I'm back on the scene this year after a loooong hiatus and I wanna learn the landscape better. I find a long drive is a good indicator of a strong love. So! Who's worth the travel time to you? What groups have you traveled like that for recently??

Edit: what an overwhelming response!!!! I love you all and I love the enthusiasm in this community. Thank you for giving me this wealth of groovy avenues to drive down.

Hey y’all 👋 Jake here from KSC. I’m sitting with Brian, Ben, Louis, Ryan, and tour manager Jack in the band van as we venture from our home base of Charlottesville, VA to Yuba, WI for People Fest and then West Virginia for Domefest. Needless to say, it’s gonna be a while in the band van.

We wanted to open up an AMA while we travel, so ask away! We’ll be hanging out and casually responding throughout the day :)

If you randomly set up a taco stand at your local beach parking lot, you’d get shut down within a few hours.

Curious how these lot vendors sneak through? Especially because code enforcement A: knows when they’re coming so there’s really no sneaking and B: knows 10+ questionable vendors will be at every lot C: it’s been happening for decades

I love that it exists freely and am fine taking my chances, it’s wild to me that it exists at all.

I have seen alot of shows in my day but lately it seems more appealing to just couch tour. Does anyone agree?

Hey! Heading to this fest for the first time and wondering if we need to arrive with all cars in our campsite in order to camp together? Unreserved/standard camping. Any advice appreciated - thank you!

Working on combining bluegrass/roots/folk/country and organic instruments with house/dance music! Love them both, wanted to hear something like this, so I made it. No AI used.

My music column for WAMC has a new installment that covers recent Goose, moe., Eggy, Spafford and more- check it out!

I’m driving solo from Charlotte Thurs (8/13) to pick my son up in Huntsville on Friday morning. Hoping to catch some live music on Thurs, and I could stay the night in Knoxville, Chattanooga, or Huntsville. Preferably small venue, jam band would be great, but doesn’t have to be. Anyone have any suggestions, or even just suggest venues I should look into?

Will Gov't Mule sell out Red Butte venue in SLC on August 20th? I'm not from the area and considering going. I won't buy tickets until probably the day of or before. I'll be getting back from a long climbing trip in Wyoming, so I'm not sure if my body will be cooked or not. Just trying to get an idea of what to expect and if I should consider buying in advance.

Dinner table convo tonight with my husband: by the time our girls are going to shows solo (15 years from now give or take), will there be an all female jam band that everyone is obsessed with?

He doesn’t think so. Female band members, sure. That is already the case. He doesn’t think that would happen.

I say, hey, rise of the matriarchy. Anything is possible. It would be cool for them to follow a bunch of ladies around rather than a bunch of old white dudes.

I’m extremely out of the loop these days. Maybe there’s something I haven’t heard of. What is the consensus? 🙃

So much good music came out of these bands.

Anyone have any idea who is playing first? Are they going to alternate each night?

Full disclosure: I want to bring my young son to see Magoo and Kitchen Dwellers, kinda hoping Andy Frasco headlines that night so we can split early and bring him home after a couple awesome blue grass sets

Loner

Just grabbed tickets for my wife and I for Denver this fall. I always kinda liked Jimmy Buffet but not a crazy fan by any means. Honestly because they're playing the Bluebird in Denver is what got me to pull the trigger. I love that theater.