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)

  • 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 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)
  • 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 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...
  • 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 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 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)
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 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...
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 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...

Music

VIDEO COMING
Oct 4
Band Joe & The Whyte Laydie (Warren Hellman & Moonalice 5) @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 8 - San Francisco, CA
Oct 3
142 Throckmorton Theatre (5) - Mill Valley, CA
Sep 19
The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
Sep 19
FM 105.9 WTMT The Mountain! - Asheville, NC
Sep 18
Toad's Place - Richmond, VA
Sep 13
Earthdance - Evening - Laytonville, CA
Sep 13
Earthdance - Morning - Laytonville, CA
Sep 12
Eugene Celebration - Eugene, OR
Sep 7
The Pour House - Charleston, SC
Sep 6
40 Watt Club - Athens, GA
Oct 6
Little Fox Theater (5) - Redwood City, CA
Oct 8
Thirsty Ear (5) - Columbus, OH
Oct 9
Sellersville Theater - Sellersville, PA
Oct 10
Narrow Center for the Arts - Fall River, MA
Oct 11
New York Harvest Festival & Freedom Fair - Hancock, NY
Oct 14
Slim's - 20th Anniversary Celebration - San Francisco, CA
Oct 24
Magnolia Fest (5) - Live Oak, FL
Oct 25
Magnolia Fest (5) - Live Oak, FL
Nov 28
Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
Nov 29
Mystic Theatre - Petaluma, CA
Oct 5, 2008
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA
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Who Was There?
According to Moonalice legend, the origins of the place we call San Francisco are shrouded in mystery. You know that an English guy built the first settlement outside the Mission. He called it Yerba Buena. Yerba Buena means Good Herb. Have you ever wondered why he called it that? More important, have you ever wondered why anyone would get rid of a great name like Yerba Buena?

History books don't say, so we consulted the Moonalice legend. The Moonalice tribe first settled here at least 2,000 years ago. The area provided a fantastic environment both for the tribe's agricultural clan, the hippies, and for its nomadic clan of musicians, the bands. Since the dawn of time, Moonalice hippies have farmed the land, but their specialty has always been that most American of crops, hemp. From way back, the tribe demonstrated its sophistication, producing special hemps for rope, for fabric, for paper, and for entertainment. And then the Europeans arrived. Before long, real estate prices shot up and the tribe was forced to move to Mendocino and Humboldt. They left behind the hills, but took their Yerba Buena with them. The rest, as they say, is legend.

According to Moonalice legend, October 5 did not happen in the year 1582 in Spain, Portugal, Poland, and Italy. The day got lost in the switch to the Gregorian calendar. We celebrated by taking the rest of the day off.

In recognition of the economic crisis, Big Steve proposed a new benefit for Moonalice fans: a dental plan. Big Steve is offering five years of dental coverage to any Moonalice fan. There is only one catch: the service is only available from Big Steve himself. We note that Big Steve never went to dental school and he offers only two services: extractions and "modifications". However, he does use Sears Craftsman tools - the power drill is his favorite - and he promises to wash his hands at least once a day.

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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!

2008-10-05 @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass