New York, NY (Top40 Charts / T.J. Martell Foundation) The T.J. Martell Foundation is proud to announce the addition of
Greyson Chance and
Emblem3 to their impressive lineup of artists for its 14 th Annual Family Day on Sunday,
September 15 th , 2013 at Roseland Ballroom in New York City . "I am honored and excited to be performing for an organization that truly helps our society," says
Greyson Chance who, at fifteen years old, has already had a number one single, performed live on
Ellen and Good Morning
America and has shared stages with iCarl y's
Miranda Cosgrove and Big Time Rush, previous Family Day honorees.
As the breakout band on the hit show X Factor, amassing over 15 million YouTube views,
Emblem3 is another amazing addition to this year's event. According to the band members, "We are so excited to be performing at this year's Family Day with such an incredible lineup of artists supporting the T.J. Martell Foundation. We are stoked to be able to do our part to help in the fight against leukemia, cancer and AIDS."
Joining Chance and
Emblem3 at Family Day is multi-Grammy award-winning singer
Jason Mraz who will perform live along with
Ed Sheeran and rising pop star
Austin Mahone . Both Sheeran and Mahone are taking a break from their sold out tour with superstar
Taylor Swift to perform at the event. Disney breakout star
Bridgit Mendler from the hit series "Good Luck Charlie" will round out the line-up as the event's guest host.
Family Day is one of the music industry's signature events providing a spectacular day full of fun games, carnival activities and food to raise money for leukemia, cancer and AIDS research. Having steadily grown into one of the Martell Foundation's most successful events, Family Day has raised close to $5 million for Martell-funded research at twelve hospitals across the country. Last year's sold out event honored Grammy-award winning band
Train with performances by Cobra Starship,
Cody Simpson and new singing sensation
Ariana Grande .
Fans can purchase tickets and VIP packages, please visit www.tjmartell.org or call the Foundation at (646) 841-1394.
ABOUT THE T.J. MARTELL FOUNDATION
The T.J. Martell Foundation, founded in 1975 by the music industry, is a national non-profit organization that funds cutting-edge research for leukemia, cancer and AIDS at twelve top research hospitals in the United States . To learn more about the T.J. Martell Foundation, please go to www.tjmartell.org
