Plenty of gigs & festivals below - all around NoCal in the coming weeks, and also a trip to Texas on Labor Day Weekend for the Kerrville Folk Festival! This coming Friday Aug 14th is a Santa Clara concert at Mission City Coffee Co for a co-bill with Calaveras! Sat Aug 15th is an Oakland songwriters night at Left Coast Cyclery hosted by the Celebrating Songwriters Concert Series. For the wine country lovers, Aug 22nd is the 4th annual "Cur-ville" in Kenwood near Santa Rosa (the name sake honours the biggie in TX). There are a few more bay area gigs in Martinez, Lafayette, Saratoga as WCS ramps up for the September Music conference and "Song of the Year" awards - including the Finale Showcase on Monday Aug 31st at the BRAND NEW FREIGHT & SALVAGE! The conference is Sept 11 & 12, and then it's up to the Sierra Nevada for the American River Music Festival Sept 18-19-20 (headliners include Jackie Green annd Jimmy LaFave! I'll be doing a songwriter's workshop with old friend Keith Greeninger). And for those of you who have still not seen the indie film "Weekend King", it's coming back to the Edison Theater in Niles on Friday Sept 25th (filmed in Niles, with a cameo and songs in the sound track! -- Hope there is a gig near you this month, see you somewhere! ~ Michael