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[FUN] The Queen City Music Lottery is a pretty neat thing. Here’s how it works: a bunch of local musicians and even some non musicians meet at Sugar City each year—this year it’ll be Saturday, April 15—and sign up for the lottery. Their names are thrown into a hat or some other hat-like receptacle and drawn at random to form their new band. Then, each band has nine or 10 weeks to write 15 minutes worth of music, to be showcased at a concert featuring the rest of the lottery drawn bands. If it wasn’t clear already, talented musicians and noobs will both be entering the contest. In fact, it’s possible that your band ends up being comprised of four bassists, and if that’s the case, either channel Spinal Tap or someone might want to learn to play drums mighty quickly. It’s all for fun, though, which is something important to keep in mind. So have at it!