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Grand Targhee announced its entire slate of summer music today, and the lineups are as deep as the celebrated powder dumps at the resort.

For Targhee Fest on July 19-21, the ‘Ghee has landed one of the hottest new bands in the country, Alabama Shakes. Also performing at the fest are J.J. Grey and Mofro, Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, John Hiatt, Wood Brothers, Son Volt, Los Lobos, Anders Osborne and Sister Sparrow. Targhee is working on at least one more major artist for the festival.

The 26th annual Bluegrass Festival on Aug. 9-11 will feature The Infamous Stringdusters, Sam Bush Band, Trampled by Turtles, Greensky Bluegrass, Guy Clark, Elephant Revival and more.

These festivals are in addition to the three-night Widespread Panic extravaganza on July 4-6. Tickets for all events and multi-day passes will go on sale soon.

No matter their taste, fans will have a hard time taking it all in this summer.

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Tags: festivals, rock, targhee

They spent a little time on the mountain, and now they’re coming back for more.

Widespread Panic, the Southern rockers who celebrated their 25th anniversary tour in 2011 with a three-night run at Grand Targhee, will return to the Alta, Wyo., resort this summer for another holiday blowout.

Panic again will play three nights, from July 4 to 6. A host of supporting acts will make for a festival atmosphere, as in 2011. Tickets go on sale March 8.

These will be the 18th, 19th and 20th shows the band from Athens, Ga., has played in the Tetons. Over the years Panic has performed at the Mangy Moose, Snow King (many times) and The Spud Drive-In, also on the Fourth of July. The verdant slopes of Targhee, with a stage nestled beside the forest at 8,000 feet, have become a favorite. The band inquired about a return last year, and — in no secret to local Panic fans — plans have been in the works for months.

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Grand Targhee became the first Teton-area ski resort to open this winter, operating the Dreamcatcher and Shoshone chairs today on Fred’s Mountain.

With a snow depth of 28 inches at 8,800 feet, Targhee was able to open 1,500 of its 2,600 acres. The resort is offering discounted lift tickets through Sunday; with a donation of two canned goods or nonperishable food items, guests can ride for $34. Donations go to Teton Valley Food Bank.

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort plans to open its Apres Vous and Teewinot chairs Saturday. With little to no snow below 7,500 feet, the resort has relied on snowmaking to create a groomed strip from the top of Apres Vous to the base of the mountain, totaling more than 2,100 vertical feet.

This is the earliest opening in the 48-year history of the resort. Through Dec. 7, adult lift tickets are $65 online or $68 at the windows.

Snow King in Jackson plans to open Dec. 8.

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Tags: jhmr, snow king, targhee

“Is the air getting thinner?” Chris Robinson warbled into the microphone. “Are we getting high?”

The shaggy singer was correct on both fronts, with a wink and a smile, during the eighth annual Targhee Fest. As always, the festival held at 8,000 feet lived up to its billing as one of the highest times of the summer.

His new band, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, was one of many pleasant surprises on the ski slope above Alta, Wyo. Joan Osborne and Jackie Greene’s collaboration, Trigger Hippy, was another, as was a sparkling set by reggae icon Toots and the Maytals.

But the most outrageous performance of the weekend came late night in the Trap Bar, by Andy Frasco and the UN.

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Tags: festivals, mountain biking, reggae, rock, targhee

Downtown Jackson felt like an episode of Treme last night, with Meters guitarist Leo Nocentelli playing the Pink Garter and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band rocking the Town Square Tavern just up the street. There was even a “Davis Can Save Us” city council candidate running around shaking hands.

The twofer of New Orleans funk was part of a musical frenzy that erupted on both sides of the Tetons, as over in Idaho, Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears played Music on Main, followed by Boombox at the Knotty Pine.

All of this was setting the table for the weekend’s main event, the eighth annual Targhee Fest, featuring Trigger Hippy (Jackie Greene and Joan Osborne) and Toots and the Maytals today and Black Joe, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Railroad Earth and Drive-By Truckers on Saturday. Lucinda Williams and J.J. Grey and Mofro close the festival on Sunday. Click here for a schedule.

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Tags: funk, new orleans, targhee