Bidding is already underway for moe. bassist Rob Derhak’s music-themed eBay auction benefiting the Childrens Odyssey preschool. The Childrens Odyssey is non-profit school based out of Falmouth, ME, which works to integrate children with developmental disabilities with other children. The proceeds from the auctions will be going toward an entirely new facility designed to suit the growing needs of the organization. Choice items include signed merchandise from moe., Dave Matthews, Kansas, the White Stripes, Bob Weir, Warren Haynes and The String Cheese Incident.

moe. plays tonight in Ottawa, ON and tomorrow in Montreal, QC, before returning to its upstate New York womb this Friday. Following a performance with moe. at Kingston, NY’s Ulster Performing Arts Center, Jim Loughlin will play a post show with his other band, LYNCH, at the nearby Forum. Getting a jumpstart on his newest side project, Al Schnier has announced the initial date for Before Cowboys: February 5 at Utica, NY s The Electric Company. Featuring Schnier and his wife, Diane, moe.‘s Vinnie Amico, and freebeerandchicken’s Kirk and Kenny Juhas will tour New York in February, focusing on Diane’s solo material.