Bears Picnic is an annual music, arts & camping festival celebrating the music & spirit of the Grateful Dead family. No over lapping sets, music all night long. Child friendly environment with many activities.

1st round of confirmed artist!
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The Everyone Orchestra returns to Colorado for a four night run beginning September 16. Conductor Matt Butler will facilitate the musical improvisation of an unrivaled all-star cast including Steve Kimock on guitar, Jeff Sipe (Leftover Salmon, Trey ...view article

The Capitol Theatre has set aside its very best seats for a charitable program to send area schoolteachers to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland for a week of intensive curriculum training. Concertgoers can bid on the coveted Presidential Box—four seats directly overlooking ...view article

Monday was a well needed day of rest. After only 4 days of tour but an impressive 1500 miles on the road, the Brians and I were ready to relax a bit in good ol' San Francisco. We made use of the free evening to catch up on some sleep and make some progress on our developing “Terpes” (tour ...view article

It was a glorious and sunny weekend for a picnic @ the Bear's Picnic that is, which was held in the scenic rolling hills of central PA. I arrived Thursday night, met my camping neighbors, and set up camp on the site of a small animal husbandry type property complete with grange buildings, animal ...view article

On March 20, Larry Keel and Natural Bridge independently release their 9^th CD entitled, Classic, with the trademark blend of ultra powerful acoustic instrumentation, penetrating vocals and intelligent and gutsy song-writing.  Classic features flatpicking guitar legend ...view article

January 27, 2009 (Urbana, IL) – Arms in Music and Family Groove Company are proud to announce the Chicago quartet’s 2009 Winter Tour. After a swing through the Southeast, the tour will see FGC make headlining appearances in major markets throughout the Midwest, before heading to Colorado for ...view article

CHICAGO - The North Coast Music Festival (NCMF) is set to return Friday, August 29th, through Sunday, August 31st to celebrate it's 5th year anniversary in the beautiful city of Chicago! For the 5th year in a row, NCMF will bring together ...view article

Following the Spring departure of longtime bassist, Kevin Rosen, the Chicago-formed Dark Star Orchestra offered temporary spots to a handful of talented performers. Today, the band announces the formal, permanent bassist role goes to Skip Vangelas who is currently on tour with the band. Vangelas ...view article