THE LAST WALTZ Celebration featuring The THE BAND Band & Special Guests

On Thanksgiving Day 1976, The Last Waltz was held at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The Band’s farewell concert featured a who’s who of rock royalty, from Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Eric Clapton to Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, and Ronnie Hawkins. This epic musical event was later immortalized in Martin Scorsese’s landmark film The Last Waltz, widely considered one of the greatest concert films ever made. This 50th anniversary celebration is presented by The THE BAND Band, a tribute act founded by Gary Solomon, who was actually in the audience that legendary Thanksgiving night. I knew that what I was seeing was not just another rock concert, it was a once in a lifetime event, he says. The THE BAND Band recreates the music and magic of that evening, performing The Band’s most beloved songs and enlisting a dozen guest musicians, including a horn section, to cover the numerous artists and songs featured in the original concert, with a lineup that includes fiddle player Larry Packer, who actually played with The Band at the original 1976 show.