Peter Gammons, image provided

Still need Saturday night plans? We suggest snapping up last-minute tickets to tonight’s 15th Hot Stove Cool Music celebration at the Paradise Rock Club. The event, founded in 2000, brings together baseball talk and great musical performances for one night to benefit the Foundation to Be Named Later. But don’t let that moniker fool you – the foundation is still making a difference now.

Hot Stove Cool Music is an effort created by Baseball Hall of Fame journalist Peter Gammons and former Boston Herald sportswriter Jeff Horrigan. It was originally just a concert event until Gammons and Horrigon teamed up with Theo Epstein, the Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations, and his brother Paul, the founder of the Foundation to Be Named Later. Now, the event is hosted by Theo Epstein and Gammons, and its proceeds benefit the foundations mission to raise money for nonprofits servicing disadvantaged urban families.

This year, in honor of its 15th anniversary, Hot Stove Cool Music has recruited a seriously stacked line up. Guests will be treated to performances by the Juliana Hatfield Three, which will be the group’s first performance in two decades, Craig Finn (of The Hold Steady) and the Cavedogs. The Hot Stove Cool Music All-Stars – Bill Janovitz (Buffalo Tom), Mike Gent (The Figgs), Kay Hanley (Letters To Cleo), Eli “Paperboy” Reed, The Gravel Pit, Will Dailey, Jen Trynin, Phil Aiken, Len Kasper (Chicago Cubs broadcaster) and others – will join Epstein and Gammons on stage.

In its 15 years, the benefit concert and baseball celebration has raised over $7 million for the Foundation to Be Named Later, as well as the Jimmy Fund. If you feel like joining the cause and the fun, tickets are on sale at FTBNL.org for $40. VIP tickets are $175 and include a 6 to 8 p.m. reception with food, drinks and the show’s stars. The concert itself begins at 8 p.m.