Talent Tonight's "On The Way Tour"
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On The Way Tour takes over BET Weekend Summer 2019
In effort to take the experience as a whole to the next level, Talent Tonight is headed to Los Angeles, California for its next stop on the tour. Taking place during the illustrious BET Weekend, Talent Tonight will be presenting a collection of talent spanning the country all of whom will be vying for exposure and new fan support.
Well respected in event coordination and touring Talent Tonight has established itself as a premiere hub for true talent and opportunity. From R&B performers to Hip Hop the Talent Tonight roster is stockpiled with must see entertainment as captured on BET Network's Hustle In Brooklyn and News12 in the home base of New York City.
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"My hope is that Talent Tonight will continue to empower artists by giving them mainstream exposure. We have been blessed to generate a bulk of talent and now we see Los Angeles as the perfect setting to showcase the next edition of the On The Way Tour. We are excited."
AJ Avanno, Talent Tonight Co-Founder
Former esteemed guests include Ahmed Rodriguez, Hala Maroc, Kevin Weekes, and Natalie Friedman to name a few.
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ON THE WAY TOUR {BET Weekend Edition} - Jason Bourne
With a list of former guests which includes Ahmed Rodriguez, Hala Maroc, Kevin Weekes, and Natalie Friedman the Talent Tonight brands On The Way Tour is kicking off its 2019 season in Los Angeles during BET Weekend. Announcing their keynote guest, BET Hustle In Brooklyn Santos Talent Tonight will be shutting down Mama Lion (601 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005) showcasing their new talent of roster. Ranging from Pop, to R&B and Hip Hop this years cast will look to capitalize on the tone set by previous performers who have helped push the On The Way Tour brand forward.
“My hope is that Talent Tonight will continue to empower artists by giving them mainstream exposure. We have been blessed to generate a bulk of talent and now we see Los Angeles as the perfect setting to showcase the next edition of the On The Way Tour. We are excited.”
– AJ Avanno, Talent Tonight Founder - Jason Bourne
On The Way Tour takes over BET Weekend Summer 2019
In effort to take the experience as a whole to the next level, Talent Tonight is headed to Los Angeles, California for its next stop on the tour. Taking place during the illustrious BET Weekend, Talent Tonight will be presenting a collection of talent spanning the country all of whom will be vying for exposure and new fan support.
Well respected in event coordination and touring Talent Tonight has established itself as a premiere hub for true talent and opportunity. From R&B performers to Hip Hop the Talent Tonight roster is stockpiled with must see entertainment.
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"My hope is that Talent Tonight will continue to empower artists by giving them mainstream exposure. We have been blessed to generate a bulk of talent and now we see Los Angeles as the perfect setting to showcase the next edition of the On The Way Tour. We are excited to welcome BET Hustle In Brooklyn's own Santos as our special guest this time."
AJ Avanno, Talent Tonight Founder
Details:
Who: Talent Tonight Presents.....
What: ON THE WAY TOUR {BET Weekend Edition}
Where: Mama Lion, 601 S. Western Avenue 90005
When: Tuesday June 18th 2019
For info:
AJ Avanno - (917) 673-1201
TalentTonight@gmail.com
@talenttonight - Jason Bourne
Contact AJ Avanno at (917) 673-1201
TalentTonight@gmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Talent Search Platform Recruiting Local Artists for On The Way
Tour - a Showcase Series
A&R Reps to be present PLUS Radio Play Prizes
For years, Talent Tonight has recruited local talent across artistic genres to put on concerts and showcases in Brooklyn and across the Eastern Sea Board. Artists from across genres including dancers, fashion designers and Hip Hop artists have come to the stage, bearing their souls in hopes to score big. This season, Talent Tonight’s ON THE WAY TOUR is recruiting talent from all over to give the masses a series of outstanding performances from Brooklyn to Baltimore to Atlanta. Artists will have the opportunity to win over A&R label representatives along with talent from IHeartRadio, Hot97 and more top tier music critics and professionals. AJ Avanno, Talent Tonight's founder believes The ON THE WAY TOUR and the series of showcase events is giving unsigned artists the opportunity for prominent exposure and to expand their fan base. He is particularly energized to give Hip Hop and R&B artists a stage and audience where no one else has.
