The Winning Ticket: The Roots
As a way to say thanks to our loyal readers, We Love DC will be giving away a pair of tickets to a 9:30 Club concert to one lucky reader each week. Check back here every Wednesday morning at 9am to find out what tickets we’re giving away and leave a comment for your chance to be the lucky winner!
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see The Roots perform at the 9:30 Club on Tuesday, December 28th. This is the second night of their two night-stint at the club. The Roots have been classing-up hip-hop for over twenty years with their live instrumentation and jazz-cool vibe. Most recently they have been holding down the fort as the house band for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Their five-nights-a-week gig on Fallon keeps The Roots super-sharp at all times. Enjoy a perfect Holiday chill-out show courtesy of these real instrument playing, hip-hop heroes.
For your chance to win these tickets simply leave a comment on this post using a valid email address between 9am and 4pm today. One entry per email address, please. If today doesn’t turn out to be your lucky day, check back here each Wednesday for a chance to win tickets to other great concerts. Tickets for this concert are also available through Ticketfly.
For the rules of this giveaway…
Comments will be closed at 4pm and a winner will be randomly selected. The winner will be notified by email. The winner must respond to our email within 24 hours or they will forfeit their tickets and we will pick another winner.
Tickets will be available to the winner at the 9:30 Club Guest List window one hour before doors open on the night of the concert. The tickets must be claimed with a valid ID. The winner must be old enough to attend the specific concert or must have a parent’s permission to enter if he/she is under 18 years old.
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130 Responses to “The Winning Ticket: The Roots”
December 15th, 2010 at 9:06 am
I LOVE The Roots but have never seen them live.
December 15th, 2010 at 9:07 am
Sounds like an awesome show!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:07 am
I love the Roots! I first saw them when I was 18 at Pleasure Island in Disney world on my senior trip.
December 15th, 2010 at 9:09 am
Gimme Gimme, I love The Roots.
December 15th, 2010 at 9:14 am
I love The Roots! I was supposed to see them with Etta James, but the show was canceled.
December 15th, 2010 at 9:16 am
The Roots are amazing!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:16 am
Love them!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:20 am
I’m from Philly but I’ve only seen the Roots live once, which is a damn shame! Would love to go!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Sounds great!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:24 am
I love the sweaty smelly 9:30 club!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:26 am
I hear they’re great live!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:27 am
The Roots are one of the greatest Hip-Hop groups of all time……..and their originality is unmatched, please send me to see them :)
December 15th, 2010 at 9:27 am
Oh yes, please!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:29 am
The Roots are a can’t miss show
December 15th, 2010 at 9:29 am
Okey Dokey
December 15th, 2010 at 9:29 am
Taost in the oven
December 15th, 2010 at 9:30 am
I can feel it, a Christmas miracle will grant me these tickets.
December 15th, 2010 at 9:30 am
The Roots do
December 15th, 2010 at 9:34 am
With every ghetto craving this new anthem, my brain’s unstable and I’m just too handsome.
December 15th, 2010 at 9:38 am
I love The Roots!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:40 am
They were great at the Rally to Restore Sanity!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:40 am
Roots!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:43 am
I would LOVE to go
December 15th, 2010 at 9:43 am
hey now!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:44 am
Roots!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:45 am
It’s in the MUUUSIC, let it bang, let it rock!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:45 am
Oh man, I need this! I am going through 9:30 club withdrawal and to have my next visit to see The Roots would MAKE my 2010!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Would love to see The Roots
December 15th, 2010 at 9:46 am
I would love to win these!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:46 am
It’s gonna work because I’m pushing it right.
December 15th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Yes please!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Love The Roots and would love to see them live!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:49 am
I’d love to see The Roots live!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:50 am
I’m in! Saw Roots crew at American a few years ago — they put on an awesome show. ?uestlove just sat on the drums smokin blunts the whole time.
December 15th, 2010 at 9:50 am
Have never seen The Roots live, this would be great
December 15th, 2010 at 9:52 am
great contest
December 15th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Would love to see The Roots at the 9:30 Club!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:52 am
The Roots are the best live band!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Love the Roots – should be a great show!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:55 am
The Roots!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:55 am
LOVE The Roots! I bet that they’re hardcore mindblowing live.
December 15th, 2010 at 9:57 am
C’mon BIG MONEY!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:57 am
Yay yayee!
December 15th, 2010 at 9:58 am
OMG the roots is my life. Please let this be my x-mas present… :)
December 15th, 2010 at 9:59 am
Good luck to me! Hope I win!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:01 am
My girl would die for the roots
December 15th, 2010 at 10:02 am
The Roots are the most amazing thing since the word amazing was uttered from someones mouth.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:04 am
Would love to see the Roots crew again!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:04 am
I love the Roots! I haven’t seen them in concert in years.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:04 am
luv to
December 15th, 2010 at 10:05 am
SHOW ME THE TICKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:06 am
I missed The Roots walking down to the Rally To Restore Sanity; I’m not too happy about that.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:07 am
Daroots! Daroots! Daroots are on Fayaaa!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:07 am
The Roots are one of a kind, I would love to see them live!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:08 am
Please!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:08 am
Gimmie the Roots Gimmie the Roots!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:09 am
I guess I’ve seen them as the house band at Earth Day and at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. But at least once, I’d like to see the Roots, and only the Roots.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:09 am
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December 15th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Who are The Roots?
