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The Pink Garter Theater kicks off its summer with two events this week, starting with a free show tonight by the Austin, Texas, band Wheeler Brothers.

On Friday, local folk and alt-country band Screen Door Porch is playing a special gig for the release of its second album, The Fate & The Fruit. Throwback pickers Elk Attack will open. Showtime is 9:30 p.m.

Screen Door’s core husband-and-wife duo of Aaron Davis and Seadar Rose will be joined by bassist Tom Davidson and drummer Andy Peterson. They released the album in April with community funding through Kickstarter. The first 25 attendees will receive a free copy. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 Friday.

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Tags: bluegrass, pink garter, rock

The Jackson Hole Mountain Festival has got Sauce.

Blues, rock and hip-hop artists G. Love and Special Sauce will headline the free concert, the centerpiece of the festival, on March 31. The 37th annual Pole Pedal Paddle race will be run earlier in the day. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is offering package deals on lodging and lift tickets starting at $119 per person.

G. Love, aka Garrett Dutton, is a guitarist, harmonica player and singer who was born in Philadelphia but put his band together in Boston. The group rose to prominence in the mid-1990s, scoring a modest pop hit with the song “Baby’s Got Sauce” and touring with the H.O.R.D.E. and Widespread Panic.

In recent years G. Love has collaborated with longtime friend Jack Johnson and The Avett Brothers, who are featured on his latest album, Fixin’ to Die. The video above is a song from the album, “Just Fine.”

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Tags: bluegrass, festivals, jhmr, music on main, pink garter

Perhaps because it only comes around once every four years, Leap Day is packed with events — Gelande Quaffing Championship, Gary Snyder tickets distributed, TEDx — capped by Leftover Salmon at the Pink Garter.

It’s fitting that Leftover plays on Leap Day, as performances by this pioneering Colorado newgrass quintet have been rare of late. Founders Vince Herman and Drew Emmitt have toured the Tetons in recent years with side projects, but this will be the reunited band’s first show in Jackson Hole since 2004.

And it should be a rowdy hoedown. In conjunction with the Pink Garter, we’re giving away two tickets. Give a ye-haw in the comments, and two winners will be chosen via random drawing at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Entrants must provide a full name, and each winner will receive one ticket.

The Pink Garter has filled out its winter schedule with the likes of Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe on March 15 and Blitzen Trapper on March 25. I recently caught the second of two Monophonics shows at the theater and was pleased by the sound, expanded dance floor and overall funky vibe.

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Tags: bluegrass, pink garter

By popular demand, Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears are coming to the Tetons this summer.

The soul-rock band from Austin, Texas, will perform at the eighth annual Targhee Fest, which will be July 13-15. Also booked are Florida swamp rockers J.J. Grey and Mofro and Mississippi blues crooner Paul Thorn.

Targhee also has set a preliminary lineup for its 25th annual Bluegrass Festival on Aug. 10-12, featuring Steep Canyon Rangers, The Infamous Stringdusters, Donna the Buffalo, Kane’s River, Hot Rize and Darrell Scott.

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Tags: bluegrass, blues, festivals, funk, rock, targhee

That collective “aaah” heard ’round Jackson Hole this week hasn’t just been about snowfall. Music fans are relieved that the Pink Garter Theater finally has a slate of shows for the winter. The shredding continues, on and off the slopes.

Expect hoots and hollers tonight when the Garter gets rolling with The Infamous Stringdusters, the bluegrass troupe from Nashville, Tenn., who generated a bigger buzz than the beer garden at last summer’s Targhee Bluegrass Festival. Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers, alt-country and soul rockers from San Francisco, will share the bill.

The show is the first in what should be a quality series at the Pink Garter combining old favorites (Leftover Salmon, Young Dubs) with fresh talent (Monophonics, He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister). Construction crews have been busy building the adjacent bar, The Rose, grand opening of which is set for Presidents’ Weekend, Feb. 17-19. The theater also has gotten a makeover.

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Tags: bluegrass, pink garter, rock