BBQ on the Lawn with DAVE ALVIN & JIMMIE DALE GILMORE – Almost Acoustic Duo + special guest JESSE DENATALE
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When Grammy winner Dave Alvin and Grammy nominee Jimmie Dale Gilmore made the album Downey To Lubbock together in 2018, they wrote the title track as a sort of mission statement. “I know someday this old highway’s gonna come to an end,” Alvin sings near the song’s conclusion. Gilmore answers: “But I know when it does you’re going to be my friend.”

BBQ on the Lawn with PAUL THORN BAND & RUTHIE FOSTER
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When it comes to songwriting, less is more, and simplicity is strength. Just ask Paul Thorn, who’s spent three decades turning soulful grooves and small syllables into songs that pack a big wallop. As the milestone tenth studio album from folk-blues luminary Ruthie Foster, Mileage finds the singer-songwriter reflecting on a life full of professional triumphs, and personal loss.

BBQ on the Lawn with PAUL THORN BAND & RUTHIE FOSTER
SOLD OUT

When it comes to songwriting, less is more, and simplicity is strength. Just ask Paul Thorn, who’s spent three decades turning soulful grooves and small syllables into songs that pack a big wallop. As the milestone tenth studio album from folk-blues luminary Ruthie Foster, Mileage finds the singer-songwriter reflecting on a life full of professional triumphs, and personal loss.

BBQ on the Lawn with…

FREESTONE PEACHES- Northern California’s premier Allman Brothers Band tribute
Freestone Peaches brings the raw energy and full throttle rock & roll of the legendary Allman Brothers Band live on stage. Close your eyes and you’re at the Fillmore East!

BBQ on the Lawn with LEBO & FRIENDS/MIDNIGHT NORTH

Lebo & Friends
When not touring or recording with ALO, his project of 30 years, he can be seen rocking stages all over the globe with legends such as Grateful Dead members and Jack Johnson. Appearing simultaneously in more high profile projects than most musicians do in a lifetime, Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz is synonymous with the art of collaboration. His Lebo & Friends all star line-up will feature Vicki Randle (George Benson, Mavis Staples), Elliott Peck (Midnight North), Scott Rager (Tea Leaf Green),  Burt Lewis (JMF) and more

Midnight North
Midnight North takes its cue from the fertile Bay Area music scene. Formed in early 2012 by singer/songwriters Grahame Lesh and Elliott Peck, whose harmonies came as naturally as the initial songs, along with bassist Connor O’Sullivan. The band’s current-day lineup was completed when drummer/banjo player Nathan Graham came aboard after a chance meeting at a benefit concert in Philadelphia in 2016 following the release of its third, and breakthrough, album, Under the Lights, in 2017.

BBQ on the Lawn with SOUL SKA + special guests BESO NEGRO

The Bay Area’s premiere Ska/rocksteady collective has been packin’ houses and rockin’ dancehalls since 2014. The 8 piece band is comprised of veteran members of legendary NorCal bands such as Vinyl, Stymie & the Pimp Jones Love Orchestra, The Right Time, Albino!, El Radio Fantastique, Jethro Jeremiah Band + more. Drawing equally from the Jamaican 1st wave as well as the UK 2nd wave the band’s rootsy, upbeat sound leans heavily on vocal harmonies and a full horn section. Soul Ska has become a Northern California festival and nightclub favorite.

BBQ on the Lawn with PETTY THEFT

BBQ on the Lawn with WONDER BREAD 5

Wonder Bread 5 is the non-stop dance machine for events, playing current hits, 60s and 70s classics and (of course) 80s rock….

BBQ on the Lawn with SONS OF CHAMPLIN

The Sons of Champlin are an American rock band, from Marin County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area, formed in 1965.They are fronted by vocalist-keyboardist-guitarist Bill Champlin, who later joined rock band Chicago, from 1981 to 2009, placing Sons of Champlin on hiatus from 1981 to 1996. They brought to the late ‘60s music scene in the Bay Area a soulful sound built around a horn section, sophisticated arrangements, philosophical themes, Bill Champlin’s songwriting and blue-eyed soul singing, and Terry Haggerty’s jazz-based guitar. They are one of the enduring 1960s San Francisco bands.

BBQ on the LAWN at Rancho Nicasio with TOMMY CASTRO and THE PAINKILLERS special guest DEANNA BOGART

American blues, R&B, and rock guitarist and singer
“Only Northern California appearance this summer”

Castro is one of the brightest stars in the blues-soul genre. Voracious blues energy and ultimate soul power…impassioned vocals and pure inventiveness in his stellar guitar solos.” – Blues Music Magazine

BBQ on the LAWN Annual Beatle-Q with THE SUN KINGS

A Beatles Tribute as Nature Intended.

BBQ on the LAWN at Rancho Nicasio with Pablo Cruise
Fast forward 20 years…. In 2005 a reunited Pablo Cruise picked up where they left off and today the band performs all over the U.S. and Canada and they’re enjoying it more than ever… Since getting back together, they have released two live CD’s and a DVD all through Sony Music documenting their exceptional live shows.

BBQ on the LAWN at Rancho Nicasio with STU ALLEN & REFLECTIONS with NEW MONSOON

NICASIO VALLEY FIRE DEPT 2025 FUNDRAISER BBQ feat. PETE FLOYD – an 8-piece NorCal-based Pink Floyd Tribute Band that emerged to sold-out audiences in the summer of 2021.

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PETE FLOYD and our first ever laser/light show!The musicians in Pete Floyd are all very experienced and have been in other bands in the area. Pete Hale (the Grain) is a guitar playing singer in the band, Pete Delaney (the Hots, the Dictator Tots) doubles him. Teal Collins (Mother Truckers) and Paige Clem (Terrapin Crossroads alumni) provide backup vocals. The well-traveled Bob McBain plays keys, Toby Tyler (the Hots) plays the bass, and Sean England (the Hots, “he’s a local drummer star”) is the drummer. The band highlights Sonoman Alex Garcia playing his saxophone.

Gates open @ 5
Music 7pm-9:30pm