Live Nuggets: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ, on September 20, 1978

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Tonight on JamFest: Live Legends, Night Visions, and Festival Energy That Never Sleeps

There’s something electric about a night on JamFest. It isn’t just radio — it’s time travel, atmosphere, and community wrapped in sound. From historic festival performances to forward-looking sonic explorations, JamFest continues to deliver live music culture in its purest form. And tonight, that mission shines especially bright.

Live Nuggets Radio Show – Tonight at 9PM EST

We Will Make Your Day Special — A Memory of a Lifetime!

Every Tuesday night, JamFest opens the vault for a hand-picked live concert broadcast in its entirety — the kind of performance that reminds you why live music matters in the first place.

Tonight’s featured show:
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Live at Montreux 1985

Before Stevie Ray Vaughan became a household name, there was Montreux. This early European appearance captures SRV at the moment his legend began to ignite. The performance is a masterclass in ferocious Texas blues guitar — lightning-fast runs, searing bends, and a tone that cuts straight to the soul.

The Montreux crowd witnessed a rising force blending blues tradition with rock-charged intensity and fearless improvisation. It’s raw, urgent, and timeless — a set that helped introduce Vaughan to the international stage and cemented his reputation as one of the greatest live guitarists of all time.

Tonight at 9PM EST, experience it the way it was meant to be heard — uninterrupted, unfiltered, and alive.

NRN Radio Show – Devon Allman: Nightvision

When the sun goes down, JamFest shifts into deeper frequencies. Devon Allman’s Nightvision is a cinematic journey built for late-night listening — immersive, textured, and emotionally resonant.

Designed as a headphone record, Nightvision plays like a meditation on memory, atmosphere, and imagination. It’s a bold left turn for Allman — confident, curious, and purposeful — expanding the JamFest soundscape beyond blues heritage into modern sonic storytelling.

Plug in. Turn out the lights. Enter the shadows.

Festival Radio – Every Thursday Night

If your heart beats in festival rhythm, Thursday nights are sacred. For eight straight hours, JamFest’s Festival Radio delivers non-stop live performances from legendary stages around the world — the songs, the crowds, the moments you lived and the ones you wish you had.

Every track comes from a real festival performance. No studio polish. Just the energy of massive crowds and once-in-a-lifetime sets. It’s the closest thing to standing in front of the stage again.

What Is Hip?! – The Spirit of New Orleans

Few cities breathe music like New Orleans. Widely celebrated as the birthplace of jazz, the Crescent City gave the world dixieland, traditional jazz, and that unmistakable brass-band soul.

What Is Hip?! explores this living history — the rhythms, the roots, and the culture that still pulse through every French Quarter street corner and second-line parade.

Club Night – Saturdays at 10PM EST

When Saturday night hits, JamFest opens the digital dance floor. Club Night brings DJ culture, remixes, and festival-sized EDM energy straight to your speakers.

From studio mixes to global festival highlights, it’s a weekly invitation to lose yourself in rhythm and light.

Sunday Spunday – 2AM to 9AM EST

For the night owls and after-party faithful, Sunday Spunday keeps the celebration rolling into sunrise. Long-form live sets, extended grooves, and the perfect soundtrack for those who refuse to let the weekend end.

Gospel Lunch – Sundays 12:30PM to 2PM EST

JamFest’s Gospel Lunch is a joyful tribute to New Orleans-style spirit and soul. A midday celebration where uplifting rhythms, brass-band energy, and sacred roots come together in true NOLA fashion.

Project Reggaeologist – Worldwide Roots & Rhythms

From Kingston sound systems to global reggae festivals, Project Reggaeologist delivers nonstop reggae, dancehall, roots, ska, and world grooves. It’s a passport to international rhythm culture — no borders, no limits, just vibration and vibe.

All Things Considered Live – Bob Dylan at Newport

Monday Night, February 2, 2026 – 7PM EST

Few moments in music history carry the weight of Bob Dylan’s Newport Folk Festival appearances.

1964: An acoustic Dylan performing “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “Chimes of Freedom,” solidifying his place as folk’s poetic voice.
1965: The night Dylan plugged in. Electric guitars. Boos from purists. A revolution in real time. A performance that fractured tradition and created folk-rock overnight.

JamFest brings both historic sets together — a front-row seat to music’s turning point.

NewGrass Radio Show – Mondays at 9PM EST

Traditional roots meet rule-breaking creativity. NewGrass Radio showcases artists reshaping bluegrass, folk, and Americana into something new — music without rules, performed by a new generation of fearless innovators.

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JamFest – Where Live Music Lives Forever

JamFest isn’t just programming — it’s preservation. Every show, every broadcast, every festival performance exists to keep music culture alive, accessible, and unforgettable.

And tonight, when the clock strikes 9PM EST, tune in to Live Nuggets Radio Show: Stevie Ray Vaughan – Live at Montreux 1985.

Because some performances don’t just entertain — they become memories for a lifetime.

Tonight on JamFest — A Handpicked Full-Concert Broadcast Airs Tonight at 9PM EST

There are certain Bob Weir performances that live quietly in Deadhead lore — shows whispered about with reverence, passed along through bootleg trades and late-night listening sessions. They are not defined by spectacle, but by soul. By warmth. By a feeling that the room itself became part of the music.

