The Jerry Garcia Foundation invites the Grateful Dead music community to participate in the #RippleEffect Global Art Project by creating a #StoriesofGratitude Collage.
Jerry Garcia’s visual art will be on exhibit at fellow musician Jorma Kaukonen’s Psylodelic Gallery from April through August 1st and at the Asbury Park Music in Film Festival on April 9.
On August 5, 2013, the non-profit organization Music That Matters will launch its IPTV anywhere and Roku video music channel. The channel will initially feature two pay-per-view benefit concerts. The first, Bob Weir and Tim Flannery, Live from the Uptown Theatre is a benefit to raise money for Bryan Stow. Stow suffered life threatening injuries when attending a Major League Baseball game and Music that Matters has been raising funds to help offset his medical costs.
Don't miss the chance to see Galactic, Cake, Taj Mahal Trio, Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue, and Danny Click & The Hell Yeahs jamming for a good cause this Saturday, June 22 at the Mount Tam Jam. Get tickets and learn more here.
KPFA‘s annual Grateful Dead Marathon fund-raising special is happening this Saturday, February 23, 2013, 9 am to 1 am PST!
BROADCAST on KPFA-FM 94.1 in Berkeley and KFCF-FM 88.1 in Fresno
WEBCAST via kpfa.org, kfcf.org, gdradio.net, and nugs.net
Hosted by David Gans, host of KPFA’s Dead to the World (Wednesdays 8-10pm) with some help from Tim Lynch
Rare tapes from the Grateful Dead vault! Exclusive music from the Mickey Hart Band! And more recorded treats TBA…
The Mickey Hart Band has released a new song, "Jersey Shore," to benefit Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. To download the song and help rebuild the shore go to https://www.mickeyhart.net/jersey. Those who make a donation will also receive two bonus hours of music including the full length performance of the Mickey Hart Band Live on the Jersey Shore (August 17, 2012), and tracks from the band's latest album, Mysterium Tremendum.
On December 6th, Bob Weir, Jackie Greene and other special guests will come together at the 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, California to benefit J/P HRO and The Children of Casa de Milagros Peru.
Get tickets and learn more about this very special event and the organizations it benefits here.
Stanley Mouse’s beautiful logo design for the Rex Foundation,
which takes its name from late Grateful Dead road crew chief Rex Jackson.
By Blair Jackson
A Benefit for the Rex Foundation in Honor of Jon McIntire
Featuring
Bob Weir – Mickey Hart Band
With Special Guests To Be Announced
Saturday, December 1, 2012
The Fillmore
1805 Geary Blvd., San Francisco
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
The annual KPFA Grateful Dead fund-raising marathon
Saturday, February 4, from 9 am to 1 am Pacific time
Hosted by David Gans annually since 1986
Broadcast live on KPFA 94.1 fm in northern California and webcast via nugs.net, gdradio.net, and possibly dead.net, as well as kpfa.org, kfcf.org
