photo by Jay Blakesberg

LOCKN’ Festival returns to Arrington, VA, in one week, and organizers of the annual gathering have announced another addition to the always collaborative LOCKN’ lineup, as Bob Weir will be joining stalwart English reggae act Steel Pulse.

The collaboration will take place on the final day of LOCKN’, Sunday, Aug. 25, and will also include The Soul Rebels along with Weir. The team-up joins a number of other all-star pairings for this year’s festival, including Derek Trucks joining Trey Anastasio Band, Anastasio returning the favor with Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Weir and his Wolf Bros trio welcoming Susan Tedeschi and Mikaela Davis to close out LOCKN’ on Sunday.

LOCKN’ Festival is set for Aug. 22–25 at Infinity Downs in Arrington. The festival will also include music from Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, Vulfpeck, The Revivalists, Gary Clark Jr., moe., St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Oteil Burbridge & Friends (with Weir, Melvin Seals, Eric Krasno, Neal Casal and more), Khruangbin, Old Crow Medicine Show, Twiddle and many more.

All festival information can be found here.