Hands down this is one of my FAVORITE events in Nashville! Sneakers X Speakers mixes all my favorite things –  Sneakers, Music, and Entertainment. This time around, the SneakXSpeaks crew is adding a a charity basketball game, Hooping 4 Lupus! How cool is that? Make sure you come out to SneaksXSpeaks and Hooping4Lupus on September 1, 2012.

From the site:

#Hooping4Lupus will be held at Resvoir Park which is located off 8th avenue at 11 am, and will be played by Nashville’s up and coming independent artist, producers, and bloggers.

Players included: Petty, Stan, Sofa Brown, Loco, Rikki Blu, Case Arnold, Maticlee, Blaze Da Future, PaLit, DJ Hybrid,Young Quael, JDotMason, Fred the producer, JP the photographer, That dude Chuck, Case Arnold, and DQH.

Hooping4Lupus is an all ages event that starts at 11am. Hooping4Lupus will take place at Resevoir Park on 8th avenue.

After the game is over, SneaksXSpeaks starts! With more that 20 designers, the event will host vendors,  DJs, and foodtrucks. SneaksXSpeaks will go on til 11pm at Nashville Center Stage on 8th Avenue. So rock your favorite sneakers and come out to play! Oh yeah, bring shoes to donate to Sole4Souls!

For more info –  and weather updates check out the SneaksXSpeaks event page on Faacebook!