Lonely Planet Espy Gig June 10th, 2010

Let’s fill the Gershwin Room!

Every year the LP Band gig at the Espy’s Gershwin Room gets bigger and bigger. In June, we’ll need your help to make this the best event ever.

This time, we are supporting Child Aid in Guatemala – a Planet Wheeler supported project recommended by LP authors Lucas Vidgin and Danny Palmerlee. They give rural Guatemalan children access to books, build community libraries, train teachers, organize literacy programs and get kids back into school.

We are honoured this year to share the stage with some astonishingly talented musicians in the Lonely Planet community:

Speed Orange, fronted by Tony Jackson (also legendary producer of many LPTV soundtracks)






Roostar, fronted by Ryan Sweeney (he played the Espy only this week in fact)




Travis Winters, full time dad and bluesman – watch what he can do with a brutalized Telecaster at our open mike night!



Slabotomy will take the stage around 9pm with two ambitious sets of rock/pop/jazz/fusion. We’re proud to introduce several new musicians alongside the long-timers this time around.

You can also help out by Tweeting and Facebooking an invitation. Or, for the old-school, just tell all your friends! It’s a great cause, and we couldn’t be more excited. Let’s make this a night to remember.

P.S. Thanks to David and Will at R+R Communications in NZ for the awesome poster design