LATEST NEWS 

Since its founding, the Lyrics for Life nonprofit has raised more than $6 million for cancer research and patient care—helping researchers achieve a cure rate exceeding 92% for the cancer that inspired its mission. Platinum-selling band, Sister Hazel, hosted the eighth annual  Lyrics for Life  – An Evening of Making Music Matter on Saturday, March 07, 2026 in their hometown of Gainesville, Florida, raising more than $800,000 for the Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation and S

The 2026 Auction is now open! We have many amazing pieces from artists such as Luke Combs , Poison , Counting Crows , and many more, as well as your artists of the evening, Sister Hazel and John Rzeznik . We will also have raffle items including a chance to win a cabin on The Rock Boat , as well as a VIP Cove Weekend pass to Rockin' In Paradise with Styx .

The Rock Boat showed up in a BIG way! Thanks to an incredible onboard auction featuring signed guitars from Sister Hazel , NEEDTOBREATHE , Switchfoot , Matt Nathanson , The Struts , plus additions from Red Wanting Blue 's epic '80s set, and signed photos from Will Byington 's TRB archives, we raised $65,000 for Lyrics for Life on TRB XXV! Huge thanks to our partners at Sixthman and our amazing table volunteers for making it all happen. Way to go, Rock Boat Fam!

This year's 2nd Annual Hazelnut Music Bingo raised $2120 for Lyrics for Life, topping last year's total. The event took place at the Karolinka Club in Chicago on September 14th. Kudos to the Chicagoland Hazelnut community for organizing and contributing to our cause!

Hazelnuts conquered the beach once again by running, walking and crawling for a good cause! This year's crew consisted of 114...

Lyrics for Life: An Evening of Making Music Matter  returns in 2026! We’re excited to announce the 8th Annual Lyrics for Life: An Evening...

Platinum-selling band Sister Hazel hosted the seventh annual  Lyrics for Life - An Evening of Making Music Matter  event on Saturday,...

Don’t miss your chance to win rare, one-of-a-kind items while supporting Lyrics For Life in the fight against childhood cancer! Our...

We are beyond grateful for everyone who joined us for this year's Guitar Auction aboard The Rock Boat! The atmosphere was filled with...

This week, we proudly made our annual donation to Dr. Paul Castillo's groundbreaking research program.

This year's Beach Cruise 5K was our highest attendance yet. The total amount raised was $3,225!

The 2025 Lyrics for Life: An Evening of Making Music Matter benefit concert will be Saturday, March 8 in Gainesville. Stay tuned for more...

Thank you to Penrose Brewing, Barkbox, Kane County Cougars, Chicago White Sox, Grahams Chocolates for sponsoring raffle baskets and Port...

Thank you, Rock Boaters (and Rock Boat artists!) for participating in our silent auction, featuring a guitar and some custom drum heads....

What items will you be bidding on? Bidding closes at 11:30pm EST on March 2, 2024. This year's items include donations from Sister...

Enjoy an intimate concert by Sister Hazel with special guest Pat Monahan of Train that can only be seen at this one-night engagement....

Gainesville!! - Join TradePMR for their annual Oktoberfest celebration featuring Ken Block and Drew Copeland of Sister Hazel! $10...

It’s with great appreciation that the Children’s Cancer Center announces Lyrics For Life as our October Partner of the Month. Lyrics for...

Lyrics For Life donates $100,000 to Stop Children's Cancer  and to help fund research at UF Health Shands Children's Hospital for...

“This is beyond words! When we ( Sister Hazel ) first started Lyrics For Life - we had high hopes of raising enough money each year to...