Peterborough musicians and businesses are coming together on Sunday (September 30) to help the family of a five-year-old Lakefield boy who is undergoing brain surgery in October.
The “Helping Addi Concert & Silent Auction” takes place from 2 to 11 p.m. at the Historic Red Dog Tavern (189 Hunter St. W., Peterborough).
Addison “Addi” Beauclerc has been suffering from seizures ever day since he was three, caused by a tumour deep in the left side of his brain.
As medications haven’t helped, he will be undergoing brain surgery at Toronto’s SickKids Hospital on Tuesday, October 16th to remove the tumour and hopefully stop the seizures.
The musicians who are donating their time and talent to play at the concert are True Confessions (at 2 p.m.), Bridget Foley and the Gospel Girls (at 3 p.m.), Ken Tizzard (at 4 p.m.), Canuck Rocks (at 5 p.m.), Al Black and the Steady Band (at 6 p.m.), Bowie Lives (at 7 p.m.), Bailien with Terry Guiel (at 8 p.m.), and Broken Harmony (at 9 p.m.). An open jam will follow at 10 p.m.
Items for the silent auction have been donated by Long & McQuade, Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, Taylor’s Country Store, Zap Records, 6IX MMA, Gotta Havva Pizza, Fandango, Rocky Ridge, The Wire, The Avant-Garden Shop, and other businesses.
All proceeds raised from the concert and silent auction will be used to help Addi’s parents with travel costs and expenses while in Toronto, as well as with unpaid time off work before and after Addi’s surgery, which will involve a long recovery.
If you can’t make it to the benefit but still want to help the Beauclerc family, you can donate via Paypal at paypal.me/AddisonBeauclerc or GoFundMe at gofundme.com/AddisonBeauclerc.
