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Our 2025 Artists

Taj Mahal Quintet

Guitarist performing on stage at Golden Road Festival 2025

Taj Mahal

2025 Lifetime Achievement

Grammy Award Winner

Antique gramophone with large horn

Don Was and the Pan Detroit Ensemble

Don Was

• Don Was

• Jeff Canady

• Vincent Chandler

• Steffanie Christi'an

• John Douglas

• Wayne Gerard

• Mahindi Masai

• Dave McMurray

• Luis Resto

Blue paper quilled music note

Super Sonic Shorties

Super Sonic Shorties: eight musicians

• Amy Bellamy

• Shira Elias

• Nikki Glaspie

• Arnetta Johnson

• Kanika Moore

• Katty Rodriguez

• Angie Swan

• Tonya Sweets

• Briana Washington 

Colorful skeleton band in vibrant paper dresses

ALO

Group photo of the band, LOVE, at Golden Road Festival 2025

• Zach Gill

• Steve Adams

• Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz

• Ezra Lipp

Paper animals running from a large birdcage

ZĀdell Music

Female vocalist singing, saxophonist playing

• Zoe & Dave Ellis

• Nikki Glaspie

• Aron Magner

• Quinn Sullivan

• Jill Simmons

• Jason Fraticelli

• Lamar Williams Jr.

+ Very Special Guest

Vibrant paper quilling saxophone art

Prince/Bowie

Prince/Bowie performing Prince & David Bowie music

• Eric Gould

• Cal Kehoe

• Josh Schwartz

• Cotter Ellis

• Jason Hann

• Steve Learson

• Brittany Beckett

• Shira Elias

• Arnetta Johnson

• Dave Ellis

Purple electric guitar with lightning bolt design

Jimi’s Dead

Band performing live on stage

• Eric Krasno

• Ross James

• Nikki Glaspie

• Aron Magner

• Jason Hann

+ Special Guests

Flaming guitar, paper art design

Deadtronica

Deadtronica album art: Aaron Magner & Cloudword

• Aron Magner

• Cloudchord

Synth keyboard with colorful abstract design

David Gans

Man playing acoustic guitar on stage
Vibrant paper flowers and a golden letter G

+ Special Guests

Saxophonist performing on stage at Golden Road Festival 2025

Artists at Large

Dave Ellis

Jill Simmons

Singer performing on stage
GRF Golden Road Festival 2025 logo: gold lettering on a night scene
Golden Road Festival 2025: GRF logo

If the cosmos had a house band, this would be it. Solar Drift is not just a band—they’re a gravitational force. A six-piece galactic groove unit powered by raw musicianship and unfiltered energy, they’ve been melting faces and expanding minds across the jam band universe. Think Phish meets Parliament in a spaceship powered by solar flares and guitar solos that warp space-time. At a Solar Drift show, there are no setlists—only orbits. Every performance is a journey through polyrhythmic funk, interstellar jazz, psychedelic rock, and cosmic improvisation that sounds like what happens when the Milky Way gets plugged into a Fender Twin. Expect 20-minute jams, sudden genre-bending left turns, synchronized dance breakdowns, and an audience that never stops moving. They don’t play songs. They start musical ecosystems. Their vibe? It’s like if the Dead came back to life and hired a synth wizard and a funk sorcerer to pilot the ship. You’re gonna feel it in your chest and your soul. If you're looking to get lifted, get lost, or get leveled—Solar Drift is your new favorite trip. Bring your best vibes, lace up your dancing shoes, and prepare for ignition.

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