Chipapalooza

Chipapalooza 2010 Pictures!

2010-06-23T10:08:00.000-07:00

Photos Provided by our friends at Light and Shadow Photography - www.LnSPhotography.com

The Buzz

2010-05-19T10:39:00.000-07:00

We are 3 days out from the show and it seems like Chipapalooza has more buzz than ever before. People seem pretty excited and we hope that we've created something that people really look forward to and enjoy. All of the Chipapalooza fans have done an amazing job promoting the concert - we are seeing about 50 tweets a day about Chipapalooza, over 1,000 fans on facebook are helping promote the show, we have been mentioned in the Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, 98 Rock online, on WRNR radio, and even in a Ny Times best-selling book by Oprah Winfrey's trainer, Bob Greene. We've had tons of people volunteer to work the concert, we have a bunch of great sponsors supporting the event, and we have a great venue - The Bowie Baysox Stadium, where many other huge artists have played at - Bob Dylan, Ludacris, and even Willie Nelson.

After the very first Chipapalooza, many people demanded that we do more concerts. This led us to form a dream - what if Chipapalooza became the next Virgin Fest, or Bonaroo, or Woodstock? At first, it seemed far-fetched - we knew nothing about concerts, the music industry, or how to run a non-profit business. However, we have persevered, kept our minds open to new ideas and suggestions from attendees, we've recruited talented people to plan the concert, and we've maintained a passionate dedication to our cause. As a result, the concert has grown and we have raised more money for the JDRF. While we are pleased with how far we've come, we are not content and we will continue working harder than ever to improve the concert and turn it into one of the best festivals in the world that raises enough money to finally cure diabetes.

We are so close to a cure with trials already curing diabetes in mice. The money raised at our show can make a real difference in the next steps towards a cure in humans. You can make a difference by attending Chipapalooza - and you can have a great time doing it.

I can't wait to see everyone at this year's show!

-Chip

Chipapalooza on WRNR Radio

2010-05-17T09:00:00.000-07:00

On May 9th, Chip Hiden and Laura Brino went on WRNR Sunday Morning Brunch with Michael Buckley to discuss Chipapalooza and to have Laura perform a couple of her songs. Here is the audio of the session:

Volunteer Meeting Tonight!

2010-05-17T07:17:00.000-07:00

Hey Chipapalooza fans

If you couldn't make to the last volunteer meeting...

COME TO THE ONE TONIGHT!

Chip's House
8494 Reservoir Road Fulton, MD 20759
7:30 p.m.

We'll be discussing the day-of set-up and take-down, assigning volunteers to booths and going over the line-up for the show!

We would love to see your smiling faces there...

THERE WILL BE SNACKS!

Thank you!

2010-05-12T09:26:00.000-07:00

Thank you times a million to every wonderful person that came out last night with friends and family to dine at Burtonsville's premier restaurant CHEEBURGER CHEEBURGER!

It was awesome to see familiar faces and even better to know Chipapalooza will get 20% of all the proceeds from last night!!!

Thanks go out especially to Manny, Cheeburger manager who set the whole thing up for us, and star servers Lauri and Erin!!! Sadly, Lauri did not wear her mini backpack.

COUNTDOWN: 10 DAYS

Exciting Updates from ChipapaloozaLand

2010-05-07T10:09:00.000-07:00

We are rocking and rolling our way along to this year's show and EVERYONE IS GETTING SO PUMPED!!

There is word of a surprise guest star... (hint: vroooomm vroom vroom)

Jeremy Vest is practicing his drum solo for his song with Victory by Revenge and a killer finale to the show!

The back of all the ticket has free Chic-fil-A coupons on the back! (breakfast sandwich here I come)

We got another AWESOME volunteer to help us out...if you see Maral at UMBC decked out in Chipapalooza stuff or hanging up posters say hi!

We are definitely having Tye-dye t-shirts...oh you know the tye-dye station will be back!

Righttime Medical Care IS AMAZING and sponsored us!

Oh Chipapalooza 2010 will you be the best concert yet?!

Remember, if you want to help out EMAIL US!
Volunteers4chipapalooza@gmail.com, we need major help day of the show and we only have two weeks left to go all out with advertising at schools and local shows!! LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT IN!

xoxo
The Chipapalooza Fairy Godmother

Rolling Right Along...

2010-05-03T11:37:00.000-07:00

We are SO EXCITED to announce

RA RA RASPUTIN as the fourth band to join the Chipapalooza lineup this year!

