Upcoming Concerts

  • Sep 19
    Hog Farm Celebration
    Laytonville, CA
  • Sep 20
    Hog Farm Celebration (acoustic)
    Laytonville, 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)

  • Aug 31, 2025 / Cannifest (Eureka)
    According to Moonalice legend, the sun has a special deal with the folks here in Humboldt County. In exc...
  • Jul 23, 2025 / Peacetown Summer Concert Series (Sebastopol)
  • Aug 12, 2025 / Grateful Dead Night @ SF Giants (San Francisco)
    According to Moonalice legend, it has been sixty years since the band beyond description played its first...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Jul 12, 2025 / Oregon Country Fair (Veneta)
    OCF rap According to Moonalice legend, this band first played at Oregon Country Fair in 2008. We h...
  • 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...
  • Jul 31, 2025 / The Heart of Town @ Pier 48 (San Francisco)
    Roger joined Grahame Lesh for for this performance of "Dire Wolf" on the first night of his 3-evening Gra...
Aug 31, 2025 / Cannifest (Eureka)
According to Moonalice legend, the sun has a special deal with the folks here in Humboldt County. In exc...
Jul 23, 2025 / Peacetown Summer Concert Series (Sebastopol)
Aug 12, 2025 / Grateful Dead Night @ SF Giants (San Francisco)
According to Moonalice legend, it has been sixty years since the band beyond description played its first...
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...
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...
Jul 12, 2025 / Oregon Country Fair (Veneta)
OCF rap According to Moonalice legend, this band first played at Oregon Country Fair in 2008. We h...
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...
Jul 31, 2025 / The Heart of Town @ Pier 48 (San Francisco)
Roger joined Grahame Lesh for for this performance of "Dire Wolf" on the first night of his 3-evening Gra...

Music

VIDEO COMING
Aug 2
Grateful Garcia Gathering - Thornville, OH
Aug 1
Grateful Garcia Gathering - Thornville, OH
Jul 25
Crystal Bay Club - Crystal Bay, NV
Jul 24
Mystic Theatre - Petaluma, CA
Jul 23
Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
Jul 19
Private Event - Petaluma, CA
Jul 13
Oregon Country Fair - Veneta, OR
Jul 5
The Knotty Pine - Victor, ID
Jul 4
The Knotty Pine - Victor, ID
Jul 3
Half Moon Saloon - Big Sky, MT
Aug 9
Don Quixote's - Felton, CA
Aug 10
Dead On The Creek - Willits, CA
Aug 14
Castaways - Ithaca, NY
Aug 15
Summer Sounds - Greensburg, PA
Aug 16
A Bear's Picnic - New Columbia, PA
Aug 24
Commons Beach - Tahoe City, CA
Aug 26
Union Square - San Francisco, CA
Aug 30
Whiskey Jack's - Big Sky, MT
Aug 31
Whiskey Jack's - Big Sky, MY
Sep 3
Headliners Music Hall - Louisville, KY
Aug 3, 2008
Dunegrass IN EMPIRE, MI
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Who Was There?
According to Moonalice legend, the area of northern Michigan now known as the Sleepy Bear Dunes National Park was discovered by the tribe a long, long time ago. The place later got its name from an old Chippewa tale about a mother bear swimming across the lake with two cubs. It's a sad story, but the Chippewa version leaves out the saddest part. For that, we must consult the Moonalice legend.

As is so often the case, the tribe found the place by accident. A few brave Moonalice souls walked down the dunes to the water. They got to the water's edge at precisely 4:20 and sparked a fat one to celebrate. No one knows precisely what happened next, but it appears the Moonalice dudes got so buzzed they didn't notice a mother bear as she swam to shore. She was not only pissed off - her cubs had both drowned en route - she was really hungry, particularly after one of the Moonalice gave her a couple hits off the fatty. At that point, the munchies set in and the mother bear ate one of the Moonalice tribe members. Very sad. It could have been much worse, but the mother bear fell asleep. At this point in the story, the tribe hit the road, the Chippewa and the National Park Service took over, the sun came out, there was a pretty rainbow, and those who survived lived happily ever after.

On this run in Ohio and Michigan, Steve Parish uncovered a major new figure in the Moonalice legend: Red Barns. According to Moonalice legend, the tribe faced many philosophical challenges over the millennia. One of the most significant occurred in the middle of the 19th century, when a young tribe member in the agricultural clan, Touchofrouge Moonalice, agitated for radical change. He wanted the tribe to focus on corn and moonshine, rather than hemp and Moonalice. Once they recovered from the initial shock of the proposal, the tribe resisted for many years, until finally Touchofrouge packed up his still and his combine and left the reservation. He changed his name to Red Barns and campaigned for years on behalf of corn, moonshine, ethanol, and related products. Red built a huge following in the Midwest. Followers by the thousands planted corn and built large, brightly colored, wooden storage structures to honor their leader. Given that corn farming takes a lot more work than hemp farming, it is no surprise the vast majority of Red's converts came from outside the tribe. Big Steve assures us that the next chapter in the story of Red Barns includes great peril for the Moonalice tribe. So tune in next time for another installment of "Who the Hell is Red Barns?"

According to Moonalice legend, dogs make the best copilots. Especially basset hounds.

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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!

2008-08-03 @ Dunegrass