Daniel Light come on down! You've won two tickets to ROARchestra for Celebrate America this Saturday July 5. Congratulations, enjoy the show.

Now we've got two more tickets to give away for next week's ROARchestra.

Picnic and party with "Motown's #1 party group" The Contours!  This high-energy concert will feature the Dirty Dancing hit "Do You Love Me" as well as impeccable harmonies on songs like "Shake Sherry" and "Can You Do It."

Saturday, July 12, 2008
8:30PM - Louisville Zoo

Same as always, drop a comment or send me an email to let me know you'd like to enter. One random winner will be chosen from all entries I receive before 10PM on Wednesday July 9, 2008.

The very fine folks at the Louisville Orchestra love you. They really, really  love you. Know how I know this? They've given Consuming Louisville two tickets to give away to each of the four Fifth Third Bank ROARchestra performances at the Louisville Zoo. That's love people.

Since there are four sets of tickets to give away I'm going to say that each person is limited to winning once. So if you win the first week you aren't eligible for the additional giveaways. Other than that it's the same as always. Leave a comment or send an email letting me know you'd like to be entered. I will randomly choose a winner from all entries received by 10PM Wednesday July 2, 2008 for the first giveaway. That first performance, by the way, is Celebrate America.

Bring your picnic baskets and lawn chairs for an evening of music under the stars.

Ticket price includes zoo admission, parking and the concert. Patrons may enter the zoo at 6:30pm.

This concert is full of traditional patriotic music like Lincoln Portrait and Sing Out, America, blended with all-American favorites like themes from Indiana Jones and Saving Private Ryan.  And of course it wouldn't be an American celebration with out everyone's favorite classical piece 1812 Overture.

Also, please let me know if you're willing to have your email address added to a list to receive special offers from the Louisville Orchestra. That's not a criteria for entering the contest, it's totally optional but I think you should do it because they've got some very cool stuff coming up soon that you'll want to get in on the good deals for. 

Chet Gray come on down! You've won two tickets to see Jose Gonzalez this Saturday night June 14 at Headliners and you've also won a Jose Gonzalez iPod skin from People Like Us Style. Congratulations. Enjoy the show.

Thanks to everyone who entered. If you didn't win you've got another chance. Our good friends over at Backseat Sandbar also have two tickets to give away. So head over there and enter to win. And remember, the internet loves you and wants you to have free concert tickets.

As I mentioned last week I've got two tickets to the Jose Gonzalez show at Headliners this Saturday night June 14, 2008. I've also got a Jose Gonzalez iPod skin from People Like Us Style to give away. Yay free stuff, thank you record company people.

Go ahead and drop a comment here if you want to be entered to win the Jose Gonzalez tickets and iPod skin. I will randomly choose one winner (you get both the iPod skin and the tickets) from all who enter before 10PM Tuesday June 10, 2008.

We have a winner! Ashley Cecil come on down, you've won a copy of Girls and Boys by Ingrid Michaelson. Congratulations!

The next Consuming Louisville giveaway is coming very soon. I've got two tickets to the Jose Gonzalez show at Headliners on June 14, 2008 and a custom designed Jose Gonzalez iPod skin. Yay free stuff. Go ahead and drop a comment here if you want to be entered to win the Jose Gonzalez tickets and iPod skin.

Ingrid Michaelson is playing at Headliners tomorrow night, Wednesday June 4, and I've got one copy of her CD Girls and Boys to give away.

Send an email or drop a comment by 10PM tonight and I'll pick one random winner and announce it tomorrow! Sweet!

Thanks to all who participated in the giveaway for Louisville author Will Lavender's debut novel Obedience. I'll be contacting the winners by email but I'll share the favorite books the winners listed in their entries:

To Kill a Mockingbird
Eat Pray Love & Catcher in the Rye
The Great Gatsby & On the Road
The Stand
To Kill a Mockingbird & The Bell Jar & The Group

Local author Will Lavender's first novel Obedience hit store shelves yesterday. I've got five copies in my hot little hands I'm itching to giveaway courtesy of the book's publisher (thanks Shaye Areheart Books). To enter all you have to do is leave a comment or send an email telling me what your favorite book is. Bonus points if in your comment you tell why it's your favorite book.

