October 2011

Just one week left until the gates open for the inaugural Hangtown Halloween Ball – featuring Railroad Earth - in Placerville, CA, October 28-30 and the early weather forecast is looking stellar for festival-goers all weekend!

Warren Haynes Presents: The 23rd Annual Christmas Jam will take place on Saturday December 10th at The Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, NC.The initial line-up, includes a rare show by Phil Lesh & Friends (Featuring: Phil Lesh, Warren Haynes, Jackie Greene, Jeff Chimenti & Joe Russo) as well as Gov't Mule's return to The Xmas Jam, Los Lobos & Bela Fleck and many more to be announced shortly. This year's line-up is shaping up to be our strongest yet.

5 night Bahamas cruise with 4 nights music and stops in Nassau, Freeport, and Key West. Featuring music from SpongeCake & The Fluff Ramblers ( Mooresville, NC ) Case Federal & The Agents ( Charlotte, NC ) Flux Capacitor (Reading/Philadelpia ) Jerry Pranksters ( Lincoln, NE ) Uncle Dad ( Troutman, NC ). Sailing aboard Carnival Cruises Ecstacy out of Port Canaveral Fla. April 14th-19th 2012. For more info, or to purchase tix go to http://www.fancruises.com  several prices and payment options are available.

Location

Carnival Cruise Lines, Port Canaveral , Fla.

The 1990s were an excellent time to see live music. Not only were some of the oldest touring mainstays in their mature prime (i.e., Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band, Rush, Eric Clapton) but a legion of next generation bands were emerging as part of a new mentality of what it meant to have a tour following.

Since last spring when I missed Chromeo play the sold out show at the Ogden, I have been anxiously awaiting the dance party that Chromeo is.

The aptly named Mavericks, whose brand of genre-busting country won them Grammys as well as Academy of Country and Country Music Association awards in the ’90s, not to mention critical acclaim and legions of fans, will reunite for the first time since their 2003 dissolution for an appearance at the Stagecoach Festival to be held April 27-29, 2012 in Indio, Calif. Following the Stagecoach appearance