Rufus as well as Martha Wainwright have been to take partial in a tribute concert for their mom Kate McGarrigle at a Meltdown legal holiday in London in June.
McGarrigle, who died in January, was a eminent folk singer best well known for behaving with her sister Anna.
Anna will also perform at a Southbank Centre show. Meltdown is being curated by folk maestro Richard Thompson.
Rufus Wainwright said: "Apparently his first request was to do something for Kate, so I was very touched by that."
Rufus told BBC 6 Music that formulation a event had given him a good event to reflect upon his mother's career.
"That's been an extraordinary routine too over a final month or so - diving in to her material as well as realising how unique as well as absolute as well as in effect a McGarrigle sisters were in both their songs as well as their recordings," he said.
"It's an extraordinary legacy that Martha as well as I have."
Protest songs
Singers Lisa Hannigan, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Teddy Thompson as well as Krystle Warren will also take partial in a tribute upon 12 June.
It will take place at 1630 BST to equivocate a strife with England's first diversion in a football World Cup, that kicks off at 1930 BST.
Other events at Meltdown, that begins upon eleven June, include a premiere of Richard Thompson's Cabaret Of Souls, a low-pitched account of a bent contest set in hell.
There will be "an dusk of political song" featuring criticism songs achieved by Tom Robinson, Jez Lowe, Eliza Carthy as well as Martin Carthy, as well as a Cricket-themed night with Neil Hannon's project The Duckworth Lewis Method.
Broken Bells, Elvis Costello, Paolo Nutini have been among a alternative artists who will perform.
Meanwhile, Rufus Wainwright's brand brand new show Prima Donna has a London debut at Sadler's Wells next week after being premiered at a Manchester International Festival in 2009 .
He told BBC Radio 3: "My mom wa! s able t o come to a Manchester production, as well as that was substantially a crowning excellence of my hold up so far, to have her there."
Hear Rufus Wainwright in review with Sean Rafferty about a genocide of his mom as well as a significance of his brand brand new show Prima Donna, upon In Tune upon Radio 3 from 1700BST, Friday 9 April.
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