{"id":473690,"date":"2026-10-22T19:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/473690\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:24:08","slug":"boys-girls-clubs-of-greater-dallas-to-host-rock-the-club-2026-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/473690\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys &#038; Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas to host Rock the Club 2026 fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2R2A2913-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128386\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2R2A2913-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-128386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What if some of the musicians taking the stage at Dallas\u2019 iconic Granada Theater this weekend aren\u2019t seasoned rock stars? Instead, they\u2019ll be young students from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgcdallas.org\/event\/rock-the-club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas (BGCD)<\/a>, showcasing their talents alongside established local bands.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Oct. 24, BGCD will host its first live music fundraiser, Rock the Club 2026, at the Granada Theater from 7 to 11 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Socially Distant will headline the event, alongside a performance by Rowdy Dowdy. Students from Lake Highlands High School, Dallas Academy and Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center will also help bring the event to life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s merchandise that our kids have been working on, so [it will be] a concert kind of feel with the merch stand,\u201d BGCD CEO Brian Slye said. \u201cThey\u2019ll be pressing shirts on site, so they\u2019ll be getting some kind of entrepreneurship experience there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Performances by the Lake Highlands School of Music Modern Ensemble and BGCD students will give attendees a chance to see the young musicians showcase their skills on a professional stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve been practicing a lot to show up for the gig,\u201d Slye said. \u201cThe kids are pumped, and the adults are super nervous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the live music and merchandise stand, attendees can participate in a vinyl art spinning station, where children can choose colors and create spin art on vinyl records. The event will also feature a temporary tattoo auction and pick punching.<\/p>\n<p>The family-friendly concert is free for BGCD club members and their families. Other attendees can purchase tickets<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prekindle.com\/find-tickets\/id\/-2852527949087650292?0&amp;queueittoken=e_prekindle~q_2100a1bf-5c8b-464b-b985-c233bafca22d~ts_1792689517~ce_true~rt_safetynet~h_71d9ae6569bee42f85f6dc8457d225a53a3d718d6e769f665acc00de27457cb3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy of Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas.\u00a0 What if some of the musicians taking the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[160380,158721,158722,102,160381,104,103,160382,80696,160383,160384,160385],"class_list":["post-473690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-bgcd","tag-boys-girls-clubs-of-greater-dallas","tag-brian-slye","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-academy","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-granada-theater","tag-lake-highlands-high-school","tag-lake-highlands-school-of-music-modern-ensemble","tag-rock-the-club-2026","tag-yvonne-a-ewell-townview-magnet-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}