SOBECA Summer Sounds Series Second installment features beer garden at The CAMP

Costa Mesa, CA, July 26, 2012 – The SOBECA Summer Sound Series continues on Sunday, August 5, noon to 6 p.m. at The CAMP, 2937 Bristol St., with performances by Los Angeles natives The Miracals and former American Idol contestant, Jackie Tohn.

Thanks to sponsors Planet LA Records, Hubert’s Lemonade and Travel Costa Mesa, the event is FREE to the public. Performers include Sonia Rao, who made the top 40 on NBC’s The Voice, Rudy Love, Jr., Georgia-based Ocha La Rocha, Bryan Titus, Ben Leyland, Fontain's M.U.S.E., Caroline Brooks, Jake Brown, Jon Sherman & Drydad Flutes, and a drum circle to close out the day.  The main stage will be located on the SEED People’s Market patio and the acoustic stage adjacent to taco asylum.

A third performance location has been added featuring a Stone Brewing Co. Beer Garden, both located in the Tree House above ECCO Restaurant, which will benefit charity partner, Music Saves Lives. Guests can also enjoy beverages from Hubert's Lemonade and take part in making instruments out of recycled materials and household items.  Continuing the August 5^th festival across the street, The LAB will feature a live broadcast by Vibe’s & Stuff radio, DJ sets and an art show by Andrew Baker in The ARTery Gallery.

The SOBECA Summer Sounds Series will conclude on the weekend of August 25-26 featuring an extensive lineup of performers, artists and more.   Please contact janet@thelab.com for add’l info!

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The SOBECA District, an acronym for South On Bristol, Entertainment, Culture, Arts, is a renowned indoor-outdoor cultural community in Orange County celebrating the arts through fashion, music, art and healthy living.  At the heart of this district are specialty retail projects, The LAB and The CAMP, across the street from each other on south Bristol Street.  For more information, visit www.thecampsite.com or www.thelab.com. 

PSA episode 'METAL IN MY SHELL

 Supa Pirate Booty Hunt the award winning animated series has

joined forces with Music Saves Lives a non-profit organization whose

mission is to educate people about the importance of blood donation

and the bone marrow registry and to use all forms of music and

entertainment to get the message out. Together they have produced

animated episode PSA's along with a comic book with their life saving

message to reach out to the comic con audience. Each episode pairs Cpt

Zack Stevers & Daniel the Turtle with a different music celebrity.

Last summer's episode 'Nurse Boobies Please' featured Vans Warped

Tour main stage artist 3OH!3 and it took home six awards at the

Burbank International Film Festival.

WHEN: Saturday July 14th from 9 PM - Midnight at Wet Willies located

at 555 Market Street at corner of 6th ave (only a couple blocks away

from the convention center) The event is FREE for anyone, 21 + event.

Meet Supa Pirate Booty Hunt creators Steve Sievers & Dahveed

Kolodny-Nagy as they will be giving out FREE signed copies of MSL/SPBH

comic book (while supplies last) Music Saves Lives director Russel

Hornbeek will be on hand to discuss the charity concept and provide

some free iTunes cards.



Be the first to view the animated PSA episode 'METAL IN MY SHELL' at

the after party. The episode guest stars Dave Mustaine of Megadeth and

Full Metal Jackie. Cpt Zack Stevers & Daniel the Turtle face Dave

Mustaine in a rock off that warps time & space. The episode will be

released on Music Saves Lives youtube channel the following week.

Fame voice actor Richard Epcar will be on hand at the party signing

autographs. Richard has lead his voice to over 2,000 characters, most

notable for Ghost in the Shell, Robotech, Transfomers, Street Fighter,

& Mortal Kombat. Fame voice actor Neil Kaplan from from Transfromers

Robots in Disguise, Power Rangers, Pokemon, Bleach, Starcraft II, Supa

Pirate Booty Hunt, & more will be on hand signing autographs. Other

surprise voice actors & artists will be

stopping by the party so make sure to attend this free event!

I needed blood in a BAD way!

Emily Tantuccio – denim jacket – is a Blood transfusion recipient.  She was diagnosed last summer with a Factor 7 clotting deficiency and needed many transfusions of platelets and red cells.   She now encourages everyone she knows to donate and is helping out and recruiting donors for several Music Saves Lives blood drives, including the EB one, that brought in many donors.  She lives in Old Bridge NJ with her friend Traci Rubin.  They worked together on the blood drives while in school at North Brunswick High School and is a regular donor.  They are both volunteers for this Music Saves Lives / Vans Warped Tour drive.   They were so successful recruiting donors, spreading the word at the mall, and helping out at the drive.

 You Can Still Donate for VIP check out www.musicsaveslives.org/donate.php