Tuesday News Day: free tasting for restaurant and bar workers, Redbirds hiring sales intern, Hard Rock battle of the bands, Soul Train party @ Silly Goose

If you work at a restaurant or bar, eighty3, the restaurant inside the Madison Hotel, has something for you. For four weeks they will have a Sunday night free tasting series for Memphis food and beverage industry service staff, including bartenders, wait staff, hostesses and doormen, beginning Feb. 26 from 10 PM to 1 AM. Only 30 reservations will be accepted each Sunday and can be made by emailing full name and place of employment to info@eighty3memphis.com by noon on the Friday before each event. Confirmations will be sent to the first 30 respondents via email by the end of the day on Friday. Reservations are limited to one event per person.

The Redbirds are hiring a corporate sales intern. Details of the job can be found here. Job lasts from March until the end of AAA baseball season. Pay is only minimum wage but this is a huge opportunity to get your foot in the door working for a professional sports team.

A global battle of the bands called Hard Rock Rising will kick off at Hard Rock Cafe Thursday night at 7. Bands in 86 cities will compete, and Memphis will have 12 of its best at the Hard Rock Thursday for the first round. This event is free and open to the public.

The Silly Goose has announced a Soul Train party for Thursday, March 1. DJ Cody will spin, and the train departs at 9 PM.

All right. Time to hit Publish and hit the bars for Fat Tuesday.