PASADENA, CA - Walter Ino, of the rock band Survivor (Eye of The Tiger) and lead online judge in the Pasadena Educational Foundation's Battle of the Bands, announced the 5 finalists in the teen music competition via a video announcement. The musical journey began with 21 bands but will end with only one winner at the 3rd Annual Rock 4 PEF Music Festival on Saturday, November 5 at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena, beginning at 5PM (gates open at 4PM).
View the announcement here:
All 12 bands that competed in the online semi-finalist phase, including 55 young musicians from throughout the San Gabriel Valley, will perform at the Rock 4 PEF Music Festival along with the Indie-tropical band Feli and the LemonShakers. The festival features great music, food trucks, photo booth, activities, and more. Rock 4 PEF supports music programs for the more than 17,000 students in the public schools of Pasadena, Altadena, and Sierra Madre. Admission is free. Suggested donation $10.
Feli and the LemonShakers met at the Los Angeles College of Music in Pasadena. The band features a unique mixture of nationalities and musical backgrounds that promises to whisk you away into a bright tropical world filled with the band's world music beats. Concert-goers should feel free to bring their dancing shoes along with their blankets and chairs. Dancing is most definitely encouraged.
The teen Battle of the Bands winner and two runners-up will be the featured acts at Pasadena's premier all-ages club, No Future Caf�. The winner will also receive a professional photo shoot and band picture from The Unexpected Portrait.
Rock 4 PEF is supported by Scholarshare, The Helen and Will Webster Foundation, Toyota of Pasadena, Parsons, Berkshire Hathaway Realtor Kelly Bradley, The Unexpected Portrait, Con Cari�o Inc., Los Angeles College of Music, Altadena Academy of Music, Pasadena Conservatory of Music, Podley Properties, Tournament of Roses Association, and Blaze Pizza.
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