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“I want the whole damn world … to come dance with me,” Alex Ebert bellowed into the microphone. As if for emphasis, he jumped down into the crowd and began hopping and jigging with fans.

The moment, during “Man on Fire,” was indicative of the 90-minute set Ebert’s band performed Wednesday at the sold-out Pink Garter Theater. A rabid crowd had waited years for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros to play in Jackson, and from the opening notes, the show was an outburst of joy.

During the first song, “40 Day Dream,” a group of young women locked arms in front of the stage and began swaying back and forth to the rhythm and singing along. Others shook mini-tambourines purchased at the band’s merchandise table. The lovefest was on.

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On a day when pro triathlete Adam Wirth of Boise captured the PPP crown, a huge crowd gathered at Teton Village to celebrate spring’s arrival during the Jackson Hole Mountain Festival.

Perhaps as many as 4,000 people turned out Saturday for the PPP awards party, music by Lazy Eyes beneath the tram and the featured concert by Black Mother Jones and O.A.R. Parked cars lined the village entrance road all the way to Highway 390, in what may have been the largest turnout yet for the festival.

While the selection of the headliner generated strong opinions, one thing everyone could agree on was fine weather and free music make for a great party. Tailgates with generous spreads of food and beverages could be found from the PPP finish line at Astoria to the village parking lots. Most of the buzz around O.A.R. was whether rock star Dave Matthews — staying at Teton Village on vacation, skiing and snowmobiling — would join them onstage. (He did not.)

The diehard music fans pushed the festival into the wee hours of Sunday night, when the Providence, R.I., rock group Deer Tick played the Pink Garter.

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From its beginnings as a trickle of snowmelt off Two Ocean Pass to the thunderous cataracts of its Grand Canyon and sinuous meandering through the plains of Montana, the Yellowstone River is the longest undammed river in the lower 48 states.

A new film by Hunter Weeks follows a 30-day journey by drift boat down the river to its confluence with the Missouri at Fort Buford, N.D. Where the Yellowstone Goes chronicles the people and landscapes the party encounters while floating and fishing this majestic waterway.

Weeks will show the film and take questions Wednesday night in a benefit for American Rivers at the Pink Garter Theater. Tickets are $10, available online or at Jack Dennis Sports and Teton Mountain Lodge. Showtime is 7 p.m.

I’ve always thought of the Yellowstone as one of the uppermost headwaters of the Mississippi. Along those lines, I’d someday like to make a journey from Atlantic Creek all the way to New Orleans.

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Tags: conservation, fishing, pink garter, river running, yellowstone

For Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros come May, “Home” will be the Pink Garter Theater in Jackson.

The popular group will play the Pink Garter on May 29. Tickets go on sale at noon Friday.

The 10-member ensemble is best known for the song “Home,” from its 2009 debut album, which became a pop hit and was used for NFL commercials. The group released its sophomore record, Here, to much acclaim last year and is about to release its third album.

The Magnetic Zeros are led by singer-songwriter Alex Ebert. (Edward Sharpe is a messianic character he invented.) Ebert’s solo album, Alexander, on which he played all of the instruments, was one of the best albums of 2011.

Ebert also rallied in support of environmental activist Tim DeChristopher, playing outside the courthouse where DeChristopher was tried for monkey-wrenching Bush-era oil and gas leases. Ebert made a video for “Let’s Win” at the protest.

Coupled with Deer Tick on March 31 and recently announced Ryan Bingham in June, the Garter is giving music fans much to look forward to this spring.

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Mountain Fest weekend is going to end with a bang.

Deer Tick, the young rock band from Providence, R.I., will perform at the Pink Garter Theater on Sunday, March 31. One night earlier, O.A.R. will play a free concert at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort following the PPP.

Fronted by guitarist and singer John McCauley, Deer Tick has a stripped-down, almost retro sound that features strains of country and punk. The group has received a good bit of radio play locally since the 2009 album Born on Flag Day.

Tickets are $18, available online or at the Pink Garter and Pinky G’s.

The theater is about to hit the peak of its winter slate, with the Colorado bluegrass troupe Leftover Salmon performing Sunday and reggae legends The Wailers on March 7.

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