Very Jerry Presents..... A Very Jerry 80th Birthday, Phil! | An Asheville Celebration Saturday, March 14 4:00pm-2:00am $10 Advance / $12 DOS (Ticket Link Coming Soon) Note: Phil Lesh is NOT APPEARING. Featuring: The Very Jerry Band Phuncle Sam Dirty Dead Very Jerry Presents invites you to celebrate legendary Grateful Dead Bass Virtuoso Phil Lesh on his 80th Birthday at an all day gathering of the Greater Asheville Dead Family down by the river where we will dance to all our favorite Dead and Jerry Band tunes until our feet are sore and hearts runneth over! With of course, a heapin' helpin' of Phil tunes. Another fun and awesome music packed 10 Hour Very Jerry event with all of your favorite local Dead bands. Two full sets of Asheville's , Phuncle Sam, followed by two rocking amazing sets of Asheville's own Very Jerry Band in prime time followed by a late night rocker Plus all this fun stuff (weather permitting): The Instant Karma Bus Stage All of your favorite Shakedown Vendors Food Trucks Jerry's Kidz - Kid Activities to keep all our kids happy 100% Kid Friendly, Kids 12 and under free Sign the Birthday Banner we're gonna send to Phil! And of course, All of our Friends and Family will be there! The Very Jerry Band We get a rare encore of the lineup that absolutely rocked the house down at Asheville Music Hall for The 4th Annual A Very Jerry Xmas this past December! All of your favorite Jerry Band classics faithfully performed by this amazing ensemble you may never get the opportunity to see perform live again.... Sprio Nicolopoulos - Lead Guitar and Vocals Nicole Nicolopoulos - Angelic Backup Vocals Kyley Byrd - Angelic Backup Vocals Lenny Pettinelli - Keys Michael Fillipone - Thundering Amazing Bass Gorgeous Gabe Rohmann - Drums Phuncle Sam Asheville’s finest Grateful Dead tribute. While keeping true to the delicate intricacies of America’s favorite pioneers, Phuncle Sam consistently delivers an exceptional performance of favorites and rarities. Any Dead Head is sure to fall in love. Dirty Dead Asheville NC's DIRTY DEAD are literally on fire. With high-energy, modern interpretations of the classic GD/JGB catalog, DIRTY DEAD are calling the music higher and further than in a long time! With an eclectic mix of players from various styles of music -- as the Grateful Dead were --something new, fresh and exciting is happening. Psychedelia, reggae, funk and hip-hop in a Grateful Dead song? OK, got to see this! THE SOUND grew out of guitarist / flautist PAUL DRUM DECIRCE's feeling the urge for the Dead sound to evolve further -- further than trying to imitate or even emulate the great bands accomplishments. GRATEFUL DEAD played at the foot of the pyramids and JERRY GARCIA rocked for thirty years ... no need to try and copy that. INSTEAD, the band simply lead their individual styles to a mash up...and the result quite simply is ... DIRTY!