June 1 Vallejo/Vacaville Arts and Entertainment Source: Funk, soul stars, old and new, top 2023 Dock of Bay fest on Mare Island
For die-hard funk and soul fans, your Bay Area show of shows will arrive in festival form in September — if you're ready to add some dips in your h...
For die-hard funk and soul fans, your Bay Area show of shows will arrive in festival form in September — if you're ready to add some dips in your hips and put some pep in your step along the Vallejo shoreline. By all accounts — but especially considering the roster of performers — the Mare Island Dock of Bay Festival promises to be a showcase of leading artists, old-school veterans and a new generation. Their careers have been defined by, respectively, a highly danceable mix of funk, soul, psychedelic rock and R&B, and songs exemplified by the appealingly rhythmic and uptempo sound captured in Arthur Conley's 1967 hit 'Sweet Soul Music' and the seminal artists he mentioned in the song: James Brown, 'The king of them all, y'all,' he sang, and Wilson Pickett, 'That wicked Mr.