David Lindquist

david.lindquist@indystar.com

It will be a year of popular encores for Tonic Ball, which will devote its 15th edition to the music of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, David Bowie and Prince.

Unveiling its iconic honorees on Aug. 29, Tonic Ball also announced an assortment of all-star performers including “The Voice” champion Josh Kaufman, singer-songwriters Otis Gibbs and Jennie DeVoe and Grateful Dead experts David Gans and Hyryder.

The annual fundraiser for hunger-relief program Second Helpings will be presented Nov. 18 at five Fountain Square venues.

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Tonic Ball 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. The 15th version of the event will revisit the Beatles (celebrated in 2010), the Rolling Stones (2003), the Grateful Dead (2013), Bowie (2011) and Prince (2007).

Bowie and Prince died earlier this year.

The Pioneer, 1110 Shelby St., will be a new Tonic Ball venue, joining the Fountain Square Theatre, White Rabbit Cabaret, Radio Radio and The Hi-Fi.

Although some performer slots are set, musicians are invited to apply to play Tonic Ball 15 at TonicIndy.com.

Tickets for the event, $40, are available for purchase at TonicIndy.com. With a six-year streak of sellouts, the 2015 event raised more than $100,000 for Second Helpings.

Eskenazi Health is Tonic’s presenting sponsor.

Call IndyStar reporter David Lindquist at (317) 444-6404. Follow him on Twitter: @317Lindquist.