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IJ Music Legend Paul Liberatore Gets an Inside Look at the Sweetwater Music Hall’s New Life as a Nonprofit Arts Organization – And Some People’s Confusion About How It Functions Day-to-Day

IJ Music Legend Paul Liberatore Gets an Inside Look at the Sweetwater Music Hall’s New Life as a Nonprofit Arts Organization – And Some People’s Confusion About How It Functions Day-to-Day

by | Oct 17, 2025 | Arts & Entertainment, Live Music, Mill Valley Music Fest, Sweetwater Music Hall

“The thing we are struggling to overcome and correct is that we are owned by Bob Weir,” Hoppe said with frustration one afternoon last week in a backstage office at the music hall. “It’s not a joke. I get angry sometimes. We still get these snide remarks on Facebook...
IJ Music Legend Paul Liberatore Reviews a Smash Year in Music And Forecasts a Bombastic 2023 – MV Music Fest Info Coming Soon?

IJ Music Legend Paul Liberatore Reviews a Smash Year in Music And Forecasts a Bombastic 2023 – MV Music Fest Info Coming Soon?

by | Jan 10, 2023 | Arts & Entertainment, Live Music, Mill Valley Music Fest, Sweetwater Music Hall

Photo by Paige K. Parsons. By Paul Liberatore |Marin Independent Journal 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...