The beat goes on at Lawlapalooza 2016

Later this month, the Louisville legal community will come prepared to battle it out. But this match-up won't be in a courtroom -- it'll be on stage.

Now in its 11th year, Lawlapalooza is a battle of the bands with a twist: At least one member of each band must be an attorney or a law student. 

The event, hosted by the Louisville Bar Association and the Brandeis School of Law, is a fundraiser for the Judge Ellen B. Ewing Foundation. The foundation provides summer fellowships for Brandeis students to work in areas of family law, domestic violence and spouse abuse and HIV/AIDS.

Judge Ewing was the first woman to sit on Kentucky's former juvenile court bench.She was elected to Jefferson Circuit Court in 1983, and was one of only three women to have served on that court when she retired in 1998.

This year, nine bands have signed up to compete. And they'll be following along with this year's theme: The Beat Goes On. Each band will have to play a song by a now-deceased musician.

Event details:
Friday, Oct. 21, 2016
6 p.m.
SkyBar at Saints 
131 Breckenridge Lane
Louisville, KY 40207

Tickets are $10 each and are available via the Louisville Bar Association.