Marinscope
It was a hot Labor Day weekend in Marin, but in terms of art and music, it’s nothing compared to what’s coming to Mill Valley shortly. It’s predicted to be Marin’s best post-pandemic music gathering. The Mill Valley Arts Festival – aside from displaying world class artists – will feature a stellar musical lineup on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17-18.
How did it come together?
Like a lot of great events, “it was inadvertent,” said Dore Coller.
“I simply wanted to put together an impressive array of local musicians, most of which I knew, to make a great roster to match all the great art at this year’s Mill. Valley Fall Arts Festival.
What I ended up putting together for this year’s entertainment on the Mainstage of the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival will be a stellar cavalcade of Marin Music artists, past present, and future.”
A longtime resident of West Marin, Lowell Levinger aka Banana, who recorded the epic song Get Together with the Youngbloods will be there.
So will members of the only women’s rock band from the Haight Ashbury. The Ace of Cups will be there with Lady Ace and the Wild Knights. From Novato, Terry Garthwaite from Joy of Cooking will be performing with Southern Marin local Barbara Borden in Joy Alive!,
As well as Jazz saxophone giant (and Tiburon resident) Richard Howell.
From central Marin, we will have Darren Nelson and members of the band just recently voted Best Band in Marin in the Pacific Sun performing with the hardest working guitar player in the local biz Tom Finch in their band the 421s, followed by another hugely popular local band the Wreckless Strangers.
“We’ll have the hottest young Bluegrass band in the Bay Area, Crying Uncle (some from San Rafael), and one Mendocino transplant, Michelle Lambert, coming to join us,” Dore said.
Dore’s group the Millbillies will also make an appearance featuring Lorin Rowan and the best Haoli slide guitar player on the planet Ken Emerson. They will sing about Mt Tam, the Old Railroad Grade, “and many other local happenings,” he said.
The Mill Valley Arts Festival is the longest-running West Coast juried art festival with over 125 highly competitive fine artists from around the country representing over 15 media categories. Tickets to the event can be had at the gate for $20 ($15 for seniors). Students and teachers and active duty military get in free. Bicycle riders get a discount.
(Send news tips and event information for Marinscope Community Newspaper – the Novato Advance, the Mill Valley Herald, the Ross Valley Reporter, the Twin Cities Times, the San Rafael Newspointer and the Sausalito Marin Scope – to Sherm Frederick at shermfrederick@gmail.com.)
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