Live Oak Music Festival

Dear Live Oak Friend, I hope this message finds you well and in good health during these unpredictable times. We share in your excitement to resume normal life without interruptions, and as a supporter of the Live Oak Music Festival, that includes camping and gathering with friends at Live Oak. Unfortunately, however, the situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic remains volatile, and it will likely remain volatile for at least the next four to six months.... Because of this, KCBX has made the difficult decision to transform Live Oak 2021 into a new and improved virtual festival, Live Oak on the Radio. Plans for a successful event to take place over Live Oak weekend on June 18-20, 2021, are already in the works, so stay tuned for more information coming soon. For now, you can look forward to new activities and opportunities to enjoy music and connect with friends as we consider how to utilize all available resources in order to bring the Live Oak celebration to our community. More information will be available on our website and through social media as details develop. In the meantime, we are excited to share the spirit of Live Oak with you in the coming months. Thank you, and continue to stay safe. Frank Lanzone, Jr. President ~ General Manager

Hey look! Miss Leo & Her Bluegrass Boys Trio got a writeup in No Depression. Congrats!

Flashback to a Friday evening 5 years ago! Who saw Dustbowl Revival at #LiveOakFest in 2016? That was really fun, wasn’t it?

Live Oakies! Listen tonight on KCBX from 6:30-8:00 or later on demand for a Women's History Month special on The Road Home with Marisa Waddell. She'll play women singers, songwriters and instrumentalists such as Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin, Yola, Brandi Carlile, Inga Swearingen, Cindy Cashdollar and many others. Click below to listen online or tune in live on your radio to KCBX 90.1 (or 89.5, 91.7, 90.9, 91.7, 91.1, 95.1).

Wanna play Live Oak on the Radio? Once again the festival will be broadcast and streamed, due to the ongoing pandemic. We are now accepting artist submissions for virtual performances. If you’d like to be considered for a virtual performance during our event June 18-20, please submit a brief description of your musical style, web address, contact info, and bio to: [email protected]. #liveoakfest #liveoakontheradio #liveoakmusicfestival #kcbxfm

Coming soon to SLO Brew Rock! It's Live Oakie Dan Curcio Music with drummer Ryan House on the outdoor Beer Garden stage.

Hey Live Oakies! Some great music to celebrate Black History Month is coming your way on KCBX tonight from 6:30-8:00. It’s 90 minutes of songs by everyone from Our Native Daughters Sunny War and Tre Burt to Taj Mahal and Mavis Staples . Listen live or later on demand at kcbx.org. #blackhistorymonth #blacklivesmatter #amaricanamusic #publicradio

If you didn't catch it, check out this tribute to #TonyRice featuring conversations between host Bryan Sutton with many of his guitarist friends, including Chris Eldridge, Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings, Tommy Emmanuel, Dan Crary, Norman Blake, Dan Tyminski, Ron Block, Trey Hensley, and many more!

We will never forget when Tony Rice drove up to Live Oak Camp in his Mustang Cobra before taking the stage with the Rowan and Rice Quartet. ICYMI, listen to the 2-hour Tony Rice tribute on the KCBX show Across the Tracks. Host Blair Gillespie explores deep into the recorded history of this bluegrass guitar hero who died on Christmas Day. Will be available for a week. Find it at kcbx.org under Shows on Demand #TonyRice #bluegrass #guitar #guitarhero

Hey music lovers! We thought you might like to see what some of the KCBX DJs picked as their top songs and albums from 2020. Check it out:

Here's something fun to do early on New Year's Eve. Join us as we co-present a home concert on FB with Tony Furtado and Stephanie Schneiderman along with Willy Porter. It starts at 7pm this Thursday, and we'd love it if you'd hang with us as we listen to some great music!

Thursday Nights Live #25 Tony Furtado/Stephanie Schneiderman w/Willy Porter Musical guest: Willy Porter The show is free but your tips help keep it and us going... www.Venmo.com/tonyfurtado www.paypal.me/AnthonyFurtado69 This Farewell to 2020 show delicious food sponsor is Cooperativa Italian Market and the show presenters are KCBX Central Coast Radio and The Live Oak Music Festival in San Luis Obispo CA

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Happy December! Peace to you in the coming season from all of us at Live Oak. #peace #December #MusicHelps #LiveOakFest

When you support KCBX, you support Live Oak. We are one in the same. And if you give by midnight tonight on #GivingTuesday, you can also nominate another local nonprofit to receive $1000 of on air announcements on KCBX. Donate at kcbx.org. It’s three good deeds in one! #liveoakfest #kcbx #gooddeeds

We miss all y’all so much! #LiveOakFest #missinglivemusic #missyou #liveoakiesrule

Here's one to put in your calendar! Every Monday night in October from 8:00-8:30 listen in four parts to a new and groundbreaking musical work by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Click below for details.

We are so sad to lose Toots Hibbert. When he came to Live Oak, he brought joy with him, was kind and enthusiastic, and put on a heckuva show. Thank you, Toots, for making the world a better place while you were here. #tootsandthemaytals #reggae

It's a new single from B & The Hive from their forthcoming Heart Beat EP. Such a fun video featuring so many of our Live Oak friends!

This Saturday from 6-7pm, catch Ynana Rose Music in an encore of her 2020 #LiveOakOnTheRadio performance. Clark Center for the Performing Arts will stream it as a part of their Summer Date Nights series. Support our local performing artists and venues! #SaveOurStages

Our dear friend Hattie Craven recorded this song in the great outdoors near Dixon, California in the summer of 2020. We miss our Live Oak family!

Our hearts go out to the entire Earle family, and all of their friends and loved ones.

Hey Live Oakies! We just thought you'd like to see this wonderful remembrance from NPR of Fleetwood Mac Founder Peter Green:

Thank you so much for voting us best radio station and best festival in the SLO New Times Best Of SLO County Annual Readers Poll! We love our listeners and Live Oakies, and we actually think *you* are the best! You can see the entire Best Of issue at https://www.newtimesslo.com//best-of-slo-county-2/Content

Our friends, SLO County Stumblers have a new album out! The Stumblers play hard-driving old time fiddle tunes and spirited songs, heavily influenced by the golden-era string bands of the 1920s and 30s. Have a listen here:

It’s been almost a month since #LiveOakOnTheRadio and we’re still glowing. Thanks to everyone who celebrated with us. Special thanks to all who donated. We raised close to $50,000 with the help of KCBX listeners and the Live Oak community, plus matching funds from KCBX donors and the Udsen family. We’re still about $50K away from where we need to be. You can still donate at liveoakfest.org.

Thanks to Glen Starkey and SLO New Times for this really nice look back at our #LiveOakOnTheRadio weekend. And thanks to all who made it possible, all who donated, and all who participated. Yay!

Amazing Grace to all. Thank you for helping make #liveoakontheradio a special weekend in strange times. Be well.

The late great Mose Allison rounds out #liveoakontheradio in a set from the Live Oak main stage in 1992 until midnight listen at kcbx.org or liveoakfest.org