Slightly Stoopid and Cloud 9 Adventures have announced the initial artist lineup and event details for the third edition of CLOSER TO THE SUN, a tropical concert vacation held over four nights at an all-inclusive resort located in the beautiful Riviera Maya region of Mexico. After two amazing years, the event returns December 14 –18, 2016 with a stellar lineup to join host band Slightly Stoopid.

Over the last few weeks ELECTRIC ZOO: WILD ISLAND-the three-day music festival taking place Labor day Weekend (September 2, 3 and 4) at Randall's Island Park in the heart of NYC-has been rolling out daily parts of its line-up to their highly-anticipated "Wild Island" edition.  Each day the festival revealed a different act or two.  Today (May 4), 

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May 21st 

Help McLaren Park Pancake Breakfast@ 

  Louis Sutter Playground @ McLaren Park

Near Jerry Garcia Amphitheater

10am / $10 Donation

June - Jerry Day Fundraiser - TBA

July 29th - Jerry Day Benefit - TBA

Follwing Phil Lesh's Capitol Theater show on May 29th be sure to catch Alexander Nelson (Jackie Green's brother) along with Elliott Peck in New York City at the American Beauty bar.

You can purchase tickets here.

For the 2nd week The Del McCoury Band’s Del & Woody, a collection of lyrics left behind by Woody Guthrie and put to music by McCoury, reached #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart.  As best we can tell (with help from the Woody Guthrie Center), a few songs of Woody’s have charted on radio before, but no project that included only his songs has ever risen to the top of the Billboard album chart.  McCoury—who at 77 is no stranger to the top of the c

Bruce Molsky is “one of America’s premier fiddling talents” (Mother Jones) and a twice-Grammy-nominated artist on fiddle, banjo, guitar and song. He has dug into the deepest reaches of mountain music, while growing his own unique voice. Bruce holds a stage as few other musicians can.  His skill at performing a deep and varied repertoire and a reverence for the past, combined with a relaxed, conversational wit, draws listeners in as if they were sitting on the front porch of Carnegie Hall.

Led by 23-year-old soul sensation Ziek McCarter, San Francisco's Con Brio has mesmerized crowds with performances on some of the world's biggest stages including Austin City Limits 2015 and Byron Bay Bluesfest 2016 (Australia).

POP Montreal returns this fall. The legends are coming back, along with the weirdos, the influencers, the icons and the groundbreakers.

Catskill Chill Music Festival has released the initial lineup for the seventh annual event, which will take place September 23rd – 25th, 2016 at New Minglewood, a private summer camp in Lakewood, PA. Headlining Catskill Chill is Phish bassist Mike Gordon featuring musicians Robert Walter, Scott Murawski, John Kimock and Craig Myers.

BAYOU MAHARAJAH explores the life, times and music of piano legend James Booker, who Dr. John described as "the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced."