Four bands will come together to help a family in need.

Arts of the Pamlico’s Turnage Theatre will be the site of “Music for Mason,” a benefit for 4-year-old Mason Overton, diagnosed with lymphoblastic lymphoma, a non-Hodgkins lymphoma, in November 2016. Saturday at 6 p.m., doors open for the night of music.

Mason is the son of Brookes and Thomas Overton; Brookes is a 10-year veteran of Down on Mainstreet wait staff.

Several businesses have pitched in to help with the medical costs associated with the disease, including Down on Mainstreet and Raised in a Barn Farm, but this time it was friends who decided to bring music to the table.

“(‘Music for Mason’ is) just to help them out as much as we can financially, and music always seems to lift people’s spirits and bring the community together more,” said Rick Raines, whose wife Paige is a longtime friend of Brookes Overton. “I know it’s got to be very trying for them, so anything you can do to lift someone’s spirits — that’s what we’re hoping to do.”

Pitching in to the effort are four bands, each bringing a different genre of music to the Turnage stage: Liverpool is a Beatles cover band out of Raleigh; New Bern/Greenville band Nick and the Babes plays Americana; Cuz’n Kirk’s plays blues; and Gen-X, based in Washington/Greenville, takes on ’90s rock hits.

All of them are donating their time to the event.

“They’re playing for free. All proceeds — we’ve had some corporate sponsors — so everything we make will go straight to the family,” Raines said.

While the event starts at 6 p.m., Raines said people are welcome to show up throughout the night.

“We’ve tried to make it a real full evening. If folks can’t come at 6 o’clock, they can come at 8 o’clock, at 7 o’clock, whenever they can make it,” he said.

Broken up into two parts — two bands before intermission, two bands after — those attending will be able to bid on silent auction items through intermission. Raines said business owners and individuals had been generous in their donation: a 30-minute helicopter ride from Skydive Little Washington owner John Hayes; East Carolina University sports memorabilia; a Yeti cooler and a necklace from Robinson’s Jewelers in Greenville are among the items up for auction.

It might be a night of music to remember, but Raines said it’s all about helping those in need. Right now, that includes Mason.

“Mason — he’s just great. He’s a real fighter,” Raines said.

Tickets to the event are $20. For more information, call Arts of the Pamlico at 252-946-2504.