Weekend Music Preview: Sound Benefit @ Austin Moose Lodge #1735

SXSW might be right around the corner but in the interim, wet your appetite for multiple stages and overflowing performers with a nice little fest called Sound Benefit this Valentine’s Day at the Austin Moose Lodge. Our city’s Lodge, #1735 (a.k.a. the Moose Family Center of Austin), is located at 2103 E.M. Franklin Ave. (78723) and is one of many branches of Moose’s Family Fraternity. The organization was established in 1888 to nurture social gatherings for men; today the co-ed entity helps communities via Mooseheart Child City & School, Moosehaven, and various chapters in cities all over the U.S. The Austin Moose Lodge does its bit and continues this tradition by hosting events throughout the year, in alignment with “the goals of The Moose: to take care of our youth and elders while building a friendly environment supporting local art and culture.” (Per its MySpace page.)

Enjoy all the music you can handle for a measly $8 donation if you make it down before 8 p.m. -- the event kicks off at 2 p.m. and the cover charge increases to $14 after 8 p.m -- but the admission price includes two drink tickets. So don’t hold back on the love this Valentine’s Day -- the money obtained at Saturday’s Sound Benefit goes towards a new sound system for the Moose Lodge and its future events to assist the needy. Besides the music, Ararat and JR’s BBQ will be on hand with delicious treats no doubt, and free stuff courtesy of Monofonus Press, art displays, and the promise of a “kissing booth” (oh so appropriate on Valentine’s Day) should make this a pleasant outing for one and all.

The schedule of music is as follows:
Front: No Mas Bodas, Ichi Ni San Shi, Kids Club, and Richard Gear
Back: Darling New Neighbors, Salesman, over THE hill, monuments, The Fever Dreams, and BASIC
Outside: The Reliques, BLUESQUEEZEBOX, Danny Malone, Ralph White, and Shad Blair

Concert Alert: Tickets for Crystal Castles on April 13th go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. and tickets for Franz Ferdinand on April 25th are on sale as of this morning -- get ‘em via GetTix.Net). Both shows are scheduled to take place at La Zona Rosa.

Follow the jump for the rest of our recommendations and the Austinist Weekend Music Preview Slideshow!