Heads All Happy Hour

04/08/2026

The marquee at The Alcazar is up, we're one week out from the return of Skeleton Crewe Quintet! If you know the SCQ you know it's going to be an unbelievable night of incredible songs, jams, dancin' and high vibrations! If you don't know the SCQ then surely you know the Deadhead musician royalty who make up this supergroup, we're talking heavy-hitting legends from Dark Star Orchestra, Dead & Company, Phil Lesh Quintet, Bob Weir & the Wolf Brothers, Jefferson Starship, Ratdog and more! They've been out on the road every opportunity they can, making magic and bringing Heady Aloha all around with high-spirited Grateful Dead interpretations, original music and dynamic improvisations and we are so lucky to have them back to our belove little non-profit playhouse theater in Carpinteria! Get your tix now, let's show them how the SB & Ventura Deadhead scene rolls! See you there! ⚡️ https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thealcazar/2076703

04/07/2026

Gotta make it somehow!

03/26/2026

Hey now, you know how we like to tell and hear tales from the golden road! You're definitely gonna want to be at the Alcazar Theatre in Carp tomorrow night to hear Jay Blakesberg Photography in person! Check out this special deal on tix! ⚡️

This Friday, March 27th at 7:30!
Use code: dead50
for 50% off of reserved seating!

For all those Dead Heads that are eager for untold stories of The Grateful Dead, this event is for you! Jay Blakesberg is a San Francisco-based photographer and filmmaker who has documented pop culture since 1978. He's known for his work in music photography, particularly his extensive coverage of the Grateful Dead and their fans.

Join us is taking a walk down Jay Blakesberg's memory lane with The Grateful Dead!

Tickets:
Reserved Seating: $25
VIP (Includes 1 free drink plus a signed coffee table book): $60
Available on website: www.thealcazar.org

03/23/2026

"Now we're gonna prove that practice makes perfect". 40 years ago this weekend on March 20, 1986 was one of the great moments in 80's Dead history- the return of Box of Rain for the first time since 7/28/1973. Check out this video from the show, teed up for the set-closing breakout, you can hear and feel the exhilaration from the crowd, it's full on chicken skin as listen back and relive the thrill of hearing my all-time favorite Dead song during my first run to Hampton Coliseum, freshman year of college. This particular Hampton run included the debut of Dylan's masterpiece 'Visions of Johanna', the Grateful Dead debut of Road Runner, and a Sugar Mags that found Bobby climbing up on a speaker in full showman mode (video link below)! Never missed a Hampton show after that in the 80's, culminating in the unreal 'Formerly the Warlocks' run in October '89 (that's a story for another day!)

Box of Rain:
https://youtu.be/SMgEiJ1GfbE?si=P6oDrZeSIb0z2iX4&t=3531
Sugar Mags:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uG0ZI0FGQo

Special thanks to Christopher Hazard, Lolo Yodel, Voodoonola and all of the devoted Deadhead tapers, archivists, audio engineers and video editors who spend their time & resources to keep us loaded with shows to revisit!

Reminder that THIS FRIDAY, March 27, is the Jay Blakesberg photo and storytelling show and April 15th is Skeleton Crewe Quintet, both at the The Alcazar Theatre in Carp! More info and tix: https://www.thealcazar.org/.

-CU

This is a tedious but really good new MULTI-CAMERA edit of this show using every trick in the book to get the most quality out of the video as possible. Sour...

03/20/2026

Heads all happy spring everybody! In honor of the equinox, here's Claude Hopper's run through a Neil Young chestnut from Forever Young V at the beloved Alcazar Theatrein Carpinteria from 11/11/2023. I waited for you winterlong.....

All sorts of great shows on tap this spring, including tonight with Claude Hopper Acoustic (David Cowan, Andy Webb, and Karina Dawn Line) at Roy in SB! Check out the new Hopper website and keep an ear out for more shows, the Hopper turns 26 this year! https://claudehoppermusic.com/

Next Friday, March 27, at The Alcazar is Jay Blakesberg Photography telling stories and showing his incredible archive of Grateful Dead photography! https://www.thealcazar.org/ -93413227-33c7-45e1-8fb0-f13695908af1-event-ef579bf3-ce5d-4070-a1e9-afb9c2a2eb8a

Then we've got the Skeleton Crewe Quintet coming back to The Alcazar April 15th, not to be missed! https://www.thealcazar.org/ -93413227-33c7-45e1-8fb0-f13695908af1-event-3d7617fe-8a20-4bd7-93cd-b69956e34d98

And the news is out with the big announcement yesterday about 'Maybe It Was The Roses II' in Ventura May 29-31st! SB & Ventura scene is well represented and lined up with world class touring bands & legends. Lots more to come on that, we're beside ourselves in excitement for an incredible weekend on the coast in Ventura! https://www.goldenroadfestival.com/

And, of course, we have great opportunities often in SB & Ventura, our music scene is such a treasure! See you all out there, love to all!

https://youtu.be/2sfN3G0gEhQ

Song by Neil YoungPerformed by Claude Hopper November 11, 2023Forever Young V - Neil Young Birthday CelebrationThe Alcazar TheatreCarpinteria, CAClaude Hoppe...

