Shows

This is going to be a good season for live shows.

There's the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival on October 2-4, with Billy Bragg, Neko Case, Robyn Hitchcock, John Prine, Gillian Welch, Nick Lowe, the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Amadou & Mariam, Guy Clark, Okkervil River, and some other people. And it's free! Gratis!

Then fast-forward to November. I have tickets for Pixies at Fox Theatre in Oakland on November 9, who I missed on their first couple reunion tours. Then, November 14, Mountain Goats with . . . wait for it . . . Final Fantasy!!!!! One word: yes.

Let's hope he does this:


If you've wandered across this blog and have any suggestions for good shows in the Bay Area over the next several months, do tell.