AJ. hopes that Talent Tonight events will empower artist by giving them mainstream exposure. He hopes that by generating more talent awareness among audiences, the airwaves and mainstream media can further be diversified.
ON THE WAY TOUR has begun with talent showcases and searches. The next events
are as follows:
- Respect the Talent – Sept 24, 2016, 6pm @eSavoy 2192 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY
- A3C Showcase – Sept. 25, 2016, 6pm @TheFiveSpot 459 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY
- Respect the Talent – Oct 22, 2016, 6pm @eSavoy 2192 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY
- Respect the Talent – Nov 26, 2016, 6pm @eSavoy 2192 Flatbush Ave,
Brooklyn, NY
- On The Way Tour – Dec. 10, 2016, 5pm @Elite Lounge 1517 Ridgley St,
Baltimore, MD About Talent Tonight: Talent Tonight is a multi-talent platform for underground artists. Talent Tonight has launched The On The Way Tour, a national tour that gives unsigned artists a platform to exclusively share their music and work in front of label executives and new audiences.
Contact AJ Avanno at (917) 673-1201
TalentTonight@gmail.com - Brittney Walker
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A&R Reps And Media Attention, Talent Tonight at it again!
On September 11 at 333 Lounge in Brooklyn, NY, Talent Tonight is
hosting a press preview of the talent lined up for the ON THE WAY TOUR. Members of the media will have the opportunity to discover up and coming artists, get first impressions and chat with talent and other media representatives. For years, Talent Tonight has recruited local talent across artistic genres to put on concerts and showcases in Brooklyn and across the Eastern Sea Board. Artists from across genres including R&B singers and Hip Hop artists have come to the stage, bearing their souls in hopes to score big. This season, Talent Tonight’s ON THE WAY TOUR is recruiting talent from all over to give the masses a series of outstanding performances from Brooklyn to Baltimore to Atlanta. Artists will have the opportunity to win over A&R label representatives and other top music critics and professionals. AJ Avanno, the platform’s founder, hopes that Talent Tonight events will empower artist by giving them mainstream exposure. He hopes that by generating more talent awareness among audiences, the airwaves and mainstream media can further be diversified.
The ON THE WAY TOUR is Dec. 10, 2016, 5pm at Elite Lounge 1517 Ridgley St,Baltimore, MD.
About Talent Tonight: Talent Tonight is a multi-talent platform for underground artists. Talent Tonight has launched The On The Way Tour, a national tour that gives unsigned artists a platform to exclusively share their music and work in front of label executives and new audiences.
Contact AJ Avanno at (917) 673-1201
TalentTonight@gmail.com - Brittney Walker
Contact AJ Avanno at (917) 673-1201
Or Brittney Walker at (661) 313-6376
Min. Abdul Hafeez Muhammad Speaks on Violence Speaks at Fee
BK Event
Third Annual Talent Tonight Showcase empowers community
For the third year in a row, Talent Tonight has recruited local talent across artistic genres to put on a massive free display of music and visual art in the park. The Rising Star Showcase features budding singers, dancers, fashion designers and Hip Hop artists. They took to the stage at Prospect Park last weekend to share their gifts and empower the community. During the event, Minister Abdul Hafeez Muhammad of Mosque No. 7 moderated a community discussion about violence in the community. The theme of the talk was a decent and safe community.
“We’re fighting a war on two fronts. One, on rabid police brutality and mob attacks such as Alton Starling and (Philando) Castile fratricidal homicide, which is even worse. So our communities cannot be decent and safe with these two realities in existence,” Muhammad said. “You call when officers die, hate crimes, but what is it when white officers consistently kill unarmed Black people in America?”
Further, the minister commented that it is important for the Black community to make strides for economic independence. He mentioned that while other ethnic communities work together to form businesses and share economic power, the Black community is lagging behind. Instead of depending on others to act as saviors and give hand outs, the minister suggested the Black community band together to force change through a permanent economic boycott.
“Since there is a gross injustice against us and no one seems to be concerned about stopping it, then boycott but make it a permanent separation of our economics,” he said.
As the current political climate and increased media coverage of violence within Black communities continues to bear heavily on the communities consciousness, The Rising Star Showcase seemed timely in providing a space for a healthy conversation as well as relief for the community.
