Bonnaroo 2025 Canceled, Hudson River Music Festival Returns
All Good Festival Brings Out Jam Favorites for Debuts and Covers
Relix Daily
June 16, 2025
June 16, 2025
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On Saturday, June 14, Grahame Lesh & Friends closed out the inaugural Hudson River Music Festival with a memorable take on a Grateful Dead-catalog classic, “The Music Never Stopped.” It was a fitting conclusion to the single-day event, which was held at Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.’s Croton-Point-Park and grew out of Pete Seeger’s long-running Clearwater Festival/Great Hudson River Revival—a roots-leaning and environmentally conscious activist event held on the same site for decades until COVID placed its future in jeopardy.
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Over the weekend, the jam community came together at Columbia, Md.’s esteemed Merriweather Post Pavilion to celebrate All Good Now, the highly anticipated resurrection of All Good Music Festival. Since the beloved scene staple was formally retired in 2015, the genre’s landscape has changed substantially, but the packed bill from June 14 and 15 was a testament to the All Good’s legacy and renewed role in bridging the favorites of its heyday with the rising stars of 2025.
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After inclement weather caused an abrupt end to Bonaroo Music & Arts Festival’s activities in Manchester, Tenn., fast thinking resulted in a shift in locations and renewal in programming for Remi Wolf’s Insanely Fire 1970’s SuperJam, which ultimately took place at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday, June 14.
Flock together, spin forever.
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This past weekend, June 13 and 14, Billy Strings brought his ongoing tour to the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis. The first night was a journey through the band’s repertoire, with nods to almost-forgotten covers. The real surprise came on Saturday, during the concert’s finale. Strings, his musical ally Chris Thile, and the Punch Brothers delivered a show-stopping performance, collaborating on select numbers, with significant reference to classics from the bluegrass songbook.
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On Friday, June 13, moe.’s Summer Tour pulled into the Sharkey’s Event Center in Liverpool, N.Y. The night was billed to include Umphrey’s McGee, who delivered their main frame ahead of moe.’s single set arrival. Ultimately, the night coalesced in a collaborative finish, with both groups coming together to cover Talking Heads’ “Crosseyed and Painless,” but not before moe.’s additional guest, Warren Haynes, turned up and assisted on a Led Zeppelin original during the set’s eighth slot.
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Following their appearance with moe. on Friday, June 13, Umphrey’s McGee proceeded with their independent weekend schedule by arriving at Higher Ground in South Burlington, Vt., on Saturday, June 14.
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On Friday, June 13, Ringo Starr brought his current tour to New York’s Radio City Music Hall. During the concert, Starr and his touring band, Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette, and Buck Johnson, took on the task of delivering selections from their repertoires, including Toto, Average White Band, Men at Work, and of course the host’s own contributions.
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On Friday night, the Crosby Collective returned to Santa Barbara, Calif., to close their two-night stand at the historic Lobero Theatre. The evening was a high-energy affair, with the crowd electrified by the ensemble’s unique blend of rock and jam classics.
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On Friday, June 13, Woodstock, N.Y.’s newly renovated Bearsville Theater welcomed the great blues and folk rock guitarist Jorma Kaukonen for an intimate and powerful solo acoustic set.