Former Grateful Dead drummer and 'rhythm devil' Mickey Hart will kick off the annual month-long Artown festival in Reno, Nevada on July 1, 2012 with a free concert.
The Mickey Hart Band will open the 17th annual festival with the Sunday night show downtown at Wingfield Park on an island in the Truckee River.
Artown highlights the arts in Reno each July with a packed calendar of events.
Artown will feature nearly 500 events for the 2012 celebration, most of them free. It includes 359 stand-alone events, 33 ongoing events and 102 workshops.
The festival closes July 31 with a performance by funk/R&B saxophone player Maceo Parker. More info about the event on renoisartown.com
