The Official Website of the FREELANCE VANDALS

 

Showtime 6:30 - 9:30

If you're coming down to see the band & haven't picked up any tickets to BillyFest yet, RS Jones will have plenty of tickets available! 

ALSO---

This week in JP's blog:

Who's playing drums with the Freelance Vandals at BillyFest?

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Today in JP's Blog ...

Who's playing drums with the Freelance Vandals at BillyFest?

On Saturday July 26th, the Freelance Vandals will be staging BILLYFEST 2008,  a Benefit Concert celebrating the memory of their drummer Billy Cairns!

Here's What You Need To Know:

Saturday July 26th

Rain or Shine

Doors Open @ 4:30 pm

Union Park Cafe

2823 Long Beach Road

Oceanside, NY

Featured Performers:

The Treutlein/Novak Band

The Open Mic Set

The Freelance Vandals

Fourteen Feet

Late Night "Jam" Set

Sound & Stage Set-Up by: Eastern Stage Productions 

Tent & Lighting by: Bestek Lighting & Staging

Door & Security:  Suzy Vandal & The Mighty Corcoran Brothers

Featuring food from these great local restaurants:

RS Jones Restaurant (Merrick, NY)

The Bayou (Bellmore, NY)

Union Park Cafe (Oceanside, NY)

Ticket Price: $50.00 (non-refundable)

All proceeds will be used to establish a college fund for Billy's daughter

Tickets will be available at the following locations:

RS Jones

153 Merrick Ave, Merrick, NY   516-378-7177

The Bayou

2823 Jerusalem Ave. N. Bellmore, NY   516 785-9263

Silver By The Sea

165 Woodcleft Ave Freeport, NY 516-223-1399

Union Park Cafe

2823 Long Beach Rd  Oceanside, NY 516-766-9547

You can also order tickets by mail 

Here's how:

Send a check or money order for $50.00 to

Freelance Vandals

c/o 209  47th  Street

Lindenhurst, NY  11757

Very Important:

The check or money order must be made out to:

Judith Hilderbrand

(note: she is the custodian of the college fund account for Billy's daughter, Amelia)

ALSO

If you cannot attend the show and would like to donate money to this cause,

simply follow the mail order directions above & contribute whatever you like!

Any amount will be appreciated!

You can also help us raise money for this worthy cause by purchasing items from the...

Thank you!

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OTHER BREAKING NEWS--

SHOWTIME  6:30 - 9:30

The Freelance Vandals are proud to announce the launch of their new official website... 

http://www.freelancevandals.net

The website, designed as a memorial to their late drummer, Billy Cairns, celebrates the band's 30 year musical history.

Join the Freelance Vandals E-Mail List 

Here's some of the fun stuff you can do while you're visiting this website:

• Post your thoughts and memories of Billy & the band when you visit The Memory Box
• Visit one of the many galleries in the Freelance Vandals Museum (don't get lost while you're wandering around there...)  When you visit the museum, here's what you'll find:
•   Photo Gallery
• Art Gallery
• Snapshot Galleries
• The Gig List
• Newsletter Archive
• Press Box
• FV Song Lyric Archive
• Museum Arboretum
• FV History Archive
• Meditation Garden
• Long Island Rock & Roll History Archive
• Museum Gift Shop
• FV Discography

• If you need to Contact Us, our e-mail is freelancevandals@gmail.com
• Listen to Freelance Vandal Music --  Mike Adams has set up a MySpace site with a jukebox which plays some FV toones!
• Read JP's Rock & Roll is a State of Mind Blog  (talk about "comments from the peanut gallery" indeed!)
• Looking to catch some live music in the Long Island area?  See what's listed in the Long Island Live Music Calendar
• Stop in at the Yazoo Cocktail Lounge for a tall, cool libation and chat with Buck the Bartender!  Also, if you want to join the party in the lounge, send a small photo of yourself to freelandcevandals@ gmail.com
• Listen to toones on Radio Midnight where we post different playlists of cool songs all the time!
• Check out our Rock and Roll Links Page which feature interesting links to sites and mystical spots in cyberspace (hmmm...)
• Visit the Freelance Vandals Shopping Mall -- all sorts of interesting "stuff" there!
• Visit the Billy Photo Page page where you can view a lot of great pictures of Billy bangin on his drums!
• Stop on by the Billy Cairns Memorial page and say a big "Howdy!" to Billy, why don'cha?