MIAMI BEACH, FL. (Top40 Charts/ Celebration Of The Sea Festival) - The Celebration Of The Sea
Music & Film Festival announced today that it will be teaming up with The Miami Beach Polo World Cup and The Setai on Saturday, April 26, 2008 to hold an ocean side concert featuring the Blues Brothers and other surprise celebrity guests followed by a VIP dine around. The silent auction will benefit The Buoniconti Fund To Cure Paralysis. The VIP dine around is being hosted by the world renowned The Setai after an oceanside concert on Miami Beach in the Polo World Cup arena erected between 20th and 22nd streets.
Both events will include special presentations by honorary guest Judy Belushi Pisano, the widow of acclaimed Saturday Night Live Star and Blues Brothers co-creator John Belushi. Mrs. Belushi Pisano will be joined by both Blues Brothers, Jake and Elwood Blues whose recent live concert performances have been featured at NASCAR's Daytona 500, The House of Blues, The Capital One Half Time Show, The New York Stock Exchange and Universal Studios. They will be arriving in the Blues Mobile that was featured in their Universal Pictures movie blockbuster "The Blues Brothers" to perform an exclusive live oceanside concert on Miami Beach. The special performance will feature the Blues Brothers' greatest hits from the Atlantic Records multi-platinum album "Briefcase Full Of Blues."
"We are thrilled to be partnering up with Celebration of the Sea and being able to host one of their amazing concerts in our venue on the beach after a day of our world class polo competitions," said Miami Beach Polo World Cup Co-Founder and President Bruce Orosz. "This brings even more excitement and celebrity star power to Miami Beach and we're looking forward to this as a kick-off to help host one of their concerts every year during our Polo event."
"We're so grateful to Judy Belushi for helping us bring the magic of the Blues Brothers to Miami Beach to benefit such an important cause as The Buoniconti Fund To Cure Paralysis," said President and Founder of Celebration Of The Sea, Patxi Pastor. "We know producing the concert as an annual event with The Miami Beach Polo World Cup will create an amazing world class signature event for our city. This kick-off concert and dinner on the 26th is going to set the stage for a mega event we are already planning for 2009 with The Buoniconti Fund and Miami Beach Polo World Cup."
The last Celebration Of The Sea Music And Film Festival was featured in Rolling Stone Magazine and held in Key Largo, FL. The concert was attended by over 5,000 music fans and included special performances by the "Father of Rock And Roll" Chuck Berry, Aerosmith Front Man Steven Tyler, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, Barry Goudreau and Fran Sheehan, original members of Boston, rap pioneer DMC, Supermodels Sabrina Pastor, Frederique van der Wal and Carol Alt.
