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Fall Tour Is A Wrap! 

DSO Fall Tour Wraps up this weekend with our traditional Florida swing!  Tickets and info at darkstarorchestra.net!

12/8 Pompano Beach Amphitheater Pompano Beach, FL

12/9 The St. Augustine Amphitheatre St. Augustine, FL

12/10 Jannus Live St. Petersburg, FL

DSO Fall Tour Cruises On! 

DSO returns to the road THIS WEEKEND!  We'll even celebrate our anniversary along the way!  Tickets for all nights and more at darkstarorchestra.net.

11/9 Poplar Hall Appleton, WI

11/10 The Pabst Theater Milwaukee, WI

11/11 Palace Theatre St. Paul, MN ——> Anniversary

11/14 The Capitol Theatre Davenport, IA

11/15 Madrid Theatre Kansas City, MO

11/17 The Pageant St. Louis, MO

11/18 The Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL

11/19 KEMBA Live! Columbus, OH

11/22 Penn's Peak Jim Thorpe, PA

11/24-25 The Paramount Huntington, NY

Just Announced: DSO Winter Tour! 

West Coast! We'll see you this winter on Dark Star Orchestra Winter Tour 2024.  Tickets on sale now.

Jan. 25 Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ

Jan. 26 The Sound - Del Mar, CA

Jan. 27 The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA

Jan. 30 Fremont Theatre - San Luis Obispo, CA

Feb. 1 Guild Theatre - Menlo Park, CA

Feb. 2 Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA

Feb. 3 Golden State Theatre - Monterey, CA

Feb.4 Jam Cellars Ballroom - Napa, CA

Feb. 7 Midtown Ballroom - Bend, OR

Feb. 8 Mount Baker Theatre - Bellingham, WA

Feb. 9 Showbox - Seattle, WA

Feb. 10 Roseland Theatre - Portland, OR

DSO Fall Tour Kicks Off THIS WEEK! 

Fall Tour kick off this month!  Tickets for all nights + Cosmic New Years are on sale now at darkstarorchestra.net!

10/13 Avondale Brewing Company Birmingham, AL

10/14 Tabernacle Atlanta, GA

10/15 The Signal Chattanooga, TN

10/18 MegaCorp Pavilion Newport, KY

10/19 Stage AE Pittsburgh, PA

10/20 Warner Theatre Erie, PA

10/21 The Anthem Washington, DC

11/9 Poplar Hall Appleton, WI

11/10 The Pabst Theater Milwaukee, WI

11/11 Palace Theatre St. Paul, MN (DSO's Anniversary!)

11/14 The Capitol Theatre Davenport, IA

11/15 Madrid Theatre Kansas City, MO

11/17 The Pageant St. Louis, MO

11/18 The Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL

11/19 KEMBA Live! Columbus, OH

11/22 Penn's Peak Jim Thorpe, PA

11/24-25 The Paramount Huntington, NY

12/8 Pompano Beach Amphitheater Pompano Beach, FL

12/9 The St. Augustine Amphitheatre St. Augustine, FL

12/10 Jannus Live St. Petersburg, FL

Touch of Brews! 

I'm very honored to serve as the Artist At Large at the 3rd Annual Touch of Brews, a Grateful Dead-themed music festival in Nashville presented by Terrapin Beer Company September 29-30, 2023.  This all-ages 2-day festival takes place in Sevier Park in the 12 South Neighborhood and kicks off Friday night with a set from Midnight North and the Dead Beats Tie Dye Jam.  Then Saturday from 10am-9pm, myself and Midnight North's Grahame Lesh & Elliott Peck will join forces with local greats Ladycouch and the Stolen Faces, and more wrapping it all up with a set as Nashville Is Dead featuring Mike Miz and more!  One Ticket Good for BOTH days, all-ages event, and kids 10 and under are FREE!  Buy in advance for discounted pricing, tickets range from $25-$35 here.  More info below:

 

- THE ROCK N ROLL PLAYHOUSE "MUSIC OF THE JAM"

- SCHOOL OF ROCK

- 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF WATKINS GLEN SUMMER JAM FEATURING LADYCOUCH PERFORMING THE BAND

- THE STOLEN FACES

- MIDNIGHT RIDERS

- NASHVILLE IS DEAD FEATURING JEFF MATTSON, MIKE MIZ , MEMBERS OF MIDNIGHT NORTH AND MORE!

-Terrapin Beer plus Waterbird Spirits

-Food Trucks

-Expanded Free Kid Zone brought to you by Pancho & Lefty's Cantina

-Shakedown Street Vendors

-Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream

Additional Details/Rules

- Friendly leashed dogs are welcome, but please bring what you need to clean up and provide water

- Re-Entry is allowed

- No large bags, no weapons, no drugs, no outside food or beverage

- The festival site is located in the North East area of Sevier Park, close to the corner of 10th Ave and Kirkwood.

Summer Finishes Strong 

Don't miss our final shows of the season starting Monday, August 7 at Hi-Fi Annex in Indianapolis, IN.  On Wednesday, August 9, we're traviling to the northernmost point we've ever played in Michigan to host you at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, then back down to Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids on August 10.  We wrap it all up in the Buckeye State with a rare appearance at the historic Agora Theatre in Cleveland on August 11, then off to the Rose Music Center at The Heights in Huber Heights near Dayton on August 12.  Tickets and info at darkstarorchestra.net.

Three Cheers for SSSSSummer! 

SSSSSummer swings on!  Dark Star Orchestra returns to the road this Wednesday, July 26 for our annual evening at the ballpark at Rochester's Silver Stadium (aka Innovative Field) then spends two nights with you at Summer Jam 50 in LaFayette, NY Celebrating 50 Years of the Famed Watkins Glen ‘Summer Jam’ on July 28-29.  The 30th finds us at the Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park, NJ then we cruise up to the Stony Creek Brewery in Branford, CT on August 2 before crossing the Southern Tier running up to Buffalo for an evening at Buffalo's Outer Harbor on August 3.  Tickets and info available at darkstarorchestra.net.  See you there!

Grass Valley, SLC & Carbondale This Week 

Busy Week Ahead!  Catch DSO Wednesday, July 12 at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, CA, Friday, July 14 at The Depot in Salt Lake City, and Saturday, July 15 at the ALC Foundation Benefit Concert in Carbondale, CO.  Tickets for all nights on sale now at www.darkstarorchestra.net.