BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:SoDel
X-WR-CALNAME:Dark Star Orchestra
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:146302022-08-16
DTSTART:20220816T220000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20220816T040000Z
LOCATION:31806 Lake View Drive\nSelbyville DE 19975
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=31806 Lake View Drive\nSelb
 yville DE 19975;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=31806 Lake View Drive:geo:38.465
 810,-75.112030
GEO:38.465810;-75.112030
SUMMARY:Dark Star Orchestra
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Performing to critical acclaim for over 20 years and over 3\,00
 0 shows\,\nDark Star Orchestra continues the Grateful Dead live concert\ne
 xperience. Their shows are built off the Dead's extensive catalog and\nthe
  talent of these seven fine musicians. On any given night\, the band\nwill
  perform a show based on a setlist from the Grateful Dead's 30\nyears of e
 xtensive touring or use their catalog to program a unique\nsetlist for the
  show. This allows fans both young and old to share in\nthe experience. By
  recreating setlists from the past\, and by\ndeveloping their own sets of 
 Dead songs\, Dark Star Orchestra offers a\ncontinually evolving artistic o
 utlet within this musical canon.\nHonoring both the band and the fans\, Da
 rk Star Orchestra's members\nseek out the unique style and sound of each e
 ra while simultaneously\noffering their own informed improvisations. Dark 
 Star Orchestra offers\nmuch more than the sound of the Grateful Dead\, the
 y truly encapsulate\nthe energy and the experience. It's about a sense of 
 familiarity. It's\nabout a feeling that grabs listeners and takes over. It
 's about that\ncontagious energy ... in short\, it's about the complete ex
 perience and\nconsistent quality show that the fan receives when attending
  a Dark\nStar Orchestra show. Dark Star Orchestra has performed throughout
  the\nentire United States\, including a sold-out debut at Colorado’s Re
 d\nRocks Park & Amphitheater\, plus shows in Europe and the Caribbean with
 \nthe band touching down in seven different countries. DSO continues to\ng
 row its fan base by playing at larger venues for two and even\nthree-night
  stands\, as well as performing at major music festivals\nincluding Bonnar
 oo\, Milwaukee's SummerFest\, The Peach Music Festival\,\nJam Cruise\, Wan
 ee Festival\, SweetWater 420 Festival\, Mountain Jam\, and\nmany more. In 
 addition to appearing at some of the nation's top\nfestival\, Dark Star Or
 chestra hosts its own annual music festival and\ncampaign gathering\, titl
 ed the \"Dark Star Jubilee\"\, currently in its\neighth year where DSO hea
 dline all three nights and are joined by a\nmix of established and up and 
 coming national touring acts. Beyond the\nshores of the United States\, DS
 O has taken its\ninternationally-acclaimed Grateful Dead tribute to the be
 aches of\nJamaica in the dead of winter for the past six years\, with thei
 r event\nappropriately titled 'Jam in the Sand'. Featuring an ocean-side s
 tage\,\nDSO sets up camp to perform shows for four nights along the tropic
 al\nsands of an all-inclusive resort\, selling out the event each year for
 \nhundreds of lucky attendees. Fans and critics haven't been the only\npeo
 ple caught up in the spirit of a Dark Star show. The band has\nfeatured gu
 est performances from six original Grateful Dead members\nPhil Lesh\, Bob 
 Weir\, Bill Kreutzmann\, Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay\,\nVince Welnick\, Tom
  Constanten and even toured with longtime Dead\nsoundman\, Dan Healy. Othe
 r notable guests have included Mike Gordon\nand Jon Fishman of Phish\, Kel
 ler Williams\, Warren Haynes\, Steve\nKimock\, Peter Rowan\, Ramblin' Jack
  Elliot and many more. \"For us\, it's\na chance to recreate some of the m
 agic that was created for us over\nthe years\,\" keyboardist and vocalist 
 Rob Barraco said. \"We offer a\nsort of a historical perspective at what i
 t might have been like to go\nto a show in 1985\, 1978 or whenever. Even f
 or Deadheads who can say\nthey've been to a hundred shows in the 90s\, we 
 offer something they\nnever got to see live.\" Venue: Freeman Arts Pavilio
 n.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Performing to critical acclaim for over 20 yea
 rs and over 3\,000 shows\, Dark Star Orchestra continues the Grateful Dead
  live concert experience. Their shows are built off the Dead's extensive c
 atalog and the talent of these seven fine musicians. On any given night\, 
 the band will perform a show based on a setlist from the Grateful Dead's 3
 0 years of extensive touring or use their catalog to program a unique setl
 ist for the show. This allows fans both young and old to share in the expe
 rience. By recreating setlists from the past\, and by developing their own
  sets of Dead songs\, Dark Star Orchestra offers a continually evolving ar
 tistic outlet within this musical canon. Honoring both the band and the fa
 ns\, Dark Star Orchestra's members seek out the unique style and sound of 
 each era while simultaneously offering their own informed improvisations. 
 Dark Star Orchestra offers much more than the sound of the Grateful Dead\,
  they truly encapsulate the energy and the experience. It's about a sense 
 of familiarity. It's about a feeling that grabs listeners and takes over. 
 It's about that contagious energy ... in short\, it's about the complete e
 xperience and consistent quality show that the fan receives when attending
  a Dark Star Orchestra show. Dark Star Orchestra has performed throughout 
 the entire United States\, including a sold-out debut at Colorado’s Red 
 Rocks Park & Amphitheater\, plus shows in Europe and the Caribbean with th
 e band touching down in seven different countries. DSO continues to grow i
 ts fan base by playing at larger venues for two and even three-night stand
 s\, as well as performing at major music festivals including Bonnaroo\, Mi
 lwaukee's SummerFest\, The Peach Music Festival\, Jam Cruise\, Wanee Festi
 val\, SweetWater 420 Festival\, Mountain Jam\, and many more. In addition 
 to appearing at some of the nation's top festival\, Dark Star Orchestra ho
 sts its own annual music festival and campaign gathering\, titled the \"Da
 rk Star Jubilee\"\, currently in its eighth year where DSO headline all th
 ree nights and are joined by a mix of established and up and coming nation
 al touring acts. Beyond the shores of the United States\, DSO has taken it
 s internationally-acclaimed Grateful Dead tribute to the beaches of Jamaic
 a in the dead of winter for the past six years\, with their event appropri
 ately titled 'Jam in the Sand'. Featuring an ocean-side stage\, DSO sets u
 p camp to perform shows for four nights along the tropical sands of an all
 -inclusive resort\, selling out the event each year for hundreds of lucky 
 attendees. Fans and critics haven't been the only people caught up in the 
 spirit of a Dark Star show. The band has featured guest performances from 
 six original Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh\, Bob Weir\, Bill Kreutzmann\
 , Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay\, Vince Welnick\, Tom Constanten and even tou
 red with longtime Dead soundman\, Dan Healy. Other notable guests have inc
 luded Mike Gordon and Jon Fishman of Phish\, Keller Williams\, Warren Hayn
 es\, Steve Kimock\, Peter Rowan\, Ramblin' Jack Elliot and many more. \"Fo
 r us\, it's a chance to recreate some of the magic that was created for us
  over the years\,\" keyboardist and vocalist Rob Barraco said. \"We offer 
 a sort of a historical perspective at what it might have been like to go t
 o a show in 1985\, 1978 or whenever. Even for Deadheads who can say they'v
 e been to a hundred shows in the 90s\, we offer something they never got t
 o see live.\" Venue: Freeman Arts Pavilion.
DTSTAMP:20261029T183431Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR