Virgin Mobile FreeFest tickets are still available -- for a good deed
Still looking for a ticket to the Virgin Mobile FreeFest? It's going to cost you some community service.
This morning, festival organizers and Howard County officials are expected to unveil the Summer of Service, a program that trades volunteer work like giving blood and cleaning parks for a much-coveted ticket to this year's FreeFest. Nearly 2,500 tickets will be available as part of the initiative.
The festival, which features headliners Blink-182, Weezer and Public Enemy, is being held Aug. 30 at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Here's a link to a piece in today's paper with more details about the Summer of Service.
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
Comments
What is this? Russia?
Posted by: JTK | June 30, 2009 8:30 AM
No. In Soviet Russia, volunteer works you.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | June 30, 2009 8:44 AM
I think the best part of this is that Larry the Cable Guy just got trumped by Yakov Smirnoff.
Posted by: Chw | June 30, 2009 9:52 AM
More info here
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/midnight_sun/blog/2009/06/the_skinny_on_the_remaining_vi.html
Posted by: Sam Sessa | June 30, 2009 3:32 PM
You can earn your chance to see Weezer (or Blink 182) by volunteering your time through Virgin Mobile FreeFest’s Free I.P. program to see Weezer (or Blink 182) on August 30th at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland. Transportation to the show may also be provided from certain cities. Go here for more details: https://www.virginmobilefestival.com/freeip/
Posted by: Carly | July 23, 2009 2:06 PM