Rock for Love 4 benefit for Church Health Center

Rock for Love 4 benefit for Church Health Center set for Aug. 19-21
Lucero, Amy LaVere, the Magic Kids and the Dirty Streets among this year’s performers

Rock for Love 4, the fourth-annual benefit concert for the Church Health Center, is set for Aug. 19-21 at the Hi-Tone, 1913 Poplar Ave. There will also be a free day party from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 21 at Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave.

Since its founding in 2007, Rock for Love has been produced in partnership with Makeshift Music as a way to raise money for the Center and celebrate the diversity of Memphis music with performances by some of the city’s best bands and artists.

Thursday, Aug. 19 at the Hi Tone
$5. 9 p.m. 18+
Star and Micey, Holly Cole and the Memphis Dawls, Teflon Don, the Candy Company
(emcee: Blair Combest)

Friday, Aug. 20 at the Hi Tone
$10. 9 p.m. 18+
The Dirty Streets, the Magic Kids, Glorie, Skewby
(emcee: Ross Johnson)

Saturday, Aug. 21 at Shangri-La – Sounds of Memphis Rock for Love 4 Day Party
FREE. Noon to 5 p.m. All-ages.
Amy LaVere, Oracle and the Mountain, Near Reaches, the Burning Sands, Chinese Lanterns

Saturday, Aug. 21 at the Hi Tone.
$15. 9 p.m. 18+
Lucero, the Bulletproof Vests, Jeremy Stanfill
(emcee: Al Bell)

Tickets are available online at HiToneMemphis.com or at the door, if available. Shangri-La will donate 20 percent of store sales from the day party to the Church Health Center, and donations will be accepted.

Infolexa will host the Rock for Love 4 silent auction at http://auction.infolexa.com. The auction will go live on Aug. 1 and close at midnight on Aug. 21. The Memphis Roller Derby will host a merchandise table with a variety of CDs, T-shirts, records and other merchandise available for purchase, all to benefit the Center. The Hi Tone will also have a beer garden in the back.

Rock for Love 4 is presented by SunTrust, Elvis Presley Enterprises and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. Other sponsors include Memphis Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Sun Studio, Memphis Grizzlies, Ardent Studios, Traphix Entertainment, Makeshift Music, the Hi Tone, Shangri-La Records, 2 Chicks and a Broom, Dental Implant Aesthetic Center, Sasha Barr / The New Year, Memphis Flyer, Miller/Coors, Live From Memphis, Rocket Science Audio, B.B. King’s Blues Club, Visible School, Archer Records, Lifelinc Anesthesia, The Recording Academy – Memphis Chapter, MPACT Memphis, Infolexa, Bluff City Sports, Goner Records, The Chris Vernon Show, WEVL, Street Savvy Unlimited, Revolutions Community Bicycle Shop and the Memphis Roller Derby.

Many of the uninsured working people served by the Center are working musicians. Lucero’s drummer, Roy Berry, who was injured on a recent tour, says he’s glad to be playing Rock for Love this year.

“I've been treated well by the Church Health Center,” Berry said. “They definitely provide a valuable service to the community, which includes helping me recently when my jaw was broken. Having recovered, it's nice to be able to play the Rock for Love benefit and be able give something back to help the service continue for other folks who need it.”

For more information, www.churchhealthcenter.org or www.makeshiftmusic.com.