Win Tickets ($30): Cover Your Hearts – Large Local Portland Music Event & Benefit @ Wonder Ballroom
February 7, 2011 — PDXPIPELINEWe have a pair of tickets to give away for Cover Your Hearts benefit this Saturday at Wonder Ballroom featuring tons of local bands. To win, comment on this post why you would like attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed on Friday, Feb 11.
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From our sponsors at Cover your Hearts
Cover Your Hearts
February 12 | 9:00 pm to 12:00 am
Wonder Ballroom | 128 NE Russell, Portland, OR
21 & Over. $15.00 advance. $15.00 day of show. | Buy Tickets
More info: http://www.Coveryourhearts.com
LIMITED VIP TICKETS AVAILABLE!! only $35…
Featuring: Drew Grow and the Pastor's Wives | Chris Robley | Tango Alpha Tango | Charmparticles | Bryan Free | Deepest Darkest | Dr. Theopolis | UHF | The Ravishers
On February 12th at the Wonder Ballroom, several local bands will gather and perform for two good causes: to cover their favorite 80s guilty-pleasure love songs and to benefit Ethos Music.
Put on by local indie-pop-shoegazer outfit Charmparticles, Cover Your Hearts is in its 4th year. This year's line-up is a mixture of Cover Your Hearts veterans and fresh faces: Bryan Free, Drew Grow and the Pastor's Wives, Dr. Theopolis, Tango Alpha Tango, Deepest Darkest, Chris Robley, UHF, Ravishers and, of course, Charmparticles themselves.
In case you missed it, Bryan Free's performance at last year's event was included as the #1 Portland live music moment on a recent "Best of 2010" list at opbmusic.org here.
A show filled with so much sheer fun that it's easy to forget that it's a fundraiser, Charmparticles created Cover Your Hearts as a way to sneak philanthropy into the local rock scene and to raise money for the non-profit music educators at Ethos Music. Raising money for the kids at Ethos is its own reward but, of course, hearing some of Portland's best musicians covering their favorite guilty-pleasure love songs is pretty awesome, too.
All (100%) of the proceeds from ticket sales will go to support Ethos Music, an organization that was established as a direct response to budget cuts in public schools which limited music education for children. The Ethos mission is that every child has a right to learn and make music. Through Ethos, music education is available on a sliding scale so that any child can participate.
The songs featured at Cover Your Hearts are chosen based on three vital pieces of criteria: they have to be about love (falling in love, falling out of love, or, ahem…getting busy, etc!); they have to be from the 80's (plus or minus a couple years on either side!); and they have to be a big enough hit that the entire audience can sing along to at least the chorus. This makes for much swaying, Bic-flicking, and fist pumping in the crowd. Who could forget previous event performances including Derby's rendition of "Sister Christian," Dr. Theopolis' cover of "Keep On Loving You," or Deepest Darkest's pitch-perfect "Girl You Know It's True," complete with over-sized blazer, skin-tight leggings, and fake lip-sync stutter?!
A brief history of Cover Your Hearts:
Cover Your Hearts 1, 2008: Charmparticles make good on a plan hatched during a sleep-deprived portion of a west coast tour. They gather up some buddies, book Someday Lounge for the show, and go for it. The show unexpectedly sells out and the team raises more than $2,000 for Ethos.
Cover Your Hearts 2, 2009: Charmparticles decides to do it again to see if the first year was a fluke. Again, the show sells out within minutes of the doors opening, and the line for entry goes around the block. Again, the team raises over $2,000 for Ethos.
Cover Your Hearts 3, 2010: Charmparticles take a risk and decide to add a second show, making a two-night extravaganza filled with lipstick-stained wine glasses, lighters (and phone apps that mimic lighters) in the air, and sore throats from belting out song after song. The two-night engagement raises a staggering $5,000 for Ethos Music!
Cover Your Hearts 4, 2011: Recognizing that the event has outgrown their partners at Someday Lounge, Charmparticles attempt to up the ante by moving the show to the larger capacity Wonder Ballroom. The band hopes that the increased capacity will equal a bigger, better show that will raise even more money to support the programs at Ethos. The band is intent on making this event a "must attend" Portland tradition, after all — just as every child deserves a music education, every Portlander deserves a little guilty pleasure.
February 7, 2011 at 07:18
Seriously my favorite show of the year! Its soooo much fun! I have tried to make it every year since I moved here! So there is no question, I would love to go.
February 7, 2011 at 10:44
I’ve never been before but it’s my boyfriend’s birthday on February 12th and his name is Russell and I see your address is located on Russell St. This has to be a sign that we are suppose to be there! :)
February 7, 2011 at 14:34
My husband Ryan and I just moved to Portland a few months ago and he is a musician that is very interested in the music scene. We’re pretty tight on cash, we’re both looking for work like crazy but right now neither one of us has income so we haven’t been able to attend a show in Portland. It’s his birthday today and I was Google searching something free to do in Portland, and this popped up :) I know this event would make his day, and probably his year.
February 7, 2011 at 18:06
I heart ethos.
I heart music (especially 80sish sing along music.)
I heart love.
What move needs to be said or sung?
February 7, 2011 at 18:06
this would be great to win. Ethos Music is such a great organization. cross my fingers.
February 7, 2011 at 18:54
I’m a total 80′s cheeseball and would LOVE to go to this… Especially if someone is going to cover Careless Whisper or True.
February 7, 2011 at 19:47
Our daughter doesn’t want to spend the night at Grammies house so we can go 3 years in a row for our anniversary. If we win, she’ll be forced too!
February 7, 2011 at 20:33
They all need them more than I do…
sounds like a blast and Ethos is da best.
Glad someone gets to go…
February 7, 2011 at 22:26
What a terrific idea for a great cause. Why would I love to go? 80′s covers — enough said
February 8, 2011 at 14:02
i would love to go to this so bad.
i’m new in town and am dieing to to to a fun show, esp. if its for a good cause
February 8, 2011 at 14:46
this sounds rad. what else can be said?
February 8, 2011 at 15:16
This sounds like so much fun and is for a great cause. Love to go.
February 10, 2011 at 12:50
Hurraaay for cover bands! Sign me up!
February 11, 2011 at 06:36
sweet way to celebrate, sounds lovely!!
February 11, 2011 at 06:36
oooh I would get to wear my 80′s outfit!!
February 11, 2011 at 06:55
sounds like great fun. I could use some 80′s love songs
February 11, 2011 at 10:00
this sounds like an amazing event and i would LOVE to attend!!
February 11, 2011 at 10:40
I love the 80′s music and would love to take my sweetie to this. Please pick me. Thank you.
February 11, 2011 at 11:05
Sounds like tons of fun to hear local bands cover 80′s songs that everyone knows and secretly loves!! And all for a good cause!
February 11, 2011 at 11:44
This would be a great weekend event! I would love to go and enjoy…besides I kind of missed the entire 80′s music scene!
February 11, 2011 at 11:49
I am new to the city and would love the chance to go to this….. especially because it is my birthday!!
February 11, 2011 at 13:17
I never win anything! Wouldn’t this be a greeeeeeeat opportunity? :) date night, for my man and I?
February 11, 2011 at 14:05
I love Dr. Theo but have never seen them live!!
February 11, 2011 at 16:46
Sounds like a good time and a fabulous cause!!
January 26, 2012 at 14:57
duh, I’m in.
February 9, 2012 at 22:04
Let’s do this.