The frontman of the Goo Goo Dolls will be the main attraction at the grand January concert that crowns Light of Day Week in Asbury Park.

Johnny Rzeznik, voice of the Goo Goos, is scheduled to headline the annual show at the Paramount Theatre, which will be held on Jan. 18, 2014. Joining him on the bill will be frequent Light of Day attractions Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, Willie Nile, Jesse Malin, and Joe D'Urso and Stone Caravan. Neptune pop-rock singer Nicole Atkins will also appear at the concert.

This isn't the first time Rzeznik has been a draw at Light of Day. The singer and guitarist also appeared at the charity concert in 2008.

Tickets for Light of Day go on sale through Ticketmaster on Nov. 2.

The Goo Goo Dolls first emerged in Buffalo in the mid-'80s, playing scruffy, endearing Replacements-style basement punk rock songs. At first Rzeznik wasn't even the lead singer: Bassist Robby Takac was the original frontman of the band. But by the '90s, the husky-voiced Rzeznik was in firm control of the group — and his increasingly strong songwriting turned the combo into one of the biggest-selling acts of the period. "Name," a semi-acoustic ballad released in 1995, was the first smash; others would follow. "Dizzy Up the Girl," the band's 1998 album, set the template for earnest, tight mainstream millennial pop-rock — and the meditative "Black Balloon," the ravished "Slide," and the wailing "Iris," which was written for the film "City of Angels," became radio hits.

Rzeznik will be bringing those songs and others to a charity event that has always provided a platform for earnest guitar-strummers with well-written rock songs. The Paramount show at Light of Day is probably best known for Bruce Springsteen's frequent surprise appearances — in 2012, he closed the show with a thunderous concert that stretched into the small hours of the morning. (This January, the Boss did not make an appearance.) But to repeat attendees, it's associated just as much with Jesse Malin's anthemic Lower East Side punk rock, and Willie Nile's ringing calls to action.

The Paramount concert is the highlight of a week of concerts held to benefit Parkinson's Disease research. Once again, there'll be shows all over Asbury Park, including events at the Saint, the Wonder Bar, Asbury Lanes, and McLoone's. The festival begins on Jan. 12 with a "Best of the Bar Bands" concert at the Stone Pony, and concludes with a Monday, Jan. 20 wrap-up brunch at Toast on Cookman Avenue. For more information about Light of Day, visit www.lightofday.org.