Kids of Springsteen drummer to rock DC charity event

WE HEAR: One band playing at Friday’s “Journopalooza” has a major Max Weinberg connection. 

Not one, but two, members of one of the bands playing at the annual Washington charity event call the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band drummer “dad.”

As the name might suggest, Journopalooza features musical performances by bands made up of members of the D.C. media.

Ali Weinberg is a White House producer for NPR and a singer for the group Dirty Bomb. Turns out the drummer for the press-filled band got into a nasty bike accident, so Ali’s brother, Jay Weinberg, will fill in and pick up the drumsticks on March 1.

Weinberg, who played for years as Conan O’Brien’s late-night TV show drummer, won’t be able to catch his kids rock out — word is he’s on tour.

Three other members of the press round out the band: frontman Andy Sullivan is a national correspondent for Reuters, guitarist Mark Felsenthal covers the White House for Reuters, and singer Ali Macadam is a producer for NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

Other groups slated to perform at the shindig, hosted by WJLA-TV’s Scott Thuman, include: Cheaper Than Therapy, Butter, Nobody’s Business, Stepping Stones, and Suspicious Package. 

Proceeds raised from the festivities at 14th Street’s Black Cat will benefit Writopia Lab, which provides creative writing workshops for kids and teens.

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