Gary Clark Jr., Nile Rodgers to play Mill Valley Music Festival in May

Gary Clark Jr. performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival at Silverado Resort in Napa, Calif. on July 30, 2023. He will headline Mill Valley Music Festival in May. Derek Fisher/STAFF.
Blues rock guitarist Gary Clark Jr. and funk and disco icon Nile Rodgers will headline the Mill Valley Music Festival in May, producers announced this week.
The festival will return for two days on May 10 and 11 (Mother’s Day weekend), and two-day tickets are on sale now at the festival’s website.. They range from $233 for general admission to $498 for VIP. Discounted tickets are available to teens and seniors.
The lineup includes Jason Crosby’s new band the Crosby Collective, San Francisco’s psychedelic soul band Monophonics, Malian artist Vieux Farka Touré (the son of legendary West African musician Ali Farka Touré), Jamaican dancehall DJ and singer Sister Nancy, hip-hop, funk and jazz group Ghost-Note (Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth of Snarky Puppy), L.A. soul band Thee Sinseers and more.
Clark is still touring in support of 2024’s JPEG RAW, while Nile Rodgers has been as busy as ever, working on his own music while producing musicians new and old.
Daily performance schedule will be announced at a later date.
Produced by Noise Pop and presented by the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce, Mill Valley Music Festival has hosted artists like Fleet Foxes, Danielle Ponder, Cake and Ben Harper over the last few years.
The event will include numerous food vendors, local vintners and philanthropic causes. Family friendly activities include a kids village, art installations and roaming performers. In 2024, more than 10,000 people attended and more than 40 local businesses participated.