Organizers for New York’s annual Benefit for the City’s homeless, Blank-Fest, have announced the date for this year’s show. Blank-Fest XXVII is scheduled for Sunday, December 17 from Noon until Midnight at The Hudson House (134 Main Street) in Nyack. Held annually in the NYC suburb, located 20 miles up the Hudson River from Manhattan, Nyack has been hailed as the perfect backdrop for this long-time event, which raises blankets as well as public awareness for the less fortunate. Past events have featured major label artists like Michelle Shocked (Mercury), Patti Rothberg (EMI) as well as legendary indie and regional talent: Bobby Steele (Plan 9, Stiff Records), Joe D’Urso (SCR/Schoolhouse Records, Light Of Day Tour). No lineup has been announced as of yet for this year’s show. The Benefit – which was held virtually during the height of the Covid pandemic in 2020 and 2021 – returned to a live stage last December without missing a step. Sources estimate that since its 1997 inception, Blank-Fest, along with its satellite shows and online efforts, has raised over 20,000 total donations – most of which are distributed directly, to those on the streets of New York, beginning on Christmas Eve.
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