Festival season is going strong and that means week after week of bringing together great lineups and beautiful venues. One such event takes place July 21 – 23, 2016, at Byrd’s Adventure Center along the Mulberry River in the beautiful Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. Situated nearby Mulberry Mountain of Wakarusa and Harvest Music Festival fame, the Homegrown Music Festival is sure to be a wonderful weekend with a foundation of sustainability.

John Hartford Memorial Festival is a testament to not only the legend himself, but to the genre and thriving music that was born and inspired by he & his ensemble of fellow bluegrass roots Americana musicians.  There has been no beat skipped since his passing in 2001 and this festival’s continued growth further verifies that truth.

Join Leftover Salmon for the 4th year of their SolShine Music Festival in Winter Park, CO August 11th-14th. This will be a full weekend of music featuring 2 FREE Leftover Salmon concerts consisting of 2 sets each night on August 13th & 14th!! Other music includes: The Record Company, Gipsy Moon, Trout Steak Revival, DeadPhish Orchestra, A special late night show with members of Leftover Salmon, The Sweet Lilles', and more!

I had the privilege of attending my favorite festival of the year for the fifth year in a row, and I am here to tell you about the best place on Earth. I would travel across several oceans to get to this festival. It is one that if you haven’t experienced, it should be placed on your bucket list. I’d like to start this tale of Dark Star Jubilee, held at Legend Valley, in Thornville Ohio, each Memorial Day weekend, with some words from the band, written in each schedule passed out:

Looking back over the past 25 years of rootsy, string-based music, the impact of Leftover Salmon is impossible to deny. Formed in Boulder at the end of 1989, the Colorado slamgrass pioneers were one of the first bluegrass bands to add drums and tour rock & roll bars, helping Salmon become a pillar of the jam band scene and unwitting architects of the jam grass genre.

“But see that you get on. That’s your job in this hard world, to keep your love alive and see that you get on, no matter what. Pull your act together and just go on.” –Stephen King, The Shining

We are excited to return to the infamous Stanley Hotel in beautiful Estes Park, CO, to bring you a weekend full of music and joy!