Violent Soho & The Smith St Band's 'Gig Of The Century' Raises $3500 For 4ZZZ

Yesterday's 'Gig Of The Century' at Crowbar has lived up to its promise, with the event — featuring headline performances from The Smith St Band and Violent Soho — raising more than $3000 for local station 4ZZZ in service of the nationwide #KeepCommunityRadio campaign.

As ABC reports, south-east Queensland punters were out in force in the Valley yesterday afternoon, responding to the bands' surprise social-media call to arms with gusto, making use of the show's 'pay-what-you-feel' entry price to pack out the Crowbar and pull together a none-too-shabby $3500 — with change still to be counted — for the stalwart radio broadcaster. The gig also featured performances from High Tension, Jess Locke and Joelistics.

 

WELL THAT WAS SPECIAL Thanks SO MUCH to the legends @violentsoho4122 @jesslockemusic @hightensionband @joelistics for showing your community some love #keepcommunityradio

A video posted by 4ZZZ Radio (@4zzzradio) on Jun 5, 2016 at 2:38am PDT

 

See all the legends in this line? Together they raised $3500 for us. We can't thank you guys enough for getting behing the #keepcommunityradio cause THIS IS WHAT COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE #gigofthecentury

A photo posted by 4ZZZ Radio (@4zzzradio) on Jun 5, 2016 at 10:06pm PDT

The rest of the country's community radio networks also took part in action to support #KeepCommunityRadio over the weekend, which developed in response to a $1.4 million funding reduction to the Community Broadcasting Program at the hands of the federal government.

 

TODAY!!! LIVE AT @crowbarbris: @thesmithstreetband @jesslockemusic @joelistics @hightensionband and @violentsoho4122!!! GIG OF THE CENTURY, ALL PROCEEDS TO #4ZZZ FUCKING GET INTO IT!!! #communityradio #keepcommunityradio #violentsoho #thesmithstreetband #joelistics #hightension #crowbar #jesslocke #gigofthecentury @iohyouforever

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