Mobile’s Music Community Rallies Behind Quintin Berry Ahead of September Surgery
Musicians and fans packed Veet's Bar for the Bass for Berry benefit, raising money for Quintin Berry ahead of his Sept. 9 surgery.
Saenger Theatre to Host ‘Sounds of Purple’ Benefit Concert for Penelope House
A benefit concert at Mobile's Saenger Theatre this Friday, featuring Grammy-nominated R&B artist Raheem DeVaughn, will raise money and awareness for Penelope House, the local shelter serving survivors of domestic…
Inaugural Crawfish Boil Benefit for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Draws Top Musicians to Downtown Mobile
Downtown Mobile’s Moe’s Original Bar B Que played host to an inaugural crawfish boil benefit for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in June 2014, combining Gulf Coast culinary tradition with…
University of South Alabama’s Independent Music Collective Hosts First Thanksgiving Benefit Show
The Independent Music Collective — the University of South Alabama student organization that has become one of Mobile’s quiet engines for live original music — hosted its first annual Thanksgiving…
Mobile Brass Bands Unite for Benefit Concert Supporting Ailing Musician Charles Mason
Some of Mobile’s finest brass band musicians are coming together this weekend for a special benefit concert to support Charles Mason, the longtime local performer who founded Mobile’s Olympia Brass…
Mobile Bands Rally at Boondocks for Sims/Andrews Benefit
The Mobile music community came together on Sunday, March 20, 2011, for a benefit at Boondocks organized to help the families of Selma Sims and her daughter Kathy Andrews, who…
Mobile Musicians Band Together for Beatles Benefit Honoring Janet Pope at Alabama Music Box
Downtown Mobile’s Alabama Music Box turned into an all-Beatles songbook on October 7, 2010, as local musicians gathered for a benefit show supporting Janet Pope, a local mother battling cancer.…
Neil Young to Play Saenger Theatre Sept. 26, Tickets Support Gulf Oil Spill Food Relief
Rock veteran Neil Young will bring his tour to Mobile’s Saenger Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 26, in a concert tied to hunger relief efforts for communities still recovering from the…
Sea Stand Recruits Volunteer Performers for Free Gulf Coast Concerts After Oil Spill
As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continued to threaten Alabama’s coastline in the summer of 2010, a grassroots effort called Sea Stand began recruiting musicians, comedians, and other performers to…
Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney to Headline Free Gulf Shores Beach Concert After Oil Spill
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band are set to headline a free beach concert in Gulf Shores on July 1, 2010, an event organizers hope will encourage visitors to…