7:30 PM  The Grateful Girls

Grateful Girls are an acoustic duo featuring Cindy Lopez on vocals and Katie Pearlman on guitar and vocals. This female duo is what you get when two strong front women share effortlessly in music: trading lead vocal duties and harmonizing throughout. Katie Pearlman, an accomplished singer/songwriter in her own right, plays acoustic guitar, while Cindy Lopez, a 20 year veteran of the Long Island music scene, sings and occasionally backs Katie with percussion instruments. These two women have similar tastes in music and a passion for writing and live performance. Their repertoire covers personalized takes on the music of The Grateful Dead, Motown, traditional standards, an occasional original and more.

8:30 PM  Mattson/Barraco & Friends with Skip Vangelas

Jeff Mattson: Guitar & Vocals

Rob Barraco: Keyboards & Vocals

Skip Vangelas: Bass & Vocals

DSO lead guitarist Jeff Mattson has been a leader in NYC’s Jamband scene since its inception, starting with the Zen Tricksters and making his name nationally with The Donna Jean Godchaux Band, a short stint with Phil Lesh & Friends, and now Dark Star Orchestra. Never without a guitar in his hands, Mattson has teamed up with current DSO – and former ZT – band mate Rob Barraco to form Mattson/Barraco & Friends, which has recently added DSO bassist Skip Vangelas to the fold to form a psychedelic, electric band that jams with the best of them, exploring the classic songbooks that inspired them, including Dylan, The Beatles, and Grateful Dead, not to mention an original tune here or there. If it's a good song, they can find a way to jam on it.