thank you to everyone for all the amazing updates with additional tribute shows. thank you again to everyone involved. we have an amazing list of shows in our tribute shows page if you want to check out the latest updates. i have other tribute shows to add this week too plus other news. please come back at least a couple more times this week to see new updates. thanks again to everyone who are putting these shows on and to fans who were kind enough to send an email in to share the news :)
athens, greece: thanks to for glorybox posting a message via the official elliott smith myspace page that there is going to be a tribute in athens, greece on october 21st. the tribute is going to be at bios (peiraios 84, athens) and tickets will be sold for 3 euros and proceeds will be going to charity! 11 bands will be playing and if you are interested in more information, please go here.
lake charles, la: the lake charles elliott smith tribute will be held october 21st, 2008 at luna bar & grill in the garden. this will mark 5 years since the loss of singer/songwriter elliott smith. all proceeds from the event will go to the elliott smith memorial fund, which donates 100% to free arts for abused children. (http://www.freearts.org/) any songwriters or musicians who would like to play a few songs at the benefit, contact me here. october 21st, 2008 luna bar & grill lake charles, la time and price to be determined. more info soon http://www.myspace.com/elliottsmithlc.
new brunswick, nj: on wednesday october 22, my band meet me in montauk (www.myspace.com/mmim) will be hosting an elliott smith tribute at the harvest moon in new brunswick, nj. performing the music of elliott smith will be ritchie monteiro, david asher, cameron boyd, billy perez, andrew goulburn and matt prol. we will be playing a lot of really great material, spanning elliott's career, capped off with a full band performance of some elliott songs by meet me in montauk. this will mark our 3rd elliott smith tribute show, the others have all gone off very well and we are expecting this one to be the best yet! the harvest moon is located at 392 george st. in new brunswick, nj 08901. the show will be 21+ and should be starting at 10 pm. please come out and join us in a celebration of elliott's life. if there are any questions please contact me via the meet me in montauk myspace page linked above. hope to see you there! (special thanks to andrew)
fort wayne, in: hey, i just wanted to let you know,iI am hosting an elliott smith tribute show in fort wayne, indiana on friday, october 24th! it's going to be at the brass rail (1121 broadway, fort wayne, in 46802). show will probably start at 10pm. 21 and older only. Iight long. it will feature local musicians/bands doing elliott smith covers all night long. the main band playing is lee miles & the illegitimate sons. there also will be others. anyone interested in playing at it should send me a message at kelljm02@gmail.com. thanks! (special thanks to jon!)
lansing, il: i'm writing to let you know about another tribute show. for the the third year in a row, we are having our elliott sith tribute show in lansing,ilL (just south of chicago). the date is october 25th, and begins at 6 pm. the shop is located at 3429 ridge rd. in lansing. we haven't decided on exactly what the cover will be but it will go to charity. the only confirmed acts we have so far are matt heckler, todd stephanuik, and matthew novak. we are looking for more local musicians who adore mr. smith to play, so please have them e-mail me at theysangthesolo@gmail.com --- thanks a bundle. special thanks to matt!)
japan update: i thought that i would let you know when and where the concert is for those people that may be in japan but cannot read japanese. the concert was actually moved to november 1st and will be in hiroshima at the yokugawa cinema. advance tickets are 3300yen (about $33) and tickets at the door are 3800yen (about $38). the doors open at 6pm and the concert starts at 7pm. the title of the concert is future butterfly - tribute to elliott smith.
title: future butterfly - tribute to elliott smith tribute
by shugo tokumaru + kisera
location is in hiroshima - yokogawa cinema roughly
40~60 minutes from hiroshima airport.
tickets pre-sale are roughly:
$31.00 presale ?3,300(D?)
$36.00 at the door ?3,800(D?) (special thanks to karl and malixi) (10.06.08)