As the Los Angeles community continues to recover from the Eaton, Palisades, and Malibu wildfires of this winter, it’s been heartening to see so many people, whether in a burn zone, adjacent to one, or physically removed from the fire, step up to help. But as fundraising efforts enter their second month, there’s one group in particular that seems to have dropped everything to rally to the cause.

“There’s a very large community here in Los Angeles, made up of many, many musicians,” Graham Nash said from the stage at FireAid LA, the dual-venue, star-studded fundraising concert. “And whenever Los Angeles gets into trouble, the musicians are right there, and I’m proud to be one of them.”

But it hasn’t just been the platinum-selling musicians that raised millions on one night. From arenas to theaters to nightclubs and even to hastily built stages in public parks, the city’s music makers have rallied around Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and Malibu, contributing their talents and performances to the cause and helping a broken-hearted populace heal.

The unofficial kickoff to this impromptu season of fundraisers took place on January 30th at the Kia Forum and Inuit Dome in Inglewood, with FireAid LA. Featuring a lineup of multi-platinum sellers, multiple GRAMMY winners, and musical legends, the mini-festival raised millions.

But while superstars like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder may have dominated the headlines, artists at every stage of a career have found spaces to perform, donating any proceeds to fire relief in one form or another. Six days after Fire Aid, an all-star lineup of indie rock and pop icons sold out the Hollywood Palladium. Artists playing previously scheduled concerts in Los Angeles have been finding ways to contribute proceeds to fire relief organizations as well; indie stalwart Phantom Planet turned the 20th anniversary celebration of its debut album into a fundraiser, inviting friends like Z Berg, Ryan Ross (ex-Panic! At the Disco) and others to join them at The Regent in downtown L.A.

It has led, at times, to a strange feeling in the room at these shows. The losses have been heavy, and the city has felt them, but some of these concerts have had festival-worthy lineups. Crowds are out for a great night of music, but also aware of the hurt that many fellow attendees may be feeling.

“I’m honored and so glad,” indie rock star St. Vincent said at that Palladium concert, before catching on that last word. “Well, glad’s a complicated word to use for it … to be here tonight with all of you to raise money for a good cause. Glad was the wrong word.”

Elsewhere, the artists at these shows very much fall in the category of “working musicians,” those who rely on ever-dwindling live performance opportunities to pay rent. Many of those who took the stage at the Living Records fundraiser in Elysian Park on February 8th are the type who most acutely feel the pinch of a music industry that struggles to support artists early in their careers; many still have day jobs or multiple “side hustles.” And yet, when the hat was passed, all the proceeds ended up going toward artists and communities impacted by the fires.

In some cases, these performers take the stage with the heaviest of hearts. Members of folk-rock band Dawes lost homes in the Altadena blaze. But not only did they then kick off the GRAMMYs on February 2nd, but they also brought their song “Time Spent in Los Angeles” to FireAid LA (They then played backing band for music legends Stephen Stills and the aforementioned Nash for the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young classic “Teach Your Children.”). At the Palladium, actor and comic John C. Reilly acted as host; he, too, lost his Altadena home, as had the evening’s opening DJ, Fat Tony.

Weeks after the fires were extinguished, the need for help – and the assistance of artists – continues. Every venue in the city seems to have multiple upcoming shows designated as fundraisers. Just up the road from the Inn, at Aviator Nation Dreamlandmalib, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers will be hosting one of his Chad Smith and Friends shows on February 28th, with all proceeds going towards Red Cross for LA Fire Relief.

It will be years before the areas most damaged by the fires of this winter will be back to a new version of normal. But even as attention paid to the recovery effort ebbs, and the squabbling over how to best assist the rebuilding begins, Los Angeles’ community of artists and musicians has made a clear statement: it’s not going anywhere.