December 15th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Yes, please.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:12 am
This is awesome! Thanks for doing these giveaways!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:14 am
Wow…this is a popular one! Here goes nothing
December 15th, 2010 at 10:17 am
Sweet. I hope this is the same “Roots” that got their start on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.”
December 15th, 2010 at 10:17 am
w00t Teh r00ts!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:19 am
I’d love to see them live!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:19 am
All the way live,1 (215)…
December 15th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Right On! Ending 2010 with The Roots at the 9:30 Club would be Dynamite!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:21 am
Woohoo! Great feature. Especially for the Roots!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:24 am
Seeing the Roots in concert would be so amazing . . . I’ve never seen them live.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:24 am
I wonder if they still do “What They Do”??? Classic… One of my favorite groups EVER!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:25 am
Pick me!!!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:25 am
I would enjoy seeing the Roots live
December 15th, 2010 at 10:26 am
Does anybody like good music?
Sweet music, soul music?
You know The Roots is a group that’ll choose it
just to use it, to make you move it, yeah
December 15th, 2010 at 10:27 am
How I Got Over was snubbed by the Grammy’s. Only one nomination…really?!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:27 am
Greatest live show in hip-hop. I hope I get these
December 15th, 2010 at 10:28 am
Never seen the Roots before but they are definitely the best hip hop band out there. Would make my Christmas AND New Years!!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:28 am
I would like to win
December 15th, 2010 at 10:29 am
The Roots are the epitome of awesomeness as is welovedc. I must have both! Please..
December 15th, 2010 at 10:31 am
I’m down for the Roots on a Tuesday night.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:32 am
This will totally get me off the hook for an Xmas gift!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Would love to go! The Roots are incredible.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:36 am
Merry Christmas to me!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:38 am
Wow! biggest turnout I’ve seen for one of these! I’ll throw my hat in anyway, because I have a couple of friends who will love me forever and ever if I snagged these. I love them too!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:41 am
Love,love,love The Roots!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:41 am
Please pick me to go see The Root b/c I’ve never seen them live!!!!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:41 am
Does want plz!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:42 am
Living Legends! Would love to kick the holidays off with The Roots!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:43 am
Entered!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:49 am
Can’t wait to see them!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:50 am
i love the Roots but as a poor grad student, i can’t afford $45 a pop to see them! please pick me!!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Woohoo, ?uestlove, let’s do this!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:54 am
aw yeah, count me in!
December 15th, 2010 at 10:58 am
The roots would be perfect for the holidays
December 15th, 2010 at 10:59 am
Seeing them live again is a MUST!
December 15th, 2010 at 11:00 am
The Legendary crew out of S-P!
December 15th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Tickets please!
December 15th, 2010 at 11:15 am
WANT!
December 15th, 2010 at 11:16 am
I want em! I want em! I need some good music in my life over break. I gotta hear The Roots live!
December 15th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Trying to see the HOT HOT music, the HOT music!
December 15th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Pick me, pick me!
December 15th, 2010 at 11:31 am
Just – please, please pick me.
December 15th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Um, PERFECT post-Christmas amazing-ness! LOVE the Roots… never seen them live, but would love to.
December 15th, 2010 at 11:40 am
Epic.
December 15th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Yes, please.
December 15th, 2010 at 11:57 am
It’d be an honor
December 15th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a post here get as many comments.
December 15th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Gimme gimme!
December 15th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
I would LOVE win tix to this show! DatSkat!
December 15th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
This would be a great way to end the year!
December 15th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Should be a very entertaining evening.
December 15th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Would love to see this show!
December 15th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Oh please oh please oh please…
December 15th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
I love the Roots and would die for free tickets to see them at my favorite Venue on earth!
December 15th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
All I want for Christmas….
Pretty please with powdered sugar and a tiny candy cane on top.
December 15th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
I would love to win these for me and my best friend.
December 15th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
I need these tickets for my husband… he’s been so good this year!
December 15th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
I never win anything… and I’ve been an extra special super good girl this year! Please pick me:)
December 15th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
These tickets would be a great holiday surprise!
December 15th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Yeah for jumping around on a stage while playing a tuba! The Roots are amazing, it would be great to see them!
December 15th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
May i have those tickets pLEASSSSSSE.I want them
December 15th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Respond/React to this entry please.
December 15th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
I am officially tossing my hat into the ring.
December 15th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
oooh please?
December 15th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
I NEED these tickets! I’ve been listening to The Roots for over 10 years and I am a huge fan of their work. Please pick me ;0)
December 15th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Love The Roots…
December 15th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
I can’t wait to see this show!
December 15th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
gimmie some of dat good funkie junks!
December 15th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
free tickets to this show would be awesome!
December 15th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
LOVE them!
December 15th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
This contest is now closed. Thanks for the terrific response. Check you email to find out if you are the lucky winner! And if not, we’ll have another great give away here next Wednesday!