Cincinnati Music Hall Blood Drive celebrates Hoxworth donors with free, live performances and gifts

Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, is partnering with local arts organizations to host one of the largest community blood drives Feb. 24 at Cincinnati’s Music Hall. Do you love music? Do you love saving lives? Now you can do both in an experience that is truly magical, combining the power of music with the impact of saving lives! 

Thanks to the Cincinnati Arts Association’s "Arts in Healing" Initiative, you’ll enjoy FREE, live performances every hour while you donate. The Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Ballet, Friends of Music Hall, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, May Festival and Cincinnati Arts Association are coming together once again to save lives.

 Dan Erdman is a member of the Arts in Healing program for the Cincinnati Arts Association. He says the combination of the arts and saving lives is inspiring.

“As a team member of the Arts in Healing program for the Cincinnati Arts Association, I believe that music can impact listeners in a powerful way, providing a mood to help them connect more directly with their heart of hearts.” Erdman continues, “I have enjoyed offering music to Hoxworth blood drive donors at Music Hall as they literally give of that heart lifestream to benefit others in need. As an artist interested in healing, I have also been inspired to give blood myself after I finish my performance, grateful for the opportunity to help with healing in a directly physical way as well. We are all in this together!”

• A FREE Lifesaver long-sleeve shirt
• A BONUS $10 eGift card for whole blood donation and $20 eGift card for double red cell or platelet donation
• FREE gifts from Music Hall partners
• Complimentary parking provided by SP+ Parking in surface lot between Music Hall and Memorial Hall, 1228 Elm St. (enter lot from Elm Street or Central Parkway)

Donors will also get to enjoy live performances throughout the day from the Cincinnati Arts Association’s Arts in Healing initiative:

• 10:00-10:50 - Kelly Richey
• 10:50-11:40 - Brandon Voorhees
• 11:40-12:30 - Wild Carrot
• 12:30-1:20 - Pam Jurgens
• 1:20-2:10 - Lauren Wilson
• 2:10-3:00 - Kyle Meadows
• 3:00-3:50 - Dan Erdman

Hoxworth Blood Center is proud to partner with Music Hall and Cincinnati’s local arts community to bring awareness to the need for blood donors and is excited to welcome new donors who may not have been able to donate prior to the FDA’s change in guidance in 2023.

Appointments for blood donation are highly encouraged due to the popularity of the event. For more information on parking and to schedule an appointment, visit https://hoxworth.org/groups/musichall.html  or call (513) 451-0910.

If you can’t make it to Music Hall on Feb. 24, we have another opportunity to donate blood and enjoy the arts. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is hosting a blood drive Feb. 26 from noon–6 p.m. The address is 1195 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. All donors receive a Lifesaver long-sleeve waffle T-shirt PLUS a voucher for two free tickets to a Cincinnati Shakespeare Company production! You can schedule your appointment here: www.hoxworth.org/groups/shakespeare