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.

For over 6 decades he has become one of the most influential artists of all time. In 2002 Ralph Stanley received his first ever Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance of the haunting rendition of “Oh Death” that was featured in the movie and soundtrack of “O Brother Where Art Thou”. Dr. Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys are still touring a 100 plus dates per year, and enjoying his time at home with his lovely wife “Jimmi” of nearly 50 years. Dr. Ralph Stanley is not only an American treasure but and international Icon.

Sierra Hull: Boundaries—age, genre or otherwise—don’t hamper an artist like Sierra. She’s already earned considerable respect in the bluegrass world, the IBMA’s voting members having nominated her for no fewer than five awards over three years—there’s a good chance she’ll be the first woman to win the mandolin category. Matt Glaser—head of Berklee’s American Roots Music Program—put it this way: “She has no limitations as a musician.” Daybreak is certainly a noteworthy arrival; you can’t help but feel it’s also just the beginning.

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Spring has finally settled in, and how sweet it is to be moving Into the Sun. Dark Star Orchestra's spring tour starts with an already sold-out show at Irving Plaza. No worries, though, if you're close to New York - we're at Westbury just a few days later. After that, we zip around the Northeast from point to point like the colored pen in a Spirograph. Little-known fact: if you connect the dots for each show on a map of New England, you can see a very familiar face in the pattern!* Visit our Tour Page for details and to see where your closest show will be.

Have you been aching to hear a favorite song as filler/encore? Would you like a chance to vote for it? Then we've read your mind. Go to our Tour Page and pick a show from the Into The Sun Tour, click the link in the details, choose your song, and vote. Bonus: by doing so, you're entered to win tickets to that show!

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Hearts Of Summer Beat For You

The second leg of our summer tour is taking shape and sending us across the country with shows in New Mexico and Colorado. We will drop in to Santa Fe on August 11th and rock 2 nights at the Mishawaka Amphitheater in Bellvue, CO on the 12th and 13th before cruising on to Bond, CO for a show at the State Bridge Lodge. Stay tuned for more shows in far off lands to be announced soon!

Visit our Tour Dates page for tickets and more info.

Did we already mention Gratefulfest 12? Can you tell how excited we are? Here are a few more bands that have just been added: Rusted Root and JGB, join the already power packed lineup including 3 Nights of DSO, Keller Williams, 7 Walkers, Railroad Earth, New Riders, BoomBox, David Gans and more! Tickets are on-sale now from DSOtix. Check out NLQP.com for more info.

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All of This Shall Be Sung Again

Check out the new additions to the DSO on Demand catalog. We have released last year's epic NYE show that included a rare acoustic set before recreating the GD show 12/31/76. Plus we are dropping some gems from the 2011 Southbound Winter tour including: 1/21 in Milwaukee, 1/22 in Chicago, 1/26 in Detroit, and 1/27 in Cleveland. Click HERE to see the full catalog.

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Share Your Love

Have you taken pictures while at a Dark Star Show? If you upload them to our Facebook contest, you have a chance to win a pair of tickets to the Spring Tour show of your choice. But that's not all - if you choose to Like one or more of the photos that have been uploaded, you'll also be entered to win. What's to lose?

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TOUR DATES

We're on a mission to make a miracle every day. As a token of our appreciation for making 2010 an epic year, we're giving away a high-quality 320Kbps MP3 download every day this month. That's 30 days of unreleased Grateful Dead tracks from the vault, selected by tape archivist David Lemieux! Intrigued? We're also going to put your knowledge to the test and give you the chance to win more classic tunes from the Dead...

You know your Ables from your Bakers from your C's, but can your finely tuned ears differentiate the cosmic "comeback" tour from a spacey 70's show? Each day at 9am PT we'll post a free download from one of the Dead's coveted shows. Will it be from that magical night at Madison Square Garden in '93 or from way back when they were just starting to warm it up at Winterland? Is that Pigpen's harmonica we hear? Brent on keys? Step right up and try your hand...

Each day, the first person to guess the venue & date correctly will get a Road Trips CD of their choice. If you're not first but you've still answered correctly, you will also be automatically entered for a weekly prize of THE WARNER BROTHERS STUDIO ALBUMS VINYL BOX (EXCLUSIVE EDITION) or a FORMERLY THE WARLOCKS boxed set. What are you waiting for? Log in now to grab your first free download and enter to win!

With the release of his new album "Y Not", Ringo Starr will enlist Ben Harper (also appearing on the album) and Relentless7 to perform a string of promotional events starting tonight with "The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon" on NBC.  Tomorrow Jan 13 they'll visit "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" followed by Jay Leno, Grammy Music Series, Larry King Live and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.

Enter to win tickets to a special "Artists Den" concert at a secret location in New York City on Thursday, January 14 at 12pm (doors 11am).

More information on Ben Harper and Relentless7 can be found here.