Elmwood Park • Presented by Life Ring Foundation

5:00 p.m. Gates Open - ViBE 100 DJ

6:30 p.m. Morris Day & The Time

8:30 p.m. Cameo Tickets: $30 General Admission (plus $2 fee). This performance is RAIN OR SHINE (no refunds or exchanges). Tickets will be sold at the gates (cash and credit card accepted). Tickets are no longer available at the Jefferson Center box office, however online ticket sales will continue to be available until Sunday August 2nd at 11 a.m. Afterwards, tickets will only be available at the Elmwood Park gates. Will call tickets will be available only at the Franklin Road entrance to Elmwood Park. Children 5 and under admitted free.

The Life Ring Foundation along with its sponsors: Bright Services, Atlantic Credit & Finance, Inc., and Magic City Ford announce Morris Day and the Time and Cameo to perform on August 2nd in Roanoke’s Elmwood Park Amphitheater. The Life Ring Foundation is proud to present the Big Lick Summer Concert Series for 2015 as an opportunity to help us raise awareness and funding for the meaningful work that Life Ring does throughout the Valley as we create exciting sparks to the growing local music scene.

The Life Ring Foundation is a direct impact public charity. It operates with a fraction of the administrative and infra-structure expenses of other comparable public charities. They pride themselves in constructing the shortest distances possible between means and needs. Whether partnering with other charities or taking up our own causes, the Life Ring is committed to having a direct impact on the lives of those in the Southwest Virginia community. They put hundreds of Christmas presents under trees and help put advanced life saving equipment in Carilion's Roanoke Memorial Hospital Neonatal Intensive care Unit. The Life Ring is busy helping to teach our community’s children to read while helping to provide a safe haven for our community’s victims of domestic violence.

About Morris Day:

Born in Minneapolis, Morris Day had a flair for fashion. Inspired by photographs of his grandpa in zoot suits, a true fashionista was formed! Day went to school with Prince Rogers Nelson and sang in Prince’s first band Grand Central. Prince grew as an artist and so did the opportunity around him. The Time was originally created as Prince’s alter-ego to be seen as the cool, street-wise funk band contrasting Prince’s more soulful R&B sound. After looking at several lead vocalists, Prince wanted someone with mad talent so he cast his high school friend– the funky, the fabulous Morris Day. Soon after, Morris Day and the Time were cast in Purple Rain which captured the exploding Minneapolis music scene at its peak.

Morris Day burst onto the public scene with the group’s self-titled album, The Time, which included “Get It Up,” “Cool,” and “Girl.” Soon after the world was introduced the prolific Minneapolis music marvel, the group went on to record three more albums, including What Time Is It? (featuring the hits “777-9311,” “Wild and Loose,” “Walk,” and “Gigolos Get Lonely Too”) and Ice Cream Castle, (which included the hit “Jungle Love”). After three albums Morris Day launched his solo career, releasing three albums: The Color of Success, Daydreaming, and Guaranteed. Combined sales of Morris Day’s solo work and The Time is in excess of 10 million units.

About Cameo:

Cameo topped the R&B charts for more than a decade , has sold more than 17 million albums; and Cameo is one of the most popular Funk/ Rock and Soul bands of its era! Line-ups change, styles evolve, and record labels merge, but Cameo has maintained its core funkiness for nearly four decades. From the seventies through today, CAMEO has been churning out trailblazing hits! The group’s pivotal sounds are apart of Music History! Cameo has permanently marked major turning points in music and set the standard that many have tried to duplicate and follow.

Now, CAMEO’s creator and producer; Larry Blackmon, along with founding member Tomi Jenkins is once again ready to challenge the way the world listens to music! CAMEO is ready to introduce a new generation to their Music. The New York City-based band, led by drummer Larry Blackmon, debuted with a single called "Find My Way" on Chocolate City Records, (a label managed by Cecil Holmes through Casablanca Records.) Larry Blackmon has been synonymous with CAMEO since the beginning of his career in the music industry, growing up in New York City, and digesting the sounds of the city streets. The kind of non-stop activity that Blackmon creates has consistently propelled the across-the-board success that CAMEO has enjoyed for over three decades. Blackmon & Jenkins posses a creative determined mind, spirit and dedication to MUSIC! This team is unstoppable!

About this event:

No outside food or drink, please. Food and beverage vendors will be on site. Vendors will include (and more may be added): Martin's, Fork in the Market and Wayne's. Water and other non-alcoholic drinks will be available from the aforementoned vendors.

Beer, wine, and hard cider will be available for purchase. Ticket holders over the age of 21 wishing to purchase alcoholic beverages will need to get a wristband at a designated ABC ID checking tent.

Portable chairs, blankets, and umbrellas are allowed.

Unless weather requires an evacuation or delay during the show, reentry will not be allowed upon leaving the venue.

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