On December 6, I had the honor of taking photos an awesome benefit concert for Joey’s Song. The event at the Barrymore Theatre featured premier locally and nationally known musicians gathered to raise money for epilepsy research.

Mike Gomoll founded Joey's Song in 2010 in honor of his late son Joey, who died shortly before his 5th birthday from a heinous form of epilepsy. "They turned to the one thing that brought Joey so much joy—music—and started Joey's Song, a yearly concert to raise money for epilepsy research." This year they earned nearly $80,000 for two main charities—CURE, which is Citizens United in Research for Epilepsy, and Gio's Garden. Source: WKOW

Phenomenal musicians

Talk about A LOT of talent gathered in one place!

One of the highlights was Miguel Cervantes of Hamilton fame. Named “Chicagoan of the Year in theater” by the Chicago Tribune, Cervantes has starred for three years plus as Alexander Hamilton in Chicago’s production of Hamilton at the CIBC Theatre. Cervantes’s three-year-old daughter Adelaide died in October “after suffering from a rare and very severe form of early childhood epilepsy.”