July 2023

This exciting waterfront music festival overlooking the Napa River with gorgeous views of Mt Diablo is growing up fast. Now in its third year, the festival has expanded to 2 days and features some of the biggest names in funk on Sep 9th and super soulful west coast bands on Sep 10th. San Francisco attendees have the option to take the SF Bay Ferry to and from the festival this year.

FRAZIER TRAGER PRESENTS DOCK OF BAY FESTIVAL

Saturday, Sept 9 - Old School Funk Fest

We are so excited to return to the beautiful Mare Island Waterfront for another all-day LIVE DEAD Days Between celebration on Sunday August 6th from 1 till 9 or 9:30. Featuring CUBENSIS: The Grateful Dead Experience with a VERY SPECIAL GUEST (2 sets), GRATEFUL BRASS by Jazz Mafia, THE ALLIGATORS Pigpen Experience, LOVIN’ DEAD and LOVE MISCHIEF. With food trucks, drinks, local artisan vendors, new Burning Man sculpture exhibit. Featuring waterfront views on the Napa River and plenty of shade under newly renovated historic Coal Sheds. All Ages.

Southern gothic Americana outfit Bonnie & the Mere Mortals release their new album Live & Unplugged at the Club Cafe on Aug. 4. It’s a showcase of alt-country swagger and fellowship around live music. It delves into relationships, mental health, occult mysticism and folklore, putting forth the idea that you can make your own destiny. It was filmed and recorded in front of a live studio audience in Pittsburgh, encapsulating the intimacy of the live experience following the Covid lockdown era.

Come jam with us for the inauguration of Cascade Equinox, a brand-new three-day event coming to Central Oregon on September 22 - 24, 2023, held at Deschutes County Fairgrounds.

This enticing first-time festival announcement brings a unique opportunity for the music festival subculture to converge at the nexus of diverse genres, fostering a vibrant celebration within our tight-knit community amidst the beauty of nature.

Relentless Beats has announced phase 02 of its Goldrush: Sonoran Skies lineup, taking place October 7 - 8, 2023, at Phoenix Raceway- a venue that has seen the Southwest's most prolific independent promoter’s biggest shows to date. The phase 02 lineup joins previously announced headliners Tiësto, Zeds Dead, ZHU, and 20+ artists from the initial announcement.

Nottingham Press will release Maps and Legends: The Story of R.E.M. by John Hunter, the most comprehensive biography of R.E.M. yet published. Maps and Legends covers not just the band’s entire career, from Radio Free Europe to Collapse Into Now, but also delves deeply into the childhoods of each of the band members. It tells the story of each of the teenage bands one or more of the members played in before R.E.M.

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