Upcoming Concerts

  • Aug 12
    Grateful Dead Night @ SF Giants
    San Francisco, CA
  • Aug 31
    Cannifest
    Eureka, CA
  • Sep 19
    Hog Farm Celebration
    Laytonville, CA
  • Sep 20
    Hog Farm Celebration (acoustic)
    Laytonville, CA
Aug 12
Grateful Dead Night @ SF Giants - San Francisco, CA
Aug 31
Cannifest - Eureka, CA
Sep 19
Hog Farm Celebration - Laytonville, CA
Sep 20
Hog Farm Celebration (acoustic) - Laytonville, CA

Moonalice News

  • Moonalice Concert Posters By Dennis Larkins Featured in Exhibit in Hungary!
  • Awesome Time Lapse of the Assembly of 4/20 Poster Sets
  • Moonalice offers free admission to holders of Skull & Roses tickets!
  • Poster Artist Feature: Dennis Larkins Interview
  • Let's Rock The World One Tree At A Time!
  • Acoustic Guitar reviews Full Moonalice, Volume 2!!
  • Moonalice plays a set on Jam In The Van
  • Glide Magazine interviews Pete Sears!
  • Acoustic Guitar Magazine: Barry, Roger and T’s play Nick and Woo Woo
  • Commemorating the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival!!!
Moonalice Concert Posters By Dennis Larkins Featured in Exhibit in Hungary!
Awesome Time Lapse of the Assembly of 4/20 Poster Sets
Moonalice offers free admission to holders of Skull & Roses tickets!
Poster Artist Feature: Dennis Larkins Interview
Let's Rock The World One Tree At A Time!
Acoustic Guitar reviews Full Moonalice, Volume 2!!
Moonalice plays a set on Jam In The Van
Glide Magazine interviews Pete Sears!
Acoustic Guitar Magazine: Barry, Roger and T’s play Nick and Woo Woo
Commemorating the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival!!!

What To Watch (Archive)

  • Apr 20, 2025 / Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley)
    According to Moonalice legend, today is the highest of high holidays in the Moonalice calendar. Four twen...
  • Jul 18, 2025 / Summer Concert Series at Livorna Park (Alamo)
    According to Moonalice legend, we last played here in 2017!! The band was ten years old then, but now Moo...
  • Jul 24, 2025 / Moraga Summer Concert Series (Moraga)
    According to Moonalice legend, this is the 11th time that we have played here in Moraga. Those of you who...
  • May 11, 2025 / Union Square for Mother's Day (San Francisco)
    Happy Mother’s Day! According to Moonalice legend, Moonalice first played in Union Square in July 2...
  • Jul 26, 2025 / Petaluma Music Festival (Petaluma)
    According to Moonalice legend, the Petaluma Music Festival exists to enable children to have a better edu...
  • Jul 27, 2025 / Soper Reese Community Theatre (Lakeport)
    According to Moonalice legend, we are gathered here to remember the great Ron Green, whose long tenure at...
  • May 25, 2025 / BottleRock Napa Valley Festival - Prudential Stage (Napa)
    According to Moonalice legend, BottleRock is an oasis of sunlight in a bleak time. Everywhere else, dark...
  • Jul 23, 2025 / Peacetown Summer Concert Series (Sebastopol)
  • Jul 25, 2025 / Friday Night Live (Cloverdale)
    According to Moonalice legend, the crop is flourishing in the fields, setting us up for a fantastic harve...
  • May 10, 2025 / Wildflower Music Festival (Chico)
    According to Moonalice legend, the wildflowers are blooming here in Chico. Today’s poster by Carolyn...
Apr 20, 2025 / Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley)
According to Moonalice legend, today is the highest of high holidays in the Moonalice calendar. Four twen...
Jul 18, 2025 / Summer Concert Series at Livorna Park (Alamo)
According to Moonalice legend, we last played here in 2017!! The band was ten years old then, but now Moo...
Jul 24, 2025 / Moraga Summer Concert Series (Moraga)
According to Moonalice legend, this is the 11th time that we have played here in Moraga. Those of you who...
May 11, 2025 / Union Square for Mother's Day (San Francisco)
Happy Mother’s Day! According to Moonalice legend, Moonalice first played in Union Square in July 2...
Jul 26, 2025 / Petaluma Music Festival (Petaluma)
According to Moonalice legend, the Petaluma Music Festival exists to enable children to have a better edu...
Jul 27, 2025 / Soper Reese Community Theatre (Lakeport)
According to Moonalice legend, we are gathered here to remember the great Ron Green, whose long tenure at...
May 25, 2025 / BottleRock Napa Valley Festival - Prudential Stage (Napa)
According to Moonalice legend, BottleRock is an oasis of sunlight in a bleak time. Everywhere else, dark...
Jul 23, 2025 / Peacetown Summer Concert Series (Sebastopol)
Jul 25, 2025 / Friday Night Live (Cloverdale)
According to Moonalice legend, the crop is flourishing in the fields, setting us up for a fantastic harve...
May 10, 2025 / Wildflower Music Festival (Chico)
According to Moonalice legend, the wildflowers are blooming here in Chico. Today’s poster by Carolyn...

Music

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Apr 18
Mr. Small's Funhouse - Millvale, PA
Apr 17
Sellersville Theater - Sellersville, PA
Apr 16
The 8x10 - Baltimore, MD
Apr 15
The Jewish Mother - Virginia Beach, VA
Mar 1
Moe's Alley - Santa Cruz, CA
Feb 29
The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
Feb 16
Park West - Chicago, IL
Feb 15
The Music Mill - Indianapolis, IN
Feb 14
House Of Crave - Columbus, OH
Feb 13
20th Century - Cincinnati, OH
Apr 20
Toad's Place - New Haven, CT
Apr 23
Revolution Hall - Troy, NY
Apr 24
High Fidelity - Rochester, NY
Apr 25
Higher Ground - Burlington, VT
Apr 26
The Paradise - Boston, MA
May 1
Neighborhood Theatre - Charlotte, NC
May 2
The Pour House - Charleston, SC
May 3
Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA
May 6
The Baby Grand - WIlmington, DE
May 7
Rebel - New York, NY
Apr 19, 2008
Highline Ballroom IN NEW YORK, NY
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According to Moonalice legend, Manhattan Island has been a major center of tribal activity going back a millennium or two. Of course Moonalice was but one of many tribes that inhabited the New York area, but the records of Moonalice influence are widespread. The conventional translation of manhattan from the Lenape language is "island of many hills," but the Encyclopedia of New York and Wikipedia suggest a range of more likely alternatives. Our favorite comes from the Munsee dialect of Lenape, where the word manahachtanienk means "place of general inebriation." This is consistent with the Moonalice translation of manhattan, "place where prodigious amounts of hemp are consumed." We would also point out that the original European settlers in New York were Dutch. They called the place New Amsterdam, suggesting that they understood the value of hemp. Is it possible that the current Dutch enthusiasm for hemp products originated in the new world, rather than the other way round? Do you really need to ask?

We note that April 19 is Bicycle Day. We're not making this up. On April 19, 1943, Dr. Albert Hofmann did his first experiment with LSD. He took 250 milligrams, after which he had some difficulty speaking, so he asked his colleague to escort him home on a bicycle. That's when things got really interesting. Having survived a few hours of terror, Dr. Hofmann began to experience feelings of "good fortune and gratitude." He started to enjoy the hallucinations. He noticed that sounds had visual manifestations. He hung out for hours, feeling very good about things and eventually fell asleep. While the relationship of Bicycle Day to Moonalice or New York City eludes us, the anecdote explains the enthusiasm in some communities for April 19. But wait! There's more!!! On this date in 1927, Mae West was sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity in a play called, "Sex." Imagine that. Exactly a year later, the 125th and final installment of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. And this year, Moonalice and Tea Leaf Green played at the Highline.

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Click the "I was there!" link above to mark your attendance for this show. If video archive is available, click "Launch Video" on the left the watch and add the show to your Couch Tour!

2008-04-19 @ Highline Ballroom