Big Daddy Kane to Headline Restoration Rocks in Bed-Stuy October 12th

Hip Hop Icon BIG DADDY KANE to Headline Restoration Rocks!

DJ QuestLove, Chrisette Michele, Maya Azucena

to Perform & Leon to Host the Highly Anticipated

Music Festival in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn: October 12, 2013

Hip Hop Legend BIG DADDY KANE, QUESTLOVE of The Roots, R&B sensation CHRISETTE MICHELE, award-winning singer, activist MAYA AZUCENA, and actor LEON (The Five Heartbeats).

The 7th annual Restoration Rocks! music festival returns to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. This is a free event open to the community. The festival is presented by the Center for Arts & Culture (CAC) at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (BSRC) and is a part of the Bed-Stuy Alive! week-long event (www.bed-stuyalive.org). New Feature This Year: Online talent competition winners to perform.

Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 10:00am – 5:00pm

Restoration Rocks! music festival will take place at Restoration Plaza located at 1368 Fulton Street (between Brooklyn and New York Avenues) in the Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bed-Stuy) neighborhood of Central Brooklyn.

Launched in 2007, Restoration Rocks! seeks to highlight and celebrate the rich artistic legacy that Bedford-Stuyvesant is renowned for. Every year, the most dynamic established and up-and-coming Brooklyn musicians from a variety of genres are showcased. They epitomize both the talent and social consciousness that defines the Bed-Stuy music scene.

Restoration Rocks! is one of the featured events kicking off this year’s Bed-Stuy Alive! festival with its theme “Live Healthy. Live Well. Live Green.” Now in its ninth year, Bed Stuy Alive! celebrates the rich history and diversity of the local community – from delicious foods and unique crafts to local musical talent and historic brownstones.

The 2013 Restoration Rocks! music festival is also sponsored by Centric, Capital One, Bed-Stuy Gateway Business Improvement District, HealthPlus – Amerigroup, and Applebee’s.

For the first time, Restoration Rocks! is collaborating with Blazetrak to present an online talent competition where up to two artists will be selected for the chance to perform on Bed-Stuy’s coveted music stage. Artists are encouraged to sign up. Submission guidelines are at www.blazetrak.com/restorationrocks

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, the nation’s first community development corporation, partners with residents and business to improve the quality of life of Central Brooklyn by fostering economic self-sufficiency, enhancing family stability and growth, promoting the arts and culture and transforming the neighborhood into a safe, vibrant place to live, work and visit. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, Restoration is a dynamic institution that creates significant, sustainable, and demonstrable impact in improving the well-being of local residents and business.

• Website: www.restorationplaza.org

• Facebook: BedStuyRestoration

• Twitter: @BSRC

For general and event information, contact Tracey Capers at 718.636.6906 or via email at tcapers@restorationplaza.org.

Media inquiries are directed to April R. Silver at AKILA WORKSONGS. Contact pr@akilaworksongs.com, 718.756.8501 office, or@akilaworksongs (Twitter).