Richard Hawes, a Partner at the business advisory firm Deloitte, will be playing the drums with his band, Eclipse, at Laterz@Paintworks, on Friday 14 October, 6.30pm (the first band starts at 7pm).

In total, five live bands and two diverse acts will be on stage at this musical extravaganza, styled on the Jools Holland Later Show. Topping the bill will be Bristol’s very own Pop Britannia, a leading Brit Pop tribute act that covers Oasis, Blur and Paul Weller among other well-known groups. They will be joined by a variety of Bristol-based talent including local cover bands Evolution and Eclipse, End of the Line and Merlin’s Hill, as well as Running Numbers and songstress Sophiaa who will perform acoustic versions of original and cover material.

The musical evening is just one of several challenges, activities and events led by the Deloitte Bristol team to help reach their target of raising £25,000 for ParalympicsGB.

Richard Hawes, Restructuring Services partner at Deloitte, who has organised the event, said: “As an official sponsor of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Deloitte has set itself the challenge of raising £1 million nationally for ParalympicsGB, and the Laterz musical event is just one of the exciting ways we’ll be doing this. We’re delighted that so many talented musicians are able to join us in supporting this cause and urge music fans around the city to come along too.”

Laterz@Paintworks will be held on Friday 14 October 2011 at 6.30pm at The Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol. Tickets are £10.00 (plus small booking fee) and available online at http://laterzpaintworks.eventbrite.com. All proceeds and donations will go to ParalympicsGB.