Beginning this Thursday, June 12, and running through Father’s Day, Sunday, June 15, the California Bluegrass Association (CBA) will celebrate a full half-century of music and community when the 50th Annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival fills Nevada County Fairgrounds with four days of nonstop picking, singing, and fellowship.

Goose transformed Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre into a two-night temple of musical revelation on June 6–7, delivering sold-out performances brimming with historic debuts, deep-cut resurrections, and improvisational fire. These shows—marked by audacious setlist choices and seismic climaxes—cemented their status as a nationwide "must-see" live act of the summer.

NIGHT ONE (June 6):

Today, the Grateful Guitars Foundation (GGF) announces that they will present Oteil Burbridge with a Doug-Irwin Certified “Dire Wolf” bass by luthier Bill Asher at the AEG + 97.3 KBCO Present Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration with the Colorado Symphony at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on July 6. In addition to Burbridge, the event will feature appearances from Melvin Seals, Jacklyn LaBranch, Tom Hamilton, Duane Trucks and Lady Chi.

When classically trained pianist Kristina Marinova boards the psychedelic bus, she brings nothing but a grand piano—and proves that’s all she needs. Out June 6, 2025 on Navona Records, THE BUS CAME BY AND I GOT ON transforms eleven cornerstones of the Grateful Dead canon into a cinematic solo-piano experience that mirrors the arc of an early-’70s Dead show, complete with exploratory segues and encore-worthy fireworks.

Talking Heads premiere the first ever music video for their classic song “Psycho Killer,” directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mike Mills (C’mon C’mon, Beginners) and starring Saoirse Ronan (Little Women, Lady Bird). The release also marks the 50th anniversary of the Talking Heads’ live debut at CBGB on June 5, 1975, when they opened for the Ramones.

Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds will return to Mexico’s Caribbean coastline for the ninth annual “Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Riviera Maya” event, which will take place January 21-24, 2026. The duo will perform three nights of stripped-down acoustic sets under the stars in a one-of-a-kind oceanfront setting.

Today, the Indiana-born, Nashville-based rising star Stephen Wilson Jr. announces a fall run of his wildly successful sold-out søn of dad tour including performances at The Warfield in San Francisco, The Wiltern in Los Angeles and his largest hometown headline show to date at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium on November 23. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, June 13 at 10 a.m local time, with an artist presale beginning on Tuesday, June 10 at 10:00 a.m. local time.

Big Head Todd and the Monsters began their musical journey in the state of Colorado, and now, forty years later, the band and their fans are celebrating this magical musical milestone with an expansive 40th Anniversary Tour, including two shows at Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado, this past weekend. The band first played at Red Rocks as part of The Blues on the Rocks Festival in 1991 and have played the iconic venue countless times since.

Critically-acclaimed, multi-platinum selling band Young the Giant announces the In The Open 2025 Acoustic Tour. An intimate concert experience performed in beautiful spaces and venues around the country, the band will be supported by Cassandra Coleman (debut album produced by Jack Antonoff out June 6 via Warner) throughout.

High Moon Records is proud to announce the official release of Sly & The Family Stone’s The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967, available Friday, July 18 on CD, LP, and digital download. This earliest live recording of the pioneering band is accompanied by a deluxe booklet with liner notes from the set’s GRAMMY®-nominated producer Alec Palao, featuring exclusive interviews with Sly Stone and all of the original band members, never-before-seen photos, rare memorabilia, and more.