The 12 Bands of Christmas concert debuts to a sold-out audience at the Imperial Theatre with performances by local bands the Vellotones, Eather, Vagabond Missionaries, the Shark Devilles, Deathstar, Impulse Ride, 420 Outback, Horsepower, Riff Raff Kings, Jemani, the Big Mighty and Redbelly. In its third year the annual event would increase fundraising efforts with the debut addition of the 12 Bands of Christmas CD averaging over $30,000 a year in funds raised for the MCG Children’s Medical Center between 2003 and 2007.