We gave away free tickets to Sound Bites last year, and also attended it. It is a great event at a great venue for a great cause!

So, who wants to win a pair of tickets to the event?  One lucky DCFüd reader will randomly win a pair of tickets.  All you have to do is email contest@dcfud.com with the subject “Sound Bites Entry” and include your first and last name and cell number in the body of the email before 9:00 am on 5/13th.  Only one entry per person (regardless of how many email addresses you have).  You will need to show ID to the venue to pick the ticket up.  The above email address is only for contest entry and is not for questions or comments.  When the winner is chosen (give me a few days from when the contest closes), I’ll comment on this post that the winner has been chosen.  If you have questions, email me at jay@dcfud.com. Good luck!

The press release is below.

-JAY

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Music + Food = Change

Sound Bites Tickets Now On Sale for May 20th Hunger-Fighting Benefit

WASHINGTON, DC – Tickets go on sale today for Sound Bites, DC Central Kitchen (DCCK) and the 9:30 Club’s annual charity concert and food fest.  Proceeds benefit DCCK, a national leader for combating hunger and creating opportunities for individuals in need.  The May 20 event will be in and around the 9:30 Club, 815 V Street, NW.

Music at this year’s event is curated by Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation, and features Bones Fur Feather, The Archives and Nappy Riddem. There will also be a cocktail competition involving DC’s hottest mixologists from Oyamel, The Passenger, Fujimar and The Gibson. And of course, all you can eat food from dozens of the area’s favorite food trucks and restaurants including:

BONMI – Borinquen -Cork – Della’s – Dolce Gelati – Harry’s Smokehouse

Indique – Jackie’s – Mie N Yu – Pepe – Policy – Rappahannock Oysters

Room 11 – Shake Shack – Taylor Gourmet

Tickets are $40 and are on sale today at http://www.ticketfly.com/ or the 9:30 Club and Merriweather Post Pavilion box offices. For more information, visit http://www.soundbitesdc.com.  For the latest news on #Soundbitesdc, follow the Kitchen (@dcck) on Twitter.  Be sure to join DCCK and the 9:30 Club May 20th for music and food that will change lives.

About DC Central Kitchen

This year marks DC Central Kitchen’s 23rd year of combating hunger and creating opportunity.  The Kitchen works 365 days a year providing low-income individuals and families with nutritious food, assisting local farmers, empowering chronically unemployed men and women to achieve self-sufficiency and reaching out to people living on the streets.  Tens of thousands of pounds of free or low-cost, surplus fresh produce recovered from area farms enhance the nutrition of more than 5,000 meals prepared at the Kitchen every day.

About the 9:30 Club

Multiple winner of both Billboard’s and Pollstar’s Nightclub of the Year, the 9:30 Club is the inimitable place bands aspire to play and music fans love to attend – a destination for locals and people across the country. Gracing the stage have been legends Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Al Green, and James Brown; recently discovered acts like The Arctic Monkeys, Wolfmother, Katy Perry and Lily Allen, and arena acts looking for an intimate club play such as Justin Timberlake, the Smashing Pumpkins and Foo Fighters.  The 9:30 Club is located at 9th and V streets, NW, Washington, D.C.

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