Women Who Rock Concert Benefit helps empower and support women’s health

LEADING THE WAY, HELPING WOMEN’S HEALTH THROUGH MUSIC. THAT’S THE GOAL OF THE WOMEN WHO ROCK FUNDRAISER. SUNDAY IS THE FIFTH YEAR OF THEIR ALL DAY CONCERT BENEFIT TAKING PLACE AT THE BELL AND THE BEAR. NOW, OVER THE FIVE YEARS, THEY’VE RAISED MORE THAN $300,000 TO HELP WOMEN IN CRISIS AROUND GREATER CINCINNATI. SO JOINING US HERE ON THE COUCH TODAY, KATHY LAVERTY AND CHRIS CHRISTOPHER, WHO ARE BOTH ORGANIZING THE EVENT AGAIN THIS YEAR. GUYS, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. IT’S SUCH A GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. APPRECIATE IT. CHRIS, LET’S START WITH YOU. TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EVENT. WHAT IS THIS EVENT AND WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT? SO THIS EVENT IS TO HELP. IT’S DOMESTIC ABUSE AND WE HAVE IT IN OCTOBER, WHICH IS DOMESTIC ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH. SO WE USUALLY FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE’VE RAISED THIS MONEY TO DONATE TOWARDS WOMEN HELPING WOMEN. AND THIS YEAR FOR OUR FIFTH YEAR, WE’VE INCLUDED THE YWCA MISSION FORWARD CAMPAIGN, WHICH HOLMES IS A SHELTER THAT THAT THEY’VE BUILT. TO HELP THESE WOMEN. BUT AS WELL, NOW THEY CAN BRING THEIR THEIR PETS WITH THEM AS WELL, WHICH IS A HUGE, HUGE GIFT. AND I THINK VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF WOMEN WILL STAY IN THESE SITUATIONS FOR THE THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR OF THEIR DOG OR THEIR CAT AND ALSO PETS ARE LIVE IN THERAPY AND NOW THEY CAN BRING IT WITH THEM. SO IT JUST IT’S A BEAUTIFUL THING AND WE’RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE THEM PART OF IT THIS YEAR. YEAH. JUST ANOTHER WEIGHT LIFTED OFF THEIR SHOULDERS. NOW, KATHY, YOU’RE THE MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR THE EVENT, WHICH IS A HUGE JOB. TALK TO US ABOUT JUST HOW YOU SELECT THE MUSIC AND ALSO HOW HARD THIS IS TO PULL OFF. I WOULD LOVE TO PRETEND THAT IT’S HARDER THAN IT IS. IT IS AMAZING. OUR MUSIC COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING ELSE. YOU KNOW, MUSIC IS SUCH A POWERFUL TOOL AND BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER. AND I THINK WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB. OUR COMMUNITY DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB AT CAPITALIZING ON THAT ENERGY TO RAISE AWARENESS AND RESOURCES FOR BOTH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS. WE’VE GOT NOT ONLY MOST OF OUR LOCAL COVER BANDS REPRESENTED IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER, BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL NATIONAL ACTS COMING IN TO RED BEACH FROM THE 80S BAND WINGER AND WHITESNAKE WILL BE JOINING US THIS YEAR, AND BRITT LIGHTNING FROM THE BAND VIXEN AND TOMMY LONDON FROM SIRIUSXM’S HAIR NATION AND OZZY’S BONEYARD WILL BE BACK AS WELL. CHRIS, YOU’RE THE OWNER OF THE BELLE AND THE BEAR, WHICH, BY THE WAY, IF YOU LOVE MUSIC, I GO THERE A LOT. THEY ALWAYS ARE ROCKING OUT OVER THERE. IT’S THE FIFTH YEAR YOU’VE DONE THIS. TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT OR US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU PERSONALLY. WHY IS THIS SO SPECIAL TO YOU? HELPING IN HELPING PEOPLE AND ANIMALS IN GENERAL JUST MEANS A LOT TO ME. I JUST THINK. I’M SO BLESSED IN LIFE. JUST, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE EVERYBODY DESERVES A CHANCE. THE