; while the other 50% will go to Unidos Por Puerto Rico, in an effort to provide aid and support to those affected in Puerto Rico by the passage of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane María.
There are raffles at the Knitting Factory show where they give away some great prizes, and it’s always a lot of fun. Stay tuned for the whole lineup.
