Aaron Redner News Today

CASHMERE — “Dedicated to the preservation of early style acoustic music,” the Cashmere Community Concerts flier stated, promoting Portland bluegrass band Thunder Ridge for a show this weekend.

The inaugural Days Between Festival, celebrating the legacy of late-Grateful Dead patriarch Jerry Garcia and the musical score he left embedded in our soul, was upbeat and a resounding success in northern Mendocino County, California on August 6 and 7, even amidst the rage of north-state wildfires and Covid-19 pandemic 2.0. Proof of vaccination or a negative, very-recent Covid test were required for entry.