For Planning Purposes Tuesday, November 5, 2013 Contact Curt Reilly, 850.559.

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*MEDIA ADVISORY*
Local Bands to Battle it Out at Upcoming Downtown Tallahassee Music Festival in Competition to Become the Opening Act for Little River Band & Tobacco Rd Band at Downtown Tallahassee New Years Eve 2014
Tallahassee, Fla. The Downtown Tallahassee Business Association (DTBA) and the Tallahassee Downtown Improvement Authority (TDIA) will host the Downtown Tallahassee Music Festival at the final Saturday in the Park Concert Series on S aturday, November 9, 2013, at 7 p.m. EDT at Ponce de Leon Park in Tallahassee. Bruised Grass will be the opening act for the Music Festival, where CommonZenZ, David Lareau & The Copperpots, and Royce Lovett Band will battle it out before a panel of judges to become the opening act for the Little River Band and the Tobacco Rd Band at Downtown Tallahassee New Years Eve 2014. ALL INTERESTED MEDIA ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND: Participants: Bruised Grass, Opening Act CommonZenZ, Finalist David Lareau & The Copperpots, Finalist Royce Lovett Band, Finalist Commissioner Nick Maddox, Leon County Commission Chair, Judge City Manager Anita Favors Thompson, Judge Dave Ericks, TDIA board member & partner at Adams St. Advocates, Judge Mike Futrell, general manager of Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet, Judge Rick English, executive director of America's Second Harvest of the Big Bend, Judge Jeanie Booth, community relations manager of the Tallahassee Democrat, Judge Lindsey Sarjeant, Florida A&M University professor of Music, Judge Victor Duncan, 96.1 JAMZ WHBX, MC Chris OConnell, WGLF Gulf 104 FM, MC Rahman Johnson, WTXL-TV ABC 27 & Bounce TV, MC (MORE)

PAGE 2: DOWNTOWN TALLAHASSEE MUSIC FESTIVAL Event: Downtown Tallahassee Music Festival Local Band Competition to Become the Opening Act for the Headliner of Downtown Tallahassee New Years Eve 2014 Saturday, November 9, 2013 7 p.m. EDT Ponce de Leon Park West Park Ave., Tallahassee, Fla. The Music Festival is free and open to the public. Lawn chairs and blankets are welcome. Great food and drinks from area food trucks, restaurants and businesses will be available for purchase.

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The DTBA and the TDIA is joined by Dale Earnhardt Jr Buick GMC Cadillac and Chevrolet; the City of Tallahassee and their Parks and Recreation Department; Tallahassee Magazine; WTXLTV ABC 27 Tallahassee; Bascom Communications & Consulting, LLC; Tallahassee Democrat; Cumulus Radio Tallahassee; Putt-R-There; Eubanks, Barrett, Fasig & Brooks; Hopping Green & Sams; Mainline Information Systems; Summit Group Commercial Properties; Clydes and Costellos; Adams St. Advocates; and Goose Island Beer in sponsoring the Downtown Tallahassee Music Festival that is a part of the Saturday in the Park Concert Series, which take place on the first Saturday of the month in Ponce de Leon Park in Tallahassee, Fla. For more information on the Downtown Tallahassee Music Festival and Downtown Tallahassee New Years Eve 2014, please visit www.downtowntallahasseenewyearseve.com or like us on Facebook at FB.com/DowntownTallahasseeNYE. ###