In May, after the death of band member Craig Reeves, the Oxo Cubans held a "Salute To Craig Reeves" show which was a celebration of Mr Reeves’ community work.
The band raised the funds to give to the Otago Community Hospice and Ross Home, where Mr Reeves worked and lived towards the end of his life.
Oxo Cubans band member Doug Wright said the two organisations were their "preferred charities".
"Some of our very first shows, nearly 30 years ago, were also hospice fundraisers. They are also not government-funded — they rely purely on donations."
Yesterday, the band gave $5000 to the Otago Community Hospice and plan to make a donation to Ross Home later.
Mr Wright said while supporting the hospice financially was the main reason for the show, their secondary reason was to honour Mr Reeves.
Band member Marcel Rodeka said he doubted "Craig would have approved".
"Craig, being a very private person, never wanted a memorial service or anything like that ... but he’s not here so we can do whatever we need to.
"It was a fundraiser as well as a salute to him," he said.
The band planned to do "something a bit different" for their donation to Ross Home.
"Craig used to work at Ross Home and they looked after him right up to the end, so we thought we’d make a donation to them for a specific piece of equipment."
Otago Community Hospice chief executive Ginny Green was delighted to accept the donation.
"We rely on our community to give us donated funds to the tune of $5million every year, so people choosing to support us like this is really important ... we’re very grateful."
