The 18th edition of Tonic Ball will celebrate the music of Bob Marley, Beastie Boys, Radiohead, Diana Ross and the Ramones.

Tonic Ball, scheduled Nov. 22 at five Fountain Square venues, raises funds for hunger-relief program Second Helpings. The event gathers dozens of Indiana musicians and gives them an assignment: Perform songs made famous by someone else.

Country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons was the first Tonic Ball honoree in 2002. This year's event spotlights reggae icon Marley, hip-hop’s innovative Beastie Boys, shape-shifting rock band Radiohead, Motown superstar Ross and punk rock’s trailblazing Ramones.

"As a committee, we want to put on the best show we can and raise a ton of money to support Second Helpings,” Tonic Ball co-chair Kirsten Eamon-Shine said in a statement. “In 2019, we're branching out in new directions, musically, and we hope that makes Tonic Ball even more dynamic, inclusive and exciting than ever before."

Music will be heard at the Hi-Fi, Fountain Square Theatre, Pioneer, White Rabbit Cabaret and Radio Radio.

Tickets, $50, go on sale today, and musicians are invited to apply to play Tonic Ball. For more information, visit tonicindy.com.

Just two of this year's Tonic Ball honorees are active touring acts. Ross sang at Harrah's Hoosier Park in Anderson this summer, and Radiohead last visited Central Indiana in 2008 for a performance at Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center.

The Ramones played the Ruoff venue and Broad Ripple's Vogue nightclub as part of the band's farewell tour in 1996. The Beastie Boys played their final Indianapolis show in 1994 at the Ruoff venue, making no return appearances before group member Adam "MCA" Yauch died in 2012. Marley, who died in 1981, never performed locally.

In 2018, Tonic Ball raised nearly $145,000 for Second Helpings, which provides meals for after-school programs, homeless shelters, senior programs, domestic-violence shelters and community centers.

"Tiny Tonic," a pre-Tonic Ball event featuring music for youngsters, is scheduled Nov. 16 at Second Helpings, 1121 Southeastern Ave.

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