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Marshfield, MA Words by Arlene Brown This summer’s music festivals are looking to be the best yet! With so many new up-and-coming artists and bands performing alongside the largest names in music, what better time to see your favorites and soon to be favorites? Levitate Music and Art Festival in Marshfield, Massachusetts takes place July 5 - 7 and will feature Sublime, Mt. Joy, Lake Street Dive, Tash Sultana, Dirty Heads, Charley Crockett and more! Levitate is also very excited for the debut for New England’s own Oliver Anthony! In addition to great music, Levitate Music Festival will also feature Nora Vasconcellos & Friends Community Skate Jam this year. There will also be live art, a muralist gallery, artisan fair, food trucks and a ton of great activities for the kids! Tickets & More Info: levitatemusicfestival.frontgatetickets.com

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Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre Greenwood Village, CO Works by Tim Porch Photos by Kimberly Ann Images Just five short years ago I was catching Goose for the first time on Marvin's Mountaintop (shout out to All Good Music Festival) for Pigeons Playing Ping Pong's Domefest in 2019 where they graced the second stage in between main stage sets. Even though they were a few years from their meteoric breakout, I could tell these fellas had the chops and attitude that could really take them places. Fast forward to last year when the 5-piece from Connecticut gave the Front Range of Colorado a pair of fantastic debut Red Rocks shows and an appearance on the Lory Student Center lawn at CSU in Ft Collins, Goose has taken a step up this year with a 2 night run at the 18,000 capacity Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre in Greenwood Village.  We arrived to the venue about an hour before show time anticipating traffic and parking issues, but we actually had an incredibly easy time finding a spot and...

Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre Morrison, CO Words by J. Picard Photos by Andrew Wyatt It was 6:30 AM and I found myself above one of the world's greatest music venues, staring down, reflecting on the music of the Grateful Dead and what it meant to so many. While my wife was inside participating in Yoga on the Rocks, I hiked down from one of the near by lookouts with a gentleman from Nepal whom I struck up a conversation with. Across the Upper North lot at one of the side entrances to the venue I sidled up to Sam and John, a couple of middle-aged music fans who were holding space. They were pre-gaming more than twelve hours before the start of the evening's Joe Russo's Almost Dead show. There was an energy in the air that was palpable as people filed out from their morning workout and the venue was metaphorically transferred to the Dead Heads for the day. And what a day it would be, as JRAD would be joined by the legendary musician and Grateful Dead collaborator, Branford...

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