LIVE ON THE WATERFRONT AT THE POINT SAN PABLO HARBOR!
Jazz mafia’s
Grateful Brass
+ DJ Darkstar Dan
Live on the Waterfront
Saturday, September 21, 2024
6pm Gates, Food, Bar | 6:30pm Music & Dance
$30 ADV | $35 DAY OF SHOW
Reserved Picnic Table for 8 Guests - $265
Reserved Picnic Table for 6 Guests - $200
MUSIC ON the meadow STAGE (OUTDOORS)
FOOD AVAILABLE ONSITE
LOCAL BEER, WINE, AND BEVERAGES
NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR ALCOHOL PLEASE
BRING WARM LAYERS, BLANKETS AND CHAIRS
KIDS 13 AND UNDER FREE
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.
DJ Darkstar Dan
DJ Darkstar Dan hosted and DJ'd the original Bay Area Grateful Dead Night, starting in 1992 at Nickie's. Mixing up live tracks from different eras of the Dead, based on the energy and vibe of the event and space, he soon gained a Deadicated following. Darkstar Dan recently performed to thousands at the Oakland Coliseum Treehouse for Jerry Garcia Night 2023, and will be back again this year.