For Louisville based winners of this contest, and Louisville readers in general, the author and I have discussed putting together a one time book club gathering to meet and discuss Obedience. I can hardly describe how much fun I think it would be to discuss a good novel with the author. I really hope we can pull this gathering off. So, please also leave a comment to let me know if you'd be interested in said gathering.

Obedience is a psychological thriller, the author describes it as being reminiscent of the Michael Douglass film "The Game" and set on a a college campus. Here is the full publisher's blurb

When the students in Winchester University's Logic and Reasoning 204 arrive for their first day of class, they are greeted not with a syllabus or texts, but with a startling assignment from Professor Williams: Find a hypothetical missing girl named Polly. If after being given a series of clues and details the class has not found her before the end of the term in six weeks, she will be murdered.

At first the students are as intrigued by the premise of their puzzle as they are wary of the strange and slightly creepy Professor Williams. But as they delve deeper into the mystery, they begin to wonder: Is the Polly story simply a logic exercise, designed to teach them rational thinking skills, or could it be something more sinister and dangerous?

The mystery soon takes over the lives of three students as they find disturbing connections between Polly and themselves. Characters that were supposedly fictitious begin to emerge in reality. Soon, the boundary between the classroom assignment and the real world becomes blurred-and the students wonder if it is their own lives they are being asked to save.

Finally, Will Lavender will be reading from Obedience at Carmichael's on Frankfort Avenue tomorrow night, February 21, 2008 at 7PM. I really hope there is a great turnout to support this local author and his new work. A literary town is a great town.

Contest info
To enter leave a comment or send an email to info AT consuminglouisville.com (with Contest Entry as the subject) that includes the title of your favorite book. Feel free to also share why that book is your favorite.

Winners will be selected at random from all entries received before 12:01AM Monday February 25, 2008.

The winners of Consuming Louisville's first ever giveaway have been contacted. Those three lucky people have each won a copy of the new José González disc In Our Nature courtesy of Mute Records.

Remember José González is coming to our fair town and will be playing at The 930 Listening Room on December 1. I have no doubt it will be a great show so get your tickets now. 

Remember we've got three copies of the new José González disc In Our Nature to give away.

You can enter to win two ways: First, in the comments or via email, drop your favorite song lyric. José González is a brilliant songwriter so quoting good lyrics seems a fitting way to acquire some of his work. Your second option is
to list one thing you love about Louisville. Three winners will be randomly chosen from the entries.

You must use a real email address to enter so you can be contacted if you win.

To recap:
Either in the comments or by sending an email to info AT consuminglouisville.com list your favorite song lyric or one of your favorite things about Louisville. From the entries three people will be chosen at random to receive a copy of José González's new cd In Our Nature.

Deadline for entries is Sunday November 18 10AM Eastern (Louisville local) time.

In anticipation of the show December 1 at the 930 Listening Room the fine folks at Mute Records have provided Consuming Louisville with three copies of the new José González disc In Our Nature to give away.
This is the first of hopefully many, many contests and giveaways and I couldn't be more excited.

You can enter to win two ways: First, in the comments or via email, drop your favorite song lyric. José González is a brilliant songwriter so quoting good lyrics seems a fitting way to acquire some of his work. Your second option is
to list one thing you love about Louisville. Three winners will be randomly chosen from the entries.

You must use a real email address to enter so you can be contacted if you win.

To recap:
Either in the comments or by sending an email to info AT consuminglouisville.com list your favorite song lyric or one of your favorite things about Louisville. From the entries three people will be chosen at random to receive a copy of José González's new cd In Our Nature.

Deadline for entries is Sunday November 18 10AM Eastern (Louisville local) time.