Bob Weir’s October 16, 2016 birthday performance at the Capitol Theatre is one of those nights.

And tonight, JamFest proudly celebrates that legendary evening as Live Nuggets Radio presents a very special handpicked broadcast, airing the complete concert in its entirety every Tuesday night at 9PM EST — offering fans a rare opportunity to step back into one of the most emotionally resonant nights of Weir’s modern era.

The concert that continues to echo through Deadhead circles — the one remembered for its intimacy, vulnerability, and quiet emotional gravity — unfolded on October 16, 2016, when Bob Weir turned 69.

It was a key stop on Weir’s Campfire Tour, a run that stripped away arena-scale theatrics and returned his music to its roots: storytelling, shared memory, and a room full of listeners leaning in rather than shouting back.

A Night That Felt Like a Fireside Gathering

The Capitol Theatre has always had a certain mystique — but on this night, it felt less like a concert hall and more like a living room filled with old friends.

Weir stepped out alone, greeting the crowd with a gentle version of “One More Saturday Night,” only to be met by a heartfelt, spontaneous birthday serenade from the audience. From there, the tone settled into something beautifully unguarded.

Songs like “Peggy-O,” “When I Paint My Masterpiece,” and the tender title track “Blue Mountain” unfolded with space to breathe, revealing the grain in Weir’s voice and the quiet poetry that has long defined his storytelling.

A Handpicked Ensemble, A Carefully Curated Flow

As the set expanded, Weir was joined by a uniquely textured ensemble — a lineup that blended folk, indie, and roots traditions into a sound that felt cinematic yet intimate. Featuring members of The National, guitar virtuoso Steve Kimock, bassist Jon Shaw, singer-songwriter Leslie Mendelson, and roots duo The Bandana Splits, the band created a rich but never overpowering sonic landscape.

The first set flowed gracefully through “One More River to Cross,” “Darkest Hour,” “Lay My Lily Down,” “Ghost Towns,” and “Gonesville,” each song settling gently into the room like a story told at dusk.

When the Dead Came Home

Set Two opened the door wide for longtime fans. “Mama Tried” brought an outlaw-country spark, before Weir eased into a stretch of Grateful Dead classics that felt less like a setlist and more like a shared memory.

“West L.A. Fadeaway” glided effortlessly into “Eyes of the World,” glowing with delicate percussion touches. “Uncle John’s Band” unfolded like a familiar embrace, while “Morning Dew” landed with quiet gravity — restrained, reverent, and emotionally piercing.

The set closed with a celebratory “Not Fade Away,” marking the night’s first switch to electric guitar and sending a ripple of classic Dead energy through the theater.

Birthday Cake, Gentle Goodbyes, and Lasting Echoes

After a brief intermission and a heartfelt birthday cake presentation, Weir returned for an encore that felt deeply personal. A solo acoustic “Ki-Yi Bossie” gave way to a communal “Brokedown Palace,” sending the crowd into the night wrapped in gratitude and reflection.

Tonight on JamFest: Relive the Magic

Bob Weir would return to the Capitol Theatre in 2017 for another birthday celebration, but it is this 2016 Campfire performance that continues to resonate most deeply — a night defined not by volume, but by connection.

Tonight on JamFest, Live Nuggets Radio brings that magic back.
A very special handpicked full-concert broadcast of Bob Weir — Capitol Theatre, October 16, 2016 airs every Tuesday night at 9PM EST, allowing fans to experience this legendary show exactly as it unfolded.

For Deadheads, Americana lovers, and anyone drawn to music that feels lived-in, honest, and quietly powerful, this is more than a replay — it is a return to one of Bob Weir’s most heartfelt nights on stage.

Stay tuned.

JamFest Honors Bob Weir (1947–2026)

Tonight on Live Nuggets Radio — A Full-Circle Farewell at 9PM EST

This week, the music world lost one of its quiet architects.

Bob Weir passed away peacefully on Saturday, closing a chapter that helped define not only the Grateful Dead, but the emotional language of American live music itself. His songs were never just compositions — they were conversations, invitations, and mirrors. They taught generations how to listen, how to linger, and how to find themselves inside a melody.

And tonight, JamFest becomes more than a broadcast.

Live Nuggets Radio presents a very special handpicked full-concert airing of Bob Weir at the Capitol Theatre — October 16, 2016 — every Tuesday night at 9PM EST, transforming this evening into both a celebration and a farewell. A night that once marked a birthday now becomes a tribute — a final return to a room that always felt like home.

A Farewell That Feels Like a Homecoming

There are performances that feel preserved in amber. This Capitol Theatre night is one of them — a show that captured Weir not as an icon, but as a storyteller sitting among friends, leaning into memory and meaning.

It now stands as one of the most emotionally resonant portraits of who Bob Weir truly was — gentle, reflective, generous, and quietly fearless.

Live Nuggets is Prince’s New Year’s Eve Concert with Miles Davis on December 31, 1987

Source: Live Nuggets is Prince’s New Year’s Eve Concert with Miles Davis on December 31, 1987

Prince’s 1987 Paisley Park New Year’s Eve concert stands as a testament to the magic of live music

Source: Live Nuggets is Prince’s New Year’s Eve Concert with Miles Davis on December 31, 1987