Trey Anastasio, Dave Matthews and Chris Stapleton will all perform at the T.J. Martell Foundation’s 51st annual New York Honors Gala on Tuesday, September 15. The event will be held at Cipriani 42nd Street. Red Light Management founder Coran Capshaw, who oversees the careers of all three musicians, will receive the evening’s Lifetime Music Industry Award.
The New York Honors Gala is the Foundation’s primary annual fundraiser, bringing together music industry leaders, philanthropists and cancer researchers in support of high-impact research. Since 1975, T.J. Martell has raised nearly $300 million to fund work at the nation’s leading hospitals. Live Nation has joined as the inaugural sponsor of the New York Honors Gala red carpet reception.
“I’ve spent my career surrounded by talented and generous artists, and this night will be one more example of their generosity,” Capshaw said in a statement. “I’m grateful to Trey, Dave and Chris, and to the T.J. Martell Foundation for over fifty years of funding the research that helps save lives.”
“The T.J. Martell Foundation is special because of the extraordinary way the music community rallies around our mission. Coran has been a tremendous friend to the Foundation, and the generosity of the superstar artists who join us makes these evenings truly remarkable,” Steve Gawley, Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs & Business Development, REPUBLIC Collective, and Chair of the Board of Trustees, T.J. Martell Foundation, said in a statement. “At an intimate gathering, these artists create musical moments you can’t experience anywhere else, and most importantly, turn those moments into meaningful support for groundbreaking cancer research.”
The 2026 New York Honors Gala is led by Steve Gawley, in collaboration with the Foundation’s Executive Committee: Scott Borchetta (Big Machine Records, Foundation Vice Chair), Tom Corson (Warner Records, Foundation Vice Chair), John Esposito (HEY NOW Records, Foundation Executive Chair), Daniel Glass (Glassnote Entertainment Group), Jeffrey Harleston (Universal Music Group, Foundation Executive Chair), Michael Huppe (SoundExchange), Rich Isaacson (RI Entertainment), Michael Kushner (Sedlmayr & Associates), Dennis Lord (Gordon Law Group), Marc Reiter (Metallica), Joe Schmidt (REPUBLIC Collective), Darren Stupak, Julie Swidler (Launch Pad Advisors, Foundation Vice Chair), Andy Tavel (Raines Feldman Littrell), Ron Wilcox (MD Consulting, Treasurer) and Lynn-Anne Huck (T.J. Martell Foundation, CEO).
