Spring/Summer Marin Festivals/Events 2013

This is a starter, to whet your appetites.  I must now get on with life ...

[Thanks so very much to all of you who have sent me special notes about my health.  If I have not yet individually replied, I intend to!]

To check weekly events at Marin venues while I’m away, go to any previous post and click on the venue for their website link.  Also check my latest “Mark Your Calendars” section. Enjoy!

Hopmonk Novato, Music in the Beer Garden, free:  Friday evenings, and Sat. & Sun. afternoons & evenings. Afternoons are 1-4pm, I believe, and I didn’t get the evening hours right.  Not yet on website, but watch for it.  KC Turner is booking the acts for the Beer Garden.  This is in addition to the Music in the Session Room.

May 11 (Sat.) May Madness Classic Car Parade, 4^th St. San Rafael, 12-6pm (Parade 5pm)

12: Blue Diamond Fillups - Rockabilly

1:45: Fenix Blues Band - Blues

3:30: Danny Click and the Hell Yeahs! – Southern rock & blues

May 26 (Sun.) Larkspur Food & Flower Festival Magnolia St., 11am-6pm: 12:30 Doc Kraft Band, 2:30 Revolver , 4:30 Unauthorized Rolling Stones!

Northgate Concerts Under the Oak, 1^st & 3^rd Fridays, 6-8pm:

- June 7:  San Francisco Music Club – Lorin Rowan & Jimmy Dillon

- June 21:  Zydeco Flames

- July 5:  Unauthorized Rolling Stones

- July 19:  Joel, The Band

- Aug. 2:  Petty Theft

- Aug. 16:  Volker Strifler

Pacheco Plaza Fri. Night Concerts, 3^rd Fridays, 6-9pm:

- June 21:  Los Boleros

- July 19:  Beatles Flashback

- Aug. 16:  Retromaniacs

- Sep. 20:  Spirit of Caribbean

Marinwood Music in the Park, 2^nd & 4^th Fridays, 6-8pm:

- June 28^th: The Shook Twins
- July 12^th: The Magnolia Keys (aka Tiny Television)
- July 26^th: Elliot Randall & The Deadmen
- Aug 9^th: The Novelists
- Aug 23^rd: Danny Click

Marin Home & Garden Expo:

June 1 & June 2, Sat. & Sun. 10am-5pm, $6 seniors, $10 GA

Novato Art, Wine & Music Festival

June 8 & 9, Sat. 10-7, Sun. 10-6

Includes headliners The Tubes with Fee Waybill, Tom Rigney & Flambeau, The TICKETS BAND, Davey Pattison.  Click on Festival link above for complete schedule.

Fairfax Festival

June 8 & 9, Sat. & Sun. 11am-6pm; parade Sat. 10am.  Click Festival link for more info.

June 22:  Mount Tam Jam, Mountain Theatre, 12-7pm, $25 (under 12), 50, 75, 100:  A Benefit for the Mountain, featuring Galactic, CAKE, Taj Mahal Trio, and Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs!

Italian Street Painting Marin, June 29-30 (Sat. 10-9, Sun. 10-6), $5: Musicians include Ryann Morris Band, Lara Johnston, Souljah Family Band, Good Karma Jazz, Miles Schon Band, Moonalice, and Andre Theirry and Zydeco Magic.