The Rising Star Showcase is an instrument for community outreach and Talent Tonight's way of giving back to the community and creating awareness about social issues. It's also a way for local talent to gain exposure and an opportunity for parents to see their children perform on a big stage," said Avanno.
The event was held at Prospect Park because the organization’s founder believes it is a perfect location, as the park is a mainstay in the community and sits beside the historic Brooklyn Library, a quintessential cultural center hosting some of the richest Black Diaspora historical texts and events in Brooklyn. - Britteny Walker
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A&R Reps And Media Attention, Talent Tonight at it again!
On September 11 at 333 Lounge in Brooklyn, NY, Talent Tonight is
hosting a press preview of the talent lined up for the ON THE WAY TOUR. Members of
the media will have the opportunity to discover up and coming artists, get first impressions and chat with talent and other media representatives. For years, Talent Tonight has recruited local talent across artistic genres to put on concerts and showcases in Brooklyn and across the Eastern Sea Board. Artists from
across genres including R&B singers and Hip Hop artists have come to the stage, bearing their souls in hopes to score big.
This season, Talent Tonight’s ON THE WAY TOUR is recruiting talent from all over to give the masses a series of outstanding performances from Brooklyn to Baltimore to Atlanta. Artists will have the opportunity to win over A&R label representatives and other top music critics and professionals.
AJ. Avanno, the platform’s founder, hopes that Talent Tonight events will empower artist by giving them mainstream exposure. He hopes that by generating more talent awareness among audiences, the airwaves and mainstream media can further be diversified.
The ON THE WAY TOUR is Dec. 10, 2016, 5pm at
Elite Lounge 1517 Ridgley St, Baltimore, MD
About Talent Tonight: Talent Tonight is a multi-talent platform for underground artists. Talent Tonight has launched The On The Way Tour, a national tour that gives unsigned artists a platform to exclusively share their music and work in front of label executives
and new audiences. - Brittney Walker
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Talent Tonight was founded by AJ. Avanno in October of 2011. Aj. Avanno had a vision that soon after took a mind of its own. The idea of Talent Tonight began with a Speed Dating event for single men and women called International Date Night that featured underground singers as an ice breaker show case for the singles to enjoy. It was not long before singers and hip hop artists swarmed the events inbox and voicemail with request to participate at the singles greeters. Aj. Avanno knew then that music was what he needed to be doing. He enjoyed providing a platform for artist to help them with their artistry. Talent Tonight was born and soon became public with its first official event on November 2, 2011. Initially Talent Tonight began as a competition where an incredibly talented singer by the name of “Yoshi thetalent” took home the first win at Cafe Remy in Bay Ridge, Aj. Avanno believed in Yoshi thetalent’s ability to captivate a crowd so much that he began to manage her as a solo artist with the assistance of his co-manager Michael Jaden. Although this business arrangement was short lived, Aj. Avanno learned a lot from this experience.
Earlier that year, Talent Tonight hosted an event called the Rising Star Awards, where hip hop artist “G Da Great” took home the big win at Amarachi Lounge in BedStuy, after challenging Talent Tonight’s compilation of talented champions of all genres, which was judged by veteran managers, musicians, producers, song writers and singers. This was an eye opener for Aj. Avanno. He began to truly appreciate the diversity of talent that touched the stage and the ongoing possibilities if this talent had the proper outlets accessible to them to share theirtalent with the world. Aj. Avanno soon after constructed a group of musicians he later named Band Genre with the help of his sister Khadijah. In the band was lead singers Yoshi thetalent, Ishmael Levi and Angel Antonio as lead singers along with a large group of talented musicians. Band Genre was designed to reflect the broad nature of Talent Tonight and serve as a crowd "pleaser" and did so for many months before Aj. Avanno realized that his desire was to focus his full attention on Talent Tonight and establishing his platform for all artists to benefit. Aj. Avanno knew that he would need help if he was to impact the careers of these talented artists. He soon assembled a team of dedicated music lovers referred to as the “truepromotions team.” This dedicated group of visionaries assisted in the growth of Talent Tonight to what it is today.
Today, Talent Tonight no longer conducts talent competitions. It was established after the Rising Star Awards that talent should be rewarded, not judged. Talent Tonight is now a multi-talented event where only the best of the best are featured all the time. Talent Tonight aspires to host Colleges and Industry tours and one day open its very own Theater, escorting great talent right into mainstream.
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