Blood awareness brings Auburn bands together

Gary Mann knows that it is possible to rock out for a good cause. He hopes to make it happen in Cayuga County.

Mann has been organizing a concert series that will take place this month in three separate locations around the county. But he is neither a promoter nor a tour manager. He is the emergency services director for the local Red Cross chapter, and he hopes the concerts - collectively called “Bloodapalooza” - will help inform the county's younger residents of the organization.

Bloodapalooza will feature 11 rock bands in three concerts located in Auburn, Moravia and Cato.