ONES WITH NO VOICE OR FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE NO VOICE REALLY DESERVE A VOICE. AND THIS GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO HAVE ONE AND TO FEEL LIKE THEY’RE WORTH IT. AND IF I CAN BE A PART OF JUST MAKING SOMEBODY SMILE OR GIVING THEM A BETTER DAY THAN I’M GOING TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY. FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WOULDN’T NORMALLY FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN’T. WELL, OKAY, I’LL DO IT. I’LL DO IT. WOW, I LOVE THAT. NOW, KATHY, THIS EVENT, AS WE’VE TALKED ABOUT, IS ALL ABOUT EMPOWERING WOMEN AND ADVOCATING FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH. WHERE WHERE DOES THIS MONEY GO? ARE TWO AMAZING ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO SUCH A GREAT JOB. ONE IS WOMEN HELPING WOMEN, AS SHE MENTIONED, AND THEY ARE ON THE FRONT LINES IN HELPING SURVIVORS GET OUT OF THEIR SITUATIONS AND GET SAFE. AND THEN YWCA, AS SHE MENTIONED, THEIR MISSION FORWARD CAMPAIGN, IS THEY JUST EXPANDED THEIR SHELTER TO NOT ONLY HOUSE UP TO 100 SURVIVORS NOW, BUT ALSO THEIR PETS AND BOTH ORGANIZATIONS ALSO HELP OTHER OTHER, NOT JUST WOMEN. IT’S MEN, CHILDREN, PETS. AS SHE MENTIONED. THEY HELP ANYBODY THAT NEEDS HELP GETTING OUT OF THEIR SITUATION AND THE RESOURCES TO GET HELP. KATHY AND CHRIS, THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. I GOT TO TELL YOU, A LOT OF TIMES YOU’LL GO TO CHARITY EVENTS AND YOU SIT THERE AND IT’S A LONG DINNER AND IT’S SAD AND THERE’S A LOT OF SPEAKERS THAT’S NOT THIS, THIS IS GO HAVE A BEER WITH YOUR FRIENDS. LISTEN TO AWESOME MUSIC AND ALL FOR A GREAT CAUSE, TOO. SO THE WOMEN WHO ROCK CONCERT BENEFIT IS THIS COMING SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12TH AT THE BELLE AND THE BEAR THERE IN MONTGOMERY. IT’S AN ALL DAY EVENT, RAISING MONEY AGAIN FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH. THERE IS A QR CODE RIGHT HERE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. OR ACTUALLY WE’LL HAVE THAT ON YOUR WEB, OUR WEBSITE FOR YOU, WHERE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SCAN THAT QR CODE. IT WILL GIVE YOU ALL OF THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO TAKE YOU

Updated: 4:27 PM EDT Oct 9, 2025

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A fundraiser this weekend is helping women’s health through music.Sunday, Oct. 12 will be the fifth year of the Women Who Rock all-day concert benefit at the Belle and the Bear.Over five years, they have raised more than $300,000 to help women in crisis around Greater Cincinnati.On Thursday, WLWT was joined by Kathy Laverde and Ceris Christopher, who are both organizing the event this year.See the full interview in the video player at the top of the story.For more information on the event and to donate, click here or by scanning the QR code below.

CINCINNATI —

A fundraiser this weekend is helping women’s health through music.

Sunday, Oct. 12 will be the fifth year of the Women Who Rock all-day concert benefit at the Belle and the Bear.

Over five years, they have raised more than $300,000 to help women in crisis around Greater Cincinnati.

On Thursday, WLWT was joined by Kathy Laverde and Ceris Christopher, who are both organizing the event this year.

See the full interview in the video player at the top of the story.

For more information on the event and to donate, click here or by scanning the QR code below.