The San Francisco Giants will again honor their local house-band, The Grateful Dead, and Jerry Garcia on August 9th, 2011.  August 9th will mark the 16th anniversary of Jerry's passing.  Last year the annual Grateful Dead night ended up in a very exciting 11th inning win for the SF Giants, who eventually went on to win the World Series!  Check out more details below.

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Giants VS Pirates

National Anthem performed by Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, And Giants Own Tim Flannery

7th Inning Stretch by Mickey Hart and NBA Hall Of Famer Bill Walton

Special Ticket Package Includes:

•A seat in one of the "Dead Head" tribute section, spread through the park

•A very special limited-edition "Dancing Bears" collectible statue

•Pregame performance by Grateful Dead tribute bands

•Members of the Garcia family and the original band to throw out the first pitch and perform the National Anthem

•Ticket proceeds will be donated to the Furthur Foundation, Rex Foundation and the Unbroken Chain Foundation as well as other non-profits affiliated with the individual band members causes...

Get your tickets here. Please note you will be automatically directed to purchase tickets in the Special Events sections.

Pick up a Grateful Dead Giants hat and t-shirt here.

Ticket sales are underway for the 6^th annual YarmonyGrass festival set to take place on the Colorado River from August 5^th-7^th. The boutique festival aims to cater to the vibrant outdoor sports and music community boasting a prime location for river rafters, single track bikers and fishing enthusiasts during the day and each night plays host to one of the best string-centric outdoor music events in the Rockies. This year’s line-up will feature bluegrass legend Peter Rowan along with Greensky Bluegrass, Emmitt Nershi Band, The Grant Farm with Keith Mosely and Colorado’s newest starlets, Head for the Hills among others.

The locally produced YarmomyGrass festival represents everything Colorado stands for; beautiful open skies, breathtaking mountain vistas, a roaring river and the love for outstanding homegrown music. Beyond the stellar line-up of bands staged for the weekend, the three day ticket covers a wealth of visual performers, morning yoga or hiking expeditions and includes a serene camping environment fit for children of all ages.

Over the years YarmonyGrass has featured performances with budding string projects and electronic bands alike including every member of String Cheese Incident, Railroad Earth, EOTO, The Contribution and up-and-comers, Elephant Revival. This year festival goers can look forward to a new waterfront stage and bar as well as the main stage music beginning as early as 4:30 each day.

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YarmonyGrass Festival
August 5^th -7^th
Rancho Del Rio, Colorado

Trampled by Turtles, the highly regarded Duluth, MN acoustic 5-piece, will be making their debut at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival this summer.  They’ll be appearing Friday, June 17 at 4:30 pm (right after Jerry Douglas and before Emmylou Harris – great company to keep).

The band’s incendiary sets at SxSW 2011 and Coachella showed up in countless best-of lists and fest recaps by NPR, Esquire.com, American Songwriter and the Boston Globe, to name just a few.

It’s been a steady climb for the band since the April 2010 release of their breakthrough record, Palomino. The album is still holding in the Top 5 on the Billboard bluegrass charts, and critical acclaim has accompanied TBT’s word-of-mouth reputation as a live band not to be missed. While it’s the band’s energy and quicksilver picking that has made them a favorite on the tour and festival scene, it’s the songwriting that seals the deal. All the band members cut their teeth in rock, punk and metal bands but their original material draws from the same well of inspiration as Townes Van Zant, Dylan, Neil Young, Del McCoury and Ralph Stanley, putting their own unique spin on this classic genre.

Trampled by Turtles have been tapped to provide music for the Adult Swim cartoon Squidbillies, and will be releasing a split vinyl/digital single with fellow Minnesota band Motion City Soundtrack in June 2011. Stay tuned for further details

Celebrating its 15th year, and its 10th year in Preston County, WV, the All Good Music Festival is proud to announce a fundraiser for the Masontown Volunteer Fire Department.  While the festival brings excitement and revenue, not to mention great music, to the county, the county in turn supports the thousands of fans with essential and life-protecting services. Now, All Good presents this benefit fundraiser in gratitude to the brave men and women who have served as unpaid first responders to any emergency.

The May 13 event will be held at the Purple Cow Lounge in Morgantown and features up and coming bands, Fletcher’s Grove from Charleston, and Morgantown-based group, The Greens. Not only are 100% of the ticket sales revenues raised going to the Fire Department, the All Good Festival will match the amount raised, dollar for dollar.

All Good Festival organizer Tim Walther notes “We appreciate the thankless efforts and support of the men and women of the Masontown Volunteer Fire Department throughout the years and are delighted to present this fundraiser to benefit what they do best. We hope that the money we raise will assist the MVFD in serving their community to the best of their ability.”

The festival is held at Marvin’s Mountaintop the weekend of July 14-17 and features over 40 bands performing over 40 hours of music with such national acts as Furthur featuring Phil Lesh & Bob Weir, Primus, moe., Umphrey’s McGee, John Butler Trio, STS9 and dozens more. The festival hosted a record breaking attendance in 2010, and the event is one of the highlights of West Virginia’s tourism industry by selling tickets in all 50 states as well as a half dozen other countries.

“We appreciate the patience and support that we have received from the residents of Masontown throughout the years, and we are glad that we can give something back that will benefit the community,” Tim Walther.

From bars to barn parties, Fletcher’s Grove has been making its way into the music scene ever since 2006.  With their eclectic roots, this band combines tight vocal harmonies with a soulful-jamming-jazz-influenced guitar duo, backed up by a slapping bass and a driving drum ensemble. The Greens play Rock-n-Roll as if Cream was from West Virginia but that’s not all.  With 10 years of versatility in song writing and live-performance, this band is growing on you. Come see West Virginia’s hottest up-and-coming bands while supporting Preston County’s hard-working heroes!

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Friday, May 13 | Purple Cow Lounge | 1226 Cheat Road | Morgantown, WV 26505 | 304.594.3824 | 8 PM Doors, 9 PM Show | $10 | Advanced tickets available at http://walthertix.musictoday.com

The Albertans, a quintet of Joel Bravo, Ian Everall, Curtis McLean, Krystin Monaghan, and Alison Yip, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, defects from Alberta, Saskatchewan and the U.S. They met as a collective, and piled into a propane-fueled, converted short bus to tour down to San Diego and back. They toured this way for the next two years, unglamorously, crossing the continent to record in New York, playing shows with bands they didn't know, for people that didn't know them. They traveled 50,000 miles, hopped borders, broke down, and slept on the road. In those two years together, The Albertans recorded an EP and full length with Ernest Jenning Records. They played shows at Sled Island, SXSW, and CMJ with bands such as Cuff the Duke, Hard Drugs, and Woods, and were named one of L Magazine's top NYC bands of 2009. Last Fall, The Albertans finally found a home back in Vancouver, and have been playing shows in BC until now, when they'll leave for SXSW and ultimately a full US tour.

The Albertans recorded their new single and forthcoming album New Age, at Chandelier Studios in Brooklyn, NY. Ernest Jenning Record Company (Cuff the Duke, O'Death, Takka Takka, Still Flyin) have released the full-length album today.

Watch the video 'Megan' here.

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The Albertans Live!

March 19th Austin, TX @ FiveOneTwo (SXSW) w/ The Forms, Takka Takka, O'Death

April 1st Bowen Island, BC @ the Bowen Island Pub
w/ Daniel Carter

April 2nd Vancouver, BC @ The Cobalt
w/ Wizzrds, The Killing Time Quartet and Bear Mountain