Band Wagon- Regional Music Competition: ..San Francisco..’s indie rock and art scene will merge on Sunday July 11thin a show to benefit Musicians for Peace & The Equilibrium Institute of the ....Americas.... from 1 P.M. till 9 P.M. The event held at .. 133 Beale Street .. is a pre-demolition celebration for the beloved venue, which is set to be destroyed to make way for a high-rise! After over 20 years, Beale Street Bar and Grill is moving to a new location on .. Minna Street .. in downtown ....San Francisco..... Rob, the producer behind RipStar’s Bands that Rock program, boosts, “Toni runs one of the last strong-holds for authentic music in the city that still has reasonable terms for working artists.” While the new venue .. Beale Street .. is moving into is being built out, Rob and his crew focus their scopes on filing for non-profit status with the I.R.S. Rob states, “being an official non-profit will help land more sponsors so that we can continue serving artists.” The talent making it onto shows and on the Bands to watch list are of merit and Rob says, “Ripstar provides opportunities through radio spinning, live events, and networking for acts to get more attention from the public and in some cases from our industry allies. Slowly, but surely, people are catching on.” The pending bill for June 11thincludes: (times subject to change!) Travis Hayes 1:30 P.M. Sibb Amour 2:15 Weapon Eleven 3 P.M. Nkechi 3:55 P.M. Ash Reiter 4:45 P.M. Clara Bellino 5 P.M. 6:30 (MFP public comment period) Ice Kats and the Mengz 6:20 P.M. Little Black Bats / or Jolly Good Fellows 7:20 P.M.*Robert Temple 8:25 P.M. * Benefiting Musicians for Peace. Other acts will be asked the night of the event to benefit MFP to the extent they are able. Local Sponsors for acts enrolling into the Battle for America SF Regional competition: Nicho M. Photography$300 value RipStar -Compilation Spot $300 value. Band review $150 value. Band Assessment $100 value. www.ripstar.cfsites.org Iadge Productions - Syaft Iadge, producer of Yeah Live!, Noise Chek, and Indie The Band is donating1 hour of video filming, including editing and a DVD (30 minutes) of the finished product a $650 value.www.myspace.com/noisechek www.myspace.com/yeahlive Send CD's, Tapes, Records to: Noise Chek/Yeah Live!Designer shirts- X2 www.Lucky-Fuck.com /www.gorenoir.com National Sponsorships/Prizes through Battle for America that the winning regional act may be eligible to compete for once the regional competitions closes: AMP, Music Connection, B&B Commercial Printing, Quickstar Productions, $1000 Grand Prize from ..Battle.. for ....America..... www.myspace.com/battleforamerica Judges include: TBA Read more:http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=21952345&blogId=535871306#ixzz0rGrZQbKx