The newly renovated Mountain Winery Amphitheater in Saratoga, CA was forced to remain dark for the first couple of shows of its 2008 season; Styx (July 2), Wynton Marsalis (July 6), Boston (July 7-8) and Bob Weir & Ratdog / Gov’t Mule (July 9-10) were either relocated or rescheduled.
For the first two shