BYOB into the Jubilee - Schedule Just Announced!
Posted on: August 08, 2012
Imagine you were at a Grateful Dead Show or any other concert for that matter, and you could BYOB, liquor, cooler, food, tent and camping supplies into the concert with you and set up right in front of the stage. Well, we are not sure that this has registered with you yet, but this is precisely what you can do at the Dark Star Jubilee. You may park your car right outside the concert venue entrance, carry your stuff a few hundred yards and set up your tent in the concert field right in front of the stage. Buy your ticket, pack well and create yourself a full blown festival experience for Labor Day Weekend for the cost of a ticket and supplies. Speaking of Festival Experience, check out The Jubilee schedule here.
Happy Birthday Jerry
Posted on: August 01, 2012
Happy Jerry Day! We want to take this moment to wish a very happy 70th birthday to Mr. Jerome John Garcia. In his honor, we will be celebrating the music that he helped create at our first ever Dark Star Jubilee on Labor Day Weekend. Due to some demand for two-day passes for the Jubilee we are now offering a two-day ticket option. These Saturday – Sunday tickets are on sale now to the public for $89. As a way to kick down ‘Jerry Style’ to our DSO fan club members you may purchase your tickets through DSOTix (for a limited time only) and save at each price level. So save on your tickets and get your bags packed; we’ll meet you at The Jubilee !
Toronto Kicks Off Fall Tour East
Posted on: July 26, 2012
As the last leaves fall on the East Coast, DSO brings Fall Tour East 2012 through some familiar haunts as well as some new halls, putting Toronto, New York and DC all on the same street. The run starts with Dark Star Orchestra's first ever show on Canadian soil, a Thursday night romp at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto. From there, our six guys and a girl keep playing on into December, including the traditional Thanksgiving Eve in Jim Thorpe, PA at Penn's Peak that leads into the holiday season celebration of two weekend nights at the Best Buy in the Big Apple, another December weekend at the 9:30 in Washington, DC (where Sen. Al Franken introduced the band last year), before ending in Lowell, MA. You can get all the dates with ticket info here.
Jubilee: Fan Club Savings
Posted on: July 16, 2012
The Dark Star Jubilee is coming up around the bend, Labor Day Weekend (August 31, September 1-2) at Legend Valley (formerly Buckeye Lake) in Thornville, OH, and we want you, our most loyal fans, to save when you get your Jubilee passes from DSOtix. You can save up to $10 on a three-day festival pass and $25 on VIP passes which include late nights with Mickey Hart Band, Dumpstathunk, Boom Box and Jahman Brahman, after days of the field filled with dancing to 7 Walkers featuring Bill Kreutzmann, Keller Williams, Jorma Kaukonen, The Infamous Stringdusters, Donna The Buffalo and even more of our Grateful friends. The Jubilee is family event with food and craft vendors, kids’ activities, water stations, , medical support, well-maintained port-a-johns and more. So come on along and check out the discounted passes just for DSO Fan Club Members. We’ll meet you at The Jubilee!
Charleston Show Moved
Posted on: July 13, 2012
In a last-minute venue change, the free show in Charleston, WV tonight, Friday, July 13, has been moved from Haddad Riverfront Park to Municipal Auditorium, 224 Virginia Street East, Charleston, WV 25301. In addition, showtime has been moved to 7:00 p.m., with doors opening at 6:00. Remember, this is the place to keep up with all the DSO tour dates, as well as ticket info and, of course, the latest news on the Dark Star Jubilee. We’ll meet you at The Jubilee !
Jubilee Late Nights Announced
Posted on: July 09, 2012
The Dark Star Jubilee is creepin’ round the corner into Legend Valley in Thornville, OH,, August 31 and September 1 and 2, and with less than two months to go we’re proud to announce our Late Night Acts! Keeping you dancin’ through to daylight, we’ve got not only DSO, but also the Mickey Hart Band, Dumpstathunk, Boom Box and Jahman Brahman to fill the air with songs. And that’s after full days of sets from our friends including 7 Walkers featuring Bill Kreutzmann, Keller Williams, Jorma Kaukonen, The Infamous Stringdusters, Donna The Buffalo and more.
Advance Tier 1 3-Day tix are almost sold out, with the current price – until Friday, July 13 at 5 PM - $30 less than you’d pay at the gate. Early Bird VIP 3-Day tix are also almost gone, and are $50 off the gate price of $199 until Friday. So head on out for a Labor Day weekend at Legend Valley where we’ll throw a bolt of inspiration to spark your imagination and cause instant excitation when we meet you at The Jubilee !
Fall Tour Shows Added
Posted on: July 02, 2012
As the band keeps playing on into the Midwest, Dark Star Orchestra has added two shows to the September-October portion of Fall Tour 2012! We’re pleased to confirm that the rumored show in Nevada City, CA is indeed fact, with the date set for Wednesday, October 10 at Miner’s Foundry. In addition, the band will make a two night stop in Boulder, CO to end the tour, as The Boulder Theatre will never stop rockin’ ‘til the moon goes down on Friday, October 19 and Saturday, October 20. DSOtix has your ducats for these and most shows.
Of course, before get to the Fall, we still have over 20 shows left on the Meet Me At The Jubilee Summer Tour 2012, ending at the Dark Star Jubilee, a family-friendly 3-day celebration of music and good vibes at Legend Valley in Thornville, OH. The Jubilee brings you three full shows by DSO, along with sets from extended Grateful family, including the Mickey Hart Band, 7 Walkers featuring Bill Kreutzmann, Keller Williams, Jorma Kaukonen, and our very own Matt Reynolds taking his turn in front of the crowd. All the info is here, with three-day passes selling fast but still available here. We’ll meet you at The Jubilee!
Summer Tour Starts; 3 Sets In Bond
Posted on: June 29, 2012
DSO kicked off the first leg of the Meet Me At The Jubilee Summer Tour 2012 on Thursday night in Denver, with a smokin’ recreation of an ’83 Red Rocks set that left the crowd tired, sweaty, smiling, and anxiously speculating on what shows and eras the band would break out over the rest of the weekend in Colorado. One hint we can offer is that on Sunday night – after the benefit at Left Hand Brewing in Longmont and Saturday’s early bird special in Steamboat Springs (6 p.m. start!) – DSO will treat the crowd at the State Bridge Lodge in Bond to a legendary 3-set show that features one acoustic set and two full electrics. We won’t reveal the date, but can assure you the psychedelic quotient of this show gives true meaning to the word “electric!” Tickets for most shows are here, and don’t forget to check out the Dark Star Jubilee page, with all the info on our inaugural Labor Day weekend festival that sets the bar for all the ones that follow. Join us on the road this summer and we’ll meet you at The Jubilee!
Mish Show Moved; DSO Stages Benefit
Posted on: June 22, 2012
While we all send good vibes out to the people affected by the fires in Colorado, DSO has moved its June 29 show – originally scheduled for the Mishawaka Amphitheatre in the impacted area of Bellvue, CO – to Longmont, CO in order to partner with Left Hand Brewing Company and Shaped Music on a benefit to raise money for local agencies fighting the fires and offering relief to displaced residents. Dark Star & Cold Brews will take place June 29, the same night of the originally scheduled Mish show, at the Left Hand Brewing Company at 1265 Boston Avenue, with all profit from tickets, beer, food and merch going to the Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department and the Northern Colorado Chapter of the Red Cross. You can get tickets here until 8 a.m. June 29th, after which tickets will only be sold at the door. Tickets previously purchased for the Mishawaka Amphitheatre will be honored at this show or can be returned to point of purchase. Internet and phone order purchasers will need to send an email to info@themishawaka.com. Check out the Tour Page for more info, plus all the dates on the Meet Me At The Jubilee Summer Tour 2012, along with ticket info for all shows.
Fall Tour Announced
Posted on: June 12, 2012
DSO announced the first leg of Fall Tour 2012 today, a ride that starts in Texas, swings through the southwest, then heads for the burnin’ shore, playing everywhere from Solano Beach to Napa, including a two-night stop at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Talk about some long, long, crazy, crazy nights! Tickets for most shows on Fall Tour 2012, as well as the Meet Me At The Jubilee Summer Tour, are available here.
The summer tour’s road leads to Labor Day weekend and the very first Dark Star Jubilee; three nights – August 31-September 2 – of full shows by DSO, along with a long list of very special guests including the Mickey Hart Band, 7 Walkers featuring Bill Kreutzmann, Keller Williams, JormaKaukonen, The Infamous Stringdusters, Donna The Buffalo and many, many more, including our own Matt Reynolds, stepping out to the front of the stage! We are working diligently to put together a fan and family friendly campout and festival that you won’t want to miss. We have recently posted much more information here, including several camping options, family camping and ADA registration, our provisions for making your weekend a pleasant one, VIP perks, re-entry policies etc… grab yourself a here and we will meet you at the Jubilee!