Jerry Garcia Day in SF

this day should be a national celebration from coast to coast we miss ya jerry

JJJJJJEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

its Jerry Garcia day every day in Michigan

this is a stones throw from my baby girls house. ASpen Rose, free JGB and the duck pond. thweeet

Wow! this is looking like a great event! Go to Jerry Day in McLaren Park!

In my world, EVERY day is Jerry Garcia Day! Miss you, Jerry!

it is a great place to see some music and relax in the sun(if it happens to be a sunny day in sf).
go and see this show it will be lots of fun!

"There Ain't Nothing Like A Grateful Garcia Gathering", and ONLY 1 day to go, the bus is up and running again! Its next stop will be the Grateful Garcia Gathering 2007 being held once again on August 2 - August 5. The 3G's will celebrate and pay tribute to the life, art, and music of legendary guitarist Jerry Garcia on what would be his 65th Birthday.

This music and camping festival will once again take place at the picturesque Camp NCN Campground located in beautiful Black River Falls, Wisconsin. The campground features 60-plus acres of brilliant surroundings with tall trees that shade your camp site. For your fishing, swimming, and water sports pleasures we have a five-acre natural spring fed lake with sandy beaches, modern bathroom facilities with showers, and other luxurious accommodations.

Campers will be able to have campfires at each individual campsite and firewood is available at the campground! There will be plenty of awesome vendors on-site for you to check out, a kind and friendly atmosphere, and a stellar musical lineup for all to enjoy! In addition, there is going to be BEER, WATER, SODA, CHERRY GARICA ICE CREAM, a memorabilia "Jerry Garcia Shrine" near the main stage. All attendees are encouraged to bring pictures, candles, ticket stubs, tie-dyes, old posters with Jerry's signature, any and all related items related to Jerry Garcia, or the Grateful Dead! You can place it at the shrine for all to enjoy!

Festival attendees will be able to enjoy the sounds of local and regional bands who were influenced or inspired by The Grateful Dead such as, Rootstand, Chinese Fingertrap, Boney Fingers, Baghdad Scuba Review, Bowser, One Eyed Jack, Grateful Beth & The Volunteers, Jana Holland, Covert Operations, Space Quakers, Macyn Taylor, The Northwoods Band, The Weavils, Downer's Grove, The Wandering Foolz, The High Strung
String Band, Bar Tab Band, Run Side Down, CedarTown Boys, The Yokanizu Project, The Orin Project, and many more! We are also opening a second stage for more live music to fill the air! All these bands will all be performing their own original tunes, plus a few covers of The Grateful Dead and the Jerry Garcia Band. All this, in tribute and honoring of Jerry Garcia, which will also mark the 12th Anniversary of his untimely passing. Singer/Songwriter Bear, will emcee and perform in between set-ups and take-downs of the performers, and may invite up special guest! In addition, there will be a very special fireworks display (weather and drought conditions permitting) for this exciting weekend of camping, music, friendships, harmony and love!



The real thrill of the Grateful Garcia Gathering is the return of Melvin Seals & JGB for TWO NIGHTS! David Kemper (original drummer of the Jerry Garcia Band) will be joining Melvin Seals & JGB. The 3G's just wouldn't be complete without a musical cohort and true friend of Jerry's to be part of these wonderful festivities. Melvin Seals and David Kemper are longtime friends of Jerry Garcia. The vision of the Grateful Garcia Gathering is to keep the spirit of Jerry Garcia's music alive by bringing the music and the Deadhead fans together as family!

Opening for Melvin Seals & JGB (For Two Nights) is the Grateful Dead's Donna Jean Godchaux, Mookie Siegel of the David Nelson Band (and formerly a member of both Phil & Friends and Ratdog), Wendy Lanter of Hope in Time, and Jeff Mattson, Tom Circosta, Klyph Black and Dave Diamond, all of the Zen Tricksters, now create music together as "Donna Jean and The Tricksters."

MoonAlice is a powerful and talented bunch of musicians many of you have seen and heard jamming throughout jamband scene! This new band will open be opening for "Donna Jean and The Tricksters," featuring Roger & Ann McNamee (The Flying Other Brothers), Barry Sless (pedal steel and lead guitarist from the David Nelson Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, Kingfish, Cowboy Jazz, The Rowan Brothers (Peter, Lorin & Chris), Pete Sears (Rod Stewart, Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna, John Lee Hooker, Steve Kimock, Jerry Garcia), G.E. Smith ( click link http://www.greenmirror.com/gebio.html ), Jimmy Sanchez (Dr. John, Roy Rogers, Bonnie Raitt, Maria Muldaur, Tom Waits, Boz Scaggs). Lots of musical talent in this band!

Boris Garcia (For Two Nights) will be opening for "MoonAlice." Here's what Dennis McNally (Bob Weir and Ratdog publicist) had to say about Boris Garcia: "During my 25 years with Grateful Dead Productions, I listened to a lot of jamming, both electric and acoustic. Recently, though I still work with Bob Weir, I've been approached by a fair number of bands to help them, and have usually not been moved enough by the music to say yes - until I heard Boris Garcia. They fuse a bluegrass/country/folk sound with a jazzy rock improvisation mode and really excellent songwriting. Some say it reminds them of Tom Petty, others of old Byrds. Either way, I like them, and want to share them with my larger family. So here y'are!"

Early Bird Special Weekend Passes for the Grateful Garcia Gathering are on sale on-line NOW at www.GratefulGarciaGathering.com.

