Rock Legends to Play Obama Fundraiser

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September 18, 2008
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Rock Legends to Play Obama Fundraiser

The Pennsylvania Campaign for Change has just announced a Monday, October 13 concert fundraiser to benefit Obama for America featuring many Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and other American music icons. Additionally, the show will be a very large voter outreach opportunity for the Pennsylvania Obama campaign, which has already built the largest volunteer-based campaign in Pennsylvania’s history. The campaign has more than 70 field offices and thousands of volunteers preparing for an unprecedented Get Out the Vote operation. There are now more than 1 million more Democrats in the state than Republicans, an increase of 500,000 since 2004.
Tickets will be available at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, September 19, and are $50 for the general public and $30 for University Park students with a Pennsylvania State University ID. More ticket information is available online at:
https://www.barackobama.com/psu
EVENT DETAILS:
WHO: Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Marc Quinones, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti
WHAT: Concert Fundraiser
WHERE: Bryce Jordan Center, Pennsylvania State University State College, PA
WHEN: Monday, October 13, 2008 - Doors Open 5:30 PM EDT

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Rock Legends to Play Obama Fundraiser

The Pennsylvania Campaign for Change has just announced a Monday, October 13 concert fundraiser to benefit Obama for America featuring many Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and other American music icons. Additionally, the show will be a very large voter outreach opportunity for the Pennsylvania Obama campaign, which has already built the largest volunteer-based campaign in Pennsylvania’s history. The campaign has more than 70 field offices and thousands of volunteers preparing for an unprecedented Get Out the Vote operation. There are now more than 1 million more Democrats in the state than Republicans, an increase of 500,000 since 2004.
Tickets will be available at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, September 19, and are $50 for the general public and $30 for University Park students with a Pennsylvania State University ID. More ticket information is available online at:
https://www.barackobama.com/psu
EVENT DETAILS:
WHO: Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Marc Quinones, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti
WHAT: Concert Fundraiser
WHERE: Bryce Jordan Center, Pennsylvania State University State College, PA
WHEN: Monday, October 13, 2008 - Doors Open 5:30 PM EDT

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Holy Goof

15 years 9 months ago

Disappointing...
I may be mistaken, but I've always believed the Grateful Dead to be a truly unique and purely unifying American spirit. Obviously, in this day in age this is no longer true, as the surviving members have entered the realm of divisive partisan politics. The music of the Grateful Dead (1965-1995) will always be above politics and I'm thankful to have been turned on to such an enlightened philosophy. Moments of camaraderie of all people at Dead shows over the years may be unparalled in the history of humanity; the nearest I've seen to a unified peaceful community and flashing glimpse of utopia, in my humble opinion. Truly the end of an era. American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This ca·ma·ra·der·ie (kä'mə-rä'də-rē, käm'rä'də-rē) Pronunciation Key n. Goodwill and lighthearted rapport between or among friends; comradeship. 'In fact your salvation is within yourself, in your own essence of mind, it is not to be gotten grasping at external people like me.' ~ Jack Kerouac
aaron

15 years 9 months ago

If you're flying to State College for the gig...
If you're planning on flying to State College for the gig, here's some useful info. First, we do have a regional airport here called University Park (SCE). It has about 12 flights in a day on regional affiliates of Northwest, United, and USAir. These aircraft are all small (about 35 seats). So you can do the math...there's only about 400 seats per day. Fortunately, the football team plays at Wisconsin that weekend, so seats won't be taken up by the football fans. But the total number of available seats to fly directly into town is still pretty limited...book yours fast. While you might fly into Pittsburgh, Philly, or NY and rent a car, I also recommend people check out flights to Harrisburg, PA. It's about 75 minutes to State College from the Harrisburg airport, and flights there are usually cheaper than directly to State College. This would be the second best choice if you're not flying directly here. See ya at the show!
Grateful_Deadhead

15 years 9 months ago

need help.
i am trying to make enough money to pay for my way to get to the show....i have 2 tickets..and well obviously 1s for me but i haven't picked who i will take with me...i am open to ideas...i just need help with airfare and a place to crash. i noticed the last poster said something about canceling his hotel room. i would be glad to take up your spot as i need to find a place to crash...or if anyone else is getting a hotel around i would be happy to crash on the floor or whatever...not that i;ll probably sleep much that night anyhow. but yeah if anyone can help or think they can help in anyway dont hesitate to email me at vw.grateful.deadhead@gmail.comthanks ERiC, i;ll be flying in from portland,or

The Pennsylvania Campaign for Change has just announced a Monday, October 13 concert fundraiser to benefit Obama for America featuring many Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and other American music icons. Additionally, the show will be a very large voter outreach opportunity for the Pennsylvania Obama campaign, which has already built the largest volunteer-based campaign in Pennsylvania’s history. The campaign has more than 70 field offices and thousands of volunteers preparing for an unprecedented Get Out the Vote operation. There are now more than 1 million more Democrats in the state than Republicans, an increase of 500,000 since 2004.

Tickets will be available at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, September 19, and are $50 for the general public and $30 for University Park students with a Pennsylvania State University ID. More ticket information is available online at:

https://www.barackobama.com/psu

EVENT DETAILS:

WHO: Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Marc Quinones, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti

WHAT: Concert Fundraiser

WHERE: Bryce Jordan Center, Pennsylvania State University State College, PA

WHEN: Monday, October 13, 2008 - Doors Open 5:30 PM EDT

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Live Broadcast?

Does anyone know if this show will be broadcast like the previous one was?

tickets

they just put tickets up for sale ooh by the way..........LETS GO PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lowers and Floor seats are available

2 co-workers just scored tickets. 1 got 2 in section 115 and the other got 2 floor tickets!

News from the Bryce Jordan Center

Lots will open on SUNDAY! This should mean there will be a serious Shakedown street! On the ticket front: "Some patrons had attempted to purchase more than the limit of two tickets. If you had created a second account and purchased another set of tickets, you should have been notified by Ticketmaster that your order was cancelled and money was credited back to your charge card. In the event that you received tickets or TicketFast emails on a cancelled order, NOTE THAT THE BARCODE HAS BEEN INVALIDATED AND WILL NOT ALLOW ENTRY INTO THE BUILDING. Patrons with cancelled tickets will be denied entry and information will be provided for the PA State Attorney General’s Office in the event they need to file a complaint regarding any tickets purchased on the secondary market (StubHub, eBay, TicketNetwork, etc)."