Sweetwater Music Hall
Homegrown & Going Places – Anna Harrell Is Set to Perform on the Sweetwater Stage at the 2023 MV Music Fest
I gained the confidence to see that I don’t just have to be in musicals and play someone else, but I can create my own music and share that with people,” says Harrell, who counts Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac – “that unique sound and the depth of their lyrics is always something I try to emulate,” as well as John Mayer, Lennnon Stella and the Beatles among her influences.
Read MoreHave Your Say: Marin Magazine Opens Up Voting for the 2023 Best of Marin County Honors
In no uncertain terms, Marin Magazine readers made one thing crystal clear in 2022: they love them some 94941. The magazine is ramping up its 2023 ‘Best Of’ Marin issue and is seeking your votes across a host of categories.
Read MoreMusic Heals International Tees Up 10th Annual Benefit at Sweetwater Music Hall on May 8, and Much More to Follow
The 2023 edition of the event gathers together another all-star lineup of MHI stalwarts, including David Nelson, Melvin Seals, Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz, Paul Beaubrun, Elliott Peck, Barry Sless, Pete Sears and Ezra Lipp, with special guest American Salvage featuring original members of Train.
Read MoreHardly Strictly Bluegrass Late Founder’s Cohorts Return to Sweetwater for ‘Hellman Spring Stomp’ – March 19
Since the 2011 passing of Warren Hellman, the financier and philanthropist who called the free, three-day festival he created in 2000 the “world’s most selfish gift,” his musically-inclined family members have formed their own bands and performing on the small stages at HSB and elsewhere.
Read MoreSweetwater Music Hall Dials Up ‘Loretta Lives,’ a Tribute to the Music of the Legendary Loretta Lynn – April 16
Mill Valley’s venerable live music institution and one of the most exciting live music venues in the Bay Area, has a special treat in store on April 16. The venue is hosting “Loretta Lives! A Tribute to the Music of Loretta Lynn,” performed and curated by Laura Benitez and the Heartache.
Read MoreSweetwater Music Hall to Host a Pair of Smash Shows This Weekend – Shana Morrison Feb. 4 & Tribute to the Late Herbie Herbert Feb. 5
Bay Area blues and rock royalty gather for “an evening of blues” at the Sweetwater to celebrate the late Herbie Herbert, the former manager of Santana and co-creator of Journey, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 73 at his home in Orinda.
Read MoreMV Public Library Debuts ‘Village Music: The Best Little Record Store in the World’ Gallery
Over his four decades owning the shop at 9 East Blithedale Ave., Goddard developed lasting friendships, a renowned concert series, a mighty personal record collection, and a deep sense of community that continues to resonate with Mill Valley’s music lovers.
Read MoreChristina Mueller, Long One of the Bay Area’s Best Chroniclers of the Deliciousness and Beauty That Surrounds Us In Mill Valley, Has Done It Again – And We’re So Grateful!
We wake up every day extolling the bounty of natural beauty, amazing restaurants, world class arts & culture organizations, innovation and creativity that serves as the backbone of the 94941. It’s in our DNA to promote the heck out of the town we love. But it sure is amazing when others share that love of Mill Valley, as journalist and longtime local resident Christina Mueller has done below.
Read MoreIJ Music Legend Paul Liberatore Reviews a Smash Year in Music And Forecasts a Bombastic 2023 – MV Music Fest Info Coming Soon?
As you’re reading this, we’re already charging, or should I say floating, into 2023. I’m writing this on a gray, rainy New Year’s Eve, an appropriately misty vantage point for taking a nostalgic look back at some of the columns I’ve written over the past year about our ever-evolving, persistently resilient and, yes, historic local music scene.
Read MoreSweetwater Music Hall Rolls Into January With Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio – Jan. 14
Ever since Rock & Roll and Blues Hall Of Famer Elvin Bishop first hit the scene with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band back in 1965, he’s blazed his own musical trail. In 2015, he formed The Big Fun Trio with Bob Welsh and Willy Jordan.
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