"Getting to play at all is a privilege…getting to play a big gig like HSB is just really something else,” said Roger McNamee of Moonalice whose set will be on Saturday at 12:20pm on the Towers of Gold Stage. “There’s a guy named Warren Hellman, an investor who was just really successful. His philanthropy has been all about making San Francisco a better place to live…so we can go see the arts, have an education, enjoy the parks and things like that. When he died, in his will he left a trust to support the Bluegrass Festival, which he has been paying for since it started fifteen years ago.

West Marin’s beloved outdoor educational farm, Slide Ranch, has announced a Grand Opening Celebration and Barn Raising for its new Farm-to-Table Teaching Center (FTTC) with a live music concert by Grammy nominee and legendary jazz pianist-composer David Benoit &Band, psychedelic roots-rock band Moonalice, and a Grammy winning surprise special guest on Sunday, September 24.