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High Step Society & Grateful Brass - LIVE ON THE WATERFRONT

  • point san pablo harbor 1900 Stenmark Dr Richmond, CA, 94801 United States (map)

LIVE ON THE WATERFRONT AT THE POINT SAN PABLO HARBOR!

High Step Society & Grateful Brass -

Live on the Waterfront

Saturday, October 14, 2023
6pm Gates, Food, Bar | 7pm Music

$30 Early Bird Until Oct 1; $35 Presale; $40 DAY OF SHOW

Reserved Picnic Table for 8 Guests - $275 ($34 each)

Reserved Picnic Table for 6 Guests - $225 ($37.50 each)

MUSIC ON La victrola STAGE (OUTDOORS)

FOOD AVAILABLE ONSITE

LOCAL BEER, WINE, AND BEVERAGES

NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR ALCOHOL PLEASE

BRING WARM LAYERS, BLANKETS AND CHAIRS

KIDS 16 AND UNDER FREE

High Step Society

High Step Society is a dance party from another dimension; a high-flying, beat-dropping, big band rocket ship with an ear to the past, and both feet on the gas. This dynamic band is bringing jazz back to the party, where it belongs.

The 7-piece band’s mission is to bring people together, to create a celebratory space that transcends the troubles of this world. Capturing the spirit of the Jazz Age and launching a century forward, this band breaks down the divisions between us and replaces them with the irresistible urge to dance together.

High stepping is a state of mind, and a movement to be part of. Dress yourself up nice, act classy, and lift your best foot way up to the sky. Hop on the HSS Express and let’s ride this wave together towards better times.

Grateful Brass

Grateful Brass reimagines the iconic music of the Grateful Dead with an instrumentation of brass, drums and vocals (no guitar!). The music digs deep into the Grateful Dead discography with creative re-imaginations infused with the ebullient spirit of New Orleans Second Line, trance-like grooves of Afrobeat, brass-driven energy of Balkan music, and energetic Afro-Cuban polyrhythms, all sitting on top of a heavy foundation of funk.

Grateful Brass is led by Adam Theis who is a current member of The Wolf Pack with Bob Weir & Wolf Bros and whose arrangements are featured in their live shows, as well as two Bob Weir albums released in 2022 (“Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live in Colorado” and “Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live in Colorado Vol. 2”).

Some of the finest musicians on the West Coast have joined Theis in creating this newest offshoot of the Bay Area music collective Jazz Mafia; many who have long collaborated with other artists in the Grateful Dead community like Mickey Hart, Joe Russo's Ain't Dead Yet, Peter Rowan, Reed Mathis, Jackie Greene, and Cold Blood.

Grateful Brass embraces the challenge of carrying on a 50+ year tradition of imagination, creativity, and groovy improvisatory adventures. This loving homage will make you fall in love with Grateful Dead's music all over again, or for the first time.