Beyond Hunger is hosting a fundraising concert this fall to support its hunger-relief initiatives in communities like Oak Park and River Forest.
The fall benefit concert will kick off at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 23 at The Salt Shed in Chicago. The event, at 1357 N. Elston Ave., will feature CAKE, a California-based rock band.
Beyond Hunger is a local hunger relief agency that services communities across Cook County, Chicago and some of its suburbs. The organization’s hunger-relief programs provide food and resources, according to a news release, to about 62,000 individuals and families annually. Proceeds will support that work.
According to the release, this is Beyond Hunger’s largest fundraising event of the year. The proceeds from last year’s concert, according to the release, helped provide about 600,000 meals. Beyond Hunger expects about 3,300 attendees to the fall concert.
CAKE, the headliner for the event, writes, arranges, produces and performs their own original music. The members taught themselves to create their recordings in a solar-powered studio in Sacramento.
The band’s most recent album, “Showroom of Compassion” debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, according to the release. CAKE has multiple genres and influences and are working on their ninth album to be released in 2025. A limited edition “Live from Folsom” album is also expected to be released in fall 2024.
“Originally formed as a somewhat antagonistic answer to grunge, CAKE’s democratic processes, defiant self-reliance, and lucid yet ever-inventive music has made them a nation-state unto themselves, with no evident peers in sound or perspective,” the release states.
General admission, or standing, tickets are $78, while grandstand, or seated, tickets are $178. Tickets went on sale Friday.
Correction, July 29, 2024: A previous version of this article misstated how many attendees are expected at the fall concert. We regret the error.