Ticket Price:

$70 before July 31st
$80 Day of Show.



~All Ages~
12 years old and under free with parent!

Artists Performing: Melvin Seals & JGB (featuring original Jerry Garcia Band members "Melvin Seals", and "David Kemper") - The Grateful Dead's Donna Jean and The Tricksters (featuring Mookie Siegel of David Nelson Band; formerly Phil & Friends, RatDog), - MoonAlice (featuring Roger & Ann McNamee formerly of the Flying Other Brothers), Barry Sless (of the David Nelson Band-Phil & Friends), G.E.Smith,( SNL, Bob Dylan), and Pete Sears (formerly of Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna), with drummer Jimmy Sanchez, - Boris Garcia - Rootstand - One-Eyed Jack - Baghdad Scuba Review - Bowser - The Northwoods Band, Covert Operations - Chinese Fingertrap - Macyn Taylor - The Orin Project - The Weavils - Grateful Beth & The Volunteers - Bar Tab Band - Jana Holland - Space Quakers - The High Strung String Band - Downer's Grove - The Wandering Fools - The Yokanizu Project - MC Bear - The Weavils - The Cedar Town Boys- and more!

1 DAY LEFT TO GET YOUR ON-LINE TICKETS:

Festival Website: http://GratefulGarciaGathering.com

Thanks to everyone who has helped out with this event - Jerry Day SF. Especially to the City and County of SF, Jerry Garcia Estate, SFPD, and SF Park and Rec for allowing us to have the event in the first place. Also to all of the residents near the amphitheater and the deadheads that help to put this thing together.

SUNDAY is going to be FUN!!!

Kudos to Jambase for putting this release up....

the jerry ampatheater in McLaren park is really cool. I wont be able to attend, but I suggest that you bring a keg if your going to be with a ton of people - no one will hastle you about it, im very sure of that.

No kegs allowed. Thank You.

Cans and Bottles are OK. Please recycle once your at the event. Thank You.

Jerry Day is always a lot of fun and this year the music should be stellar. See ya all there!

that wisconsin deal sounds pretty good for a chicago dude such as myself.. cant afford the trip to san fran sadly, hopefully next year!

Happy birthday Jerry!
Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passing by,
Laugh in the sunshine,
Sing, cry in the dark,
Fly through the night!
God Bless You Jerry!

Happy Birthday Jerry !

san fran seems to be where it's at! i'm 'stuck' in chicago too, however next friday aug.10 there's the "3rd annual jerry garcia tribute" featuring some cool local jam bands... and tickets are only $12. sounds like a fun time, especially because it's 18+ when most of the local jam bands only play 21+ bars

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JERRY!!!We miss you and love you.

Sad to see such talent wasted. Not only his death, but those last few years where GD Corp propped Jerry up on the stage no matter the cost to his health. The Brokedown at Denver ’94 was particularly sad. The guy was a mess.

While we should celebrate his great gifts to all of us, let’s not forget why we are at this place in time. Basically, the guy was very sick. Not sure where his family or friends were, but to die alone at a rehab center from DT’s isn’t exactly a noble departure. Hopefully, the rest of us can learn from this and be there for a family member who is sick with addiction.

Neil Young said it best.

I sing the song
because I love the man
I know that some
of you don't understand
Milk-blood
to keep from running out.

I've seen the needle
and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie's
like a settin' sun.

You were a great man and musician you will always be remembered. Happy B-Day Spud!!! or Capt. Trips if you prefer!!!

I wonder what Jerry would think of all this???? just curious.

counting stars by candleight - all are dim but ONE is bright! miss ya jer.

RIGHTEOUS. Tom you're the bomb for gettin' this happenin.
Have gone the past 2 yrs, close to my house, & this event is MUCH fun---See YOU there! D

Happy Birthday Jerry.

i saw jgb for the first time last month in falling waters wv and they were so tight and powerful, its a show not to miss. oh, and the guy who immitates jerry was great too!

"I wonder what Jerry would think of all this???? just curious."

Hopefully, we are honoring their craft.

From a system perspective, Jerry was known to be very leading-edge about the sound system, having enlisted Bob Heil way-back-when to provide the first foldback (monitor) system for the band so they could hear better and enjoy the show, too. We carefully size the sound system for this venue, and support the artists with complete and flexible monitor mixes. The system this year will expand on what we have learned in prior Jerry Day celebrations, and is sure to please with good coverage and intelligibility. Thanks to L-Acoustics ARCS, there are no "cheap seats" at Jerry Day...

Sound on Stage is delegating some of their very best for this show, and has helped spec the ideal system.

See you there...

bo putnam
SOUNDsupport

i asked him what his name was. he said 'melvin seals' lol!

I knew it. I have had this amazing "Jerry Vibe" all week. Close your eyes. Feel the colors. Smell the music. Live the life. :p

the comment about BORIS GARCIA at the GARCIAGATHERING is right on...this band is the missing link for new schoolers and old schoolers who LOVE muisc.... check them out and you may agree!

The sounds was (is) always the chase and the music was (is) always kick ass from the get-go! Thanks to all the sound crews for making the day sparkle with the glow of sunshine and our bodies groove to the waves from them speakers! Kick out the Jams! Much appreciation for celebrating Jerry in such a cool way!

The sounds was (is) always the chase and the music was (is) always kick ass from the get-go! Thanks to all the sound crews for making the day sparkle with the glow of sunshine and our bodies groove to the waves from them speakers! Kick out the Jams! Much appreciation for celebrating Jerry in such a cool way!