03/17/2026

Whack fol de daddy-o, dress yourself in green, it's St. Paddys Day w/ Ladyfinger at Carp Dead Fam's Dead night! Tuesday March 17th 6-10pm at Fox Wine Co. / T**a T**a in the Funk Zone! 🍀⚡️💚

☘️St Patrick’s Day in Santa Barbara☘️ 6pm-10pm at Fox Wine Co☘️ All ages welcome, free show ☘️

03/02/2026

Newly announced! It was such a magical evening last time, we have Deadhead musician royalty coming back to the Alcazar next month! Good idea to get on these tix now, this band is incredible! ⚡️

💀Skeleton Crewe invites audiences into an intimate, high-vibe musical journey led by masterful artistry and fearless exploration.

Each performance blends original compositions, including many written by Robert Hunter in collaboration with Rob Barraco and with reimagined Grateful Dead favorites and expansive improvisations. Their sound moves effortlessly across genres, weaving traditional Hawaiian influences with psychedelic Americana to create a transportive, one-of-a-kind experience. Skeleton Crewe doesn’t just play a show, they create a musical conversation that feels both timeless and brand new.

FEATURING:
✰Rob Barraco - Keyboards & vocals (Dark Star Orchestra, Phil Lesh & Friends, The Dead)
✰Barry Sless - Pedal Steel, electric guitar & vocals (Bobby Weir and Wolf Bros, David Nelson Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, MoonAlice)
✰Stephen Inglis - Slack Key Guitar, electric guitar & vocals (Billy Kreutzmann, Dennis Kamakahi)
✰Pete Sears - Bass (Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna, Phil Lesh & Friends, David Nelson Band, MoonAlice)
✰Jay Lane - Drums & vocals (Dead & Company, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros, Ratdog)

✌︎︎♡⃛ April 15th at 7:00PM-10:30PM
VIP: $110/$125/$150 - Reserved Preferred: $55 - Reserved: $50
Tickets on sale now, get them before they're gone!

03/02/2026

Month of March is looking good at The Alcazar in Carp, check out the limited time coupon codes!

02/27/2026

A few months back, October 11, 2025, Heads All Happy Hour and the SB Deadhead community rolled into beautiful Chase Palm Park down by the beach for the 5th Annual 'Jerry Day Santa Barbara' featuring a host of SB-based bands & musicans devoted to the music of Jerry Garcia & the Grateful Dead, and an absolutely surreal encounter with Jerry's legendary Fender Strat 'Alligator'! It was an epic day in so many ways, one we will never forget! Together we raised a nice chunk of change to support the great work of Grateful Guitars Foundation and JAMS Music School. We danced, laughed and tore it up with 8 hours of live Dead & Jerry music (along with a few fun curveballs) and said 'Thank You Jerry' the best way we know how! It was Alligator's first performance in Santa Barbara since the Grateful Dead's 5/20/73 show at UCSB, which was billed as 'A Day In The Sun'. In homage, we presented 'Another Day In The Sun' and leaned into the '71-'73 GD era (including Europe '72) when Alligator was Jerry's main electric guitar, and, being in the park after all, even paid a very special nod to legendary S.N.A.C.K. benefit show 3/23/75 at Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate park with full set tributes to the Dead's early Blues For Allah set and the legendary Bob Dylan / Neil Young / The Band set from that day. The bands and musicians spanned generations and beautifully, with all of you, showed the strength of our local Deadhead music scene! It was a special time for our talented guitarists to feel the power and emotion of playing Alligator, and we are forever grateful for the experience! Another Day In The Sun ☀️

Here's the first video from this special day, with No Simple Highway performing 'Here Comes Sunshine' with special guest Karina Dawn Line. It was on the heels of a terrific Ladyfinger set into a monster rolling thunder rhythm devils Drums into a show closing sunset romp from our own NSH!

Let's meet up again tomorrow night, Saturday February 28th at SOhO when NSH teams up with our friends from LA, The Alligators, for a full-on dance party throwdown that spans the eras of the Grateful Dead! See you there! ⚡️

Song by Robert Hunter & Jerry GarciaPerformed by No Simple Highway October 11, 2025 Chase Palm Park in Santa BarbaraJerry Day Santa Barbara 'Another Day In ...