above: pictures from the 2007 RtV featuring Sister Hazel, Moses Mayfield, and The Ape Invaders.

Raise the Volume is an annual benefit concert for the Birmingham-based nonprofit, Laps for Cystic Fibrosis(CF). This year, Raise the Volume, presented by Servis 1st Bank, will take place at Sloss Furnaces on March 28th. The show will be played by OK Go and Wild Sweet Orange.

Raise the Volume is a really special concert, not only because it supports Laps for CF's fight against cystic fibrosis, but because it reflects the collaboration of 7 different Birmingham-area high schools. The Altamont, Hueytown, Hoover, Mountain Brook, Oak Mountain, Spain Park, and Vestavia High School Key Clubs are all working together for the Raise the Volume event and CF cause. Each school is raising money through a letter-writing campaign, selling tickets to the concert, and promoting the event. The high school that raises the most money gets to choose a band from their school to open at the concert!