Check our their music at www.myspace.com/rararasputin

In other news...

Our volunteer party was a smashing success!
Pizza was ate, flyers were handed out, tickets distributed. Thanks again to everyone who came out to help out before the show, and remember, if you missed the meeting email us at volunteers4chipapalooza@gmail.com. We'll literally come to your house!

Also, we secured another AWESOME sponsor..

Monster Energy Drink! The Monster crew will be coming to this year's show and setting up a tent, passing out free drinks...woot woot!

Three weeks and counting! Buy your tickets now! www.chipapalooza.com

Awesome Weekend

2010-04-26T06:21:00.000-07:00

What an AMAZING weekend. Saturday, bright and early at 8 a.m, the Chipapalooza team went to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk, starting at the Orioles stadium, where we handed out major amounts of flyers, pens, keychains, posters, t-shirts and collected many an email address. We got tons of people interested in the show, asking about merch, asking about bands, asking how they could volunteer, if they could buy tickets right now- IT WAS FANTASTIC.

Later in the day, we hit up the Victory by Revenge show where we gave out more posters and merchandise, and Victory by Revenge announced Chipapalooza on stage! Yes!

As we get closer to the show, we're going to be ramping up our presence at local shows- so if you know some we should hit up, LET US KNOW!

Volunteer Party!!

2010-04-20T08:35:00.000-07:00

Hello lovely Chipapalooza Blog Readers!!

Exciting news...

The first official CHIPAPALOOZA 2010 VOLUNTEER PARTY IS COMING UP!

WHEN: April 29, (next Thursday)
WHERE: Ledos in Fulton
TIME: 7:30 p.m.

What are we going to be doing?

If you are interested in helping out with ANYTHING AT ALL before (i.e. creating posters, working on advertising) during (security, helping out the bands set up etc.) or after (so many possibilities!) then this is the place for you! We need jacks (and jills of course) of all trades, artists, marketers, number-crunchers, band enthusiasts and of course those who just want to give a little back to the community and have fun at a sweet event!

We will be giving all of our wonderful volunteers
*Chipapalooza gear to wear and share
*FREE TICKETS TO THE SHOW
*letting you know all the ways you can help out, score more free stuff and meet the bands!

If you are interested in joining the volunteer email list, or want more information because you can't make the party email:
volunteers4chipapalooza@gmail.com
and we'll hook you up with whatever it is your little heart desires!

Chick-Fil-A Mania

2010-04-15T10:44:00.000-07:00

The wonderful, fabulous people of Chick-Fil-A are sponsors of Chipapalooza this year! And to help us out that cute ol' Chick-Fil-A Cow Charlie (or maybe it will be a Charlize perhaps?) will be at the concert all day handing out one thousand free milkshake coupons.

Yes. You heard correctly.

ONE THOUSAND FREE MILKSHAKE COUPONS.

All you have to do to get one? Or more then one?

SHOW UP TO CHIPAPALOOZA!

Also, just so you know...

THE PEACH MILKSHAKE IS BACK FOR A LIMITED TIME!!!

woop woop woop!

Its the most wonderful time of the year...

2010-04-12T13:22:00.000-07:00

No it's not Christmas!

The most wonderful time of the year is CHIPAPALOOZA 2010!!!!

CHIPAPALOOZA 2010
MAY 22
2 P.M.
BOWIE BAYSOX STADIUM

Featuring...
Lionzie
Victory by Revenge
Rescue the Hero

HOT AIR BALLOON!!
CHICK-FIL-A COW GIVING AWAY FREE MILKSHAKE COUPONS
FIREWORKS AFTER THE CONCERT

Buy those tickets now boys and girls, the price will go up

www.chipapalooza.com
ADMISSION TO THE BAYSOX GAME!!!

Gearing up for 2010...

2010-03-09T07:24:00.000-08:00

After last year's smashing success of a show the Chipapalooza team is looking forward to another day of fun in the snow at this year's show!

As we start grinding the gears the prepare for this summer's concert the Chipapalooza team is looking for bands, volunteers, artists, marketers, thinkers and need-to-build-their-resumers/college applications people to help out in building the best Chipapalooza of all time!

If you are interested in helping out with marketing, or just finding out more details email pkendall_10@verizon.net

If you are interested in helping out before, during or after the show email
volunteers4chipapalooza@gmail.com

If you want you band to play at the show email
ctodd09@gmail.com
with the title "Play at 2010 Concert," a link to your music and contact information

Check back soon for more details about this year's lineup!

The Final Countdown

2009-04-21T13:52:00.000-07:00

The show is coming up soon! It is hard to believe its just about time for another Chipapalooza. It seems like just yesterday we were listening to Jimmies Chicken Shack rock just as hard as they did in the 90's...Or jammin' to the reggae beats of the ever amazing Lionize. Its not 4/20 anymore, but I would hope Lionize was out "celebrating" somewhere and sharing their music.

Speaking of going green, if you don't know yet, this year Chipapalooza is raising money for The Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education. As well as raising awareness for other green friendly businesses & associations.

Make sure you stop by Chipapalooza.com or follow us on Twitter, twitter.com/chipapalooza (because we are cool and love social media...and love you)

Added Bands

2009-04-12T15:26:00.001-07:00

We have added some great local College Park acts to the show!

Check out Paperhaus - http://www.myspace.com/paperhausmusic
And Back to Save the Universe - http://www.myspace.com/btsturock

This show is going to be huge! We have more talent on the bill than ever before. This is a show you can not miss!!! Buy tickets today at http://www.chipapalooza.com/tickets.php

Chipapalooza PromoVid

2009-03-29T21:20:00.000-07:00

The promotional video for this year's show is online on chipapalooza.com, youtube, facebook, myspace and now here! Check it out and let us know what you think!

Chip

THIS YEAR"S SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT

2009-03-26T05:25:00.000-07:00

Here is its folks: This year's show will be held on May 9th from Noon until 7pm at the Knights of Columbus in College Park, MD - 10142 Cherry Hill Rd, College Park. The show will be called Chipapalooza GREEN and will raise funds and awareness for environmental problems in Maryland. We have many go-green initiatives in store for the show - I'll keep you updated as to what they are as time goes on. The show will feature live music all day, outdoor fun and activities, guest speakers, and a marketplace for green businesses.

The bands we have confirmed so far are Lionize, Fire in the Hole, The Hint, and Lion Turf. Check them all out on Myspace, they are amazing. This is going to be our best show ever. You all are in for a real treat.

Keep visiting Chipapalooza.com for info on how to buy tickets. They will be cheaper this year than last year. Your welcome.

With love,
Chip - Chipapalooza Founder

PRS Guitar donates to Chipapalooza

2009-03-19T04:19:00.000-07:00

Paul Reed Smith has decided to donate a guitar to Chipapalooza this year, signed by Paul himself. The guitar is valued at $1000. We will raffle the guitar off at the event to raise even more funds for charity. To learn more about Paul Reed Smith, please visit www.prsguitars.com - they have a wonderful selection of products as well as a great reputation for contributing to charity.

In other news, we now have Chipapaloooza posters online for you to see/buy at www.chipapalooza.com/merch.

Pretty soon we will have t-shirts, hats, etc. up there as well. Stay tuned!

REI Sponsors Chipapalooza!

2009-03-11T13:15:00.000-07:00

REI, an outdoor retailer with a location in Hyattsville, MD (near College Park), has agreed to sponsor Chipapalooza for $500 to help cover our cost of purchasing t-shirts made of recycled materials to sell at the event. Please check out www.REI.com to learn more about this great company. They are a great example of corporate social responsibility and environmental stewardship. REI recently release an "EcoSensitive" line of merchandise which contain a high percentage of recycled, rapidly renewable and/or organic fibers.

Check out http://www.rei.com/stewardship to learn more about REI's initiatives to better the environment.

Also, www.Chipapalooza.com has been updated with a section for band's to apply to perform, a form for companies to sponsor the show, and some other cool things. Check it out!

Welcome to the Chipapalooza Blog!

2009-03-09T08:06:00.000-07:00

This blog has been created for the purpose of keeping our fans, supporters, sponsors, and performers up-to-date with developments in our upcoming projects.

We will do our best to update this blog several times a week and we encourage your feedback and comments.

We hope that this blog will be your premiere source for information about this year's Chipapalooza Charity Concert. We will be announcing the concert details very soon, including: the theme, the location, date, time, band line-up, attractions, and special guest speakers. We will make our announcements via this blog so make sure you are reading regularly.

Also, we'll let you know about some of the behind the scenes work that goes into the Chiapapalooza Charity Concert and provide you with ways to get involved.

Thanks so much! Make sure to check in at least once a week to see what we've been up to!

-Chip