Nothing is better than great local music. Well, a foodie might argue that great local restaurants top great local music. How about an event that features area bands and eateries, and is a fundraiser for a worthy cause? Then you’d have Sound Bites.
Five area music acts and 25 restaurants come together Sunday for Sound Bites, a fundraiser for DC Central Kitchen.
| If you go |
| Sound Bites |
| Where: 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW |
| When: 5 p.m. doors. Sunday |
| Info: With Trouble Funk, the Pietasters, Ra Ra Rasputin, DJ lil’e and the Joe Herrera Trio. Plus more than two dozen restaurants. $40. dccentralkitchen.org/soundbites; 930.com |
“The 9:30 Club has been a friend and supporter of ours for many years,” said Brian MacNair, chief development officer for DC Central Kitchen. “It’s a real supporter of the community.”
Sound Bites will feature performances from Trouble Funk, the Pietasters, Ra Ra Rasputin, DJ lil’s and the Joe Herrera Trio.
Cork, Evening Star Cafe, Jaleo and Policy are just a few of the more than two dozen restaurants participating with tastings at the events.
“We’re always looking for opportunities to give back to the community,” said Ra Ra Rasputin’s Anna Rozzi. “We really believe in what DC Central Kitchen does.”
Each November, DC Central Kitchen holds its popular Capital Food Fight, a major fundraiser. MacNair said that Sound Bites is both a spring event, and something more accessible to general supporters.
“We decided to run an event that’s a fundraiser for the D.C. Central kitchen that is a bit of a nod to our twentysomethings,” MacNair said. “It’s a tip of the hat to our friends who are 20 to 35.”
The nonprofit DC Central Kitchen provides meals to individuals in need, as well as culinary job training, among other missions.
For Erin Myers, aka DJ lil’e, this is not her first music-meets-food fundraiser. She’s spun at the local Taste of the Nation event for a number of years.
A well-known local disc jockey, Myers will spin tracks that appeal to a wide range of attendees.
“It’s tricky,” she said. “It’s a huge variety. I’m going to read the crowd.”
MacNair added that it wasn’t difficult to get local acts on board.
“It’s a great idea to put food and music together for a benefit,” Rozzi said. “I think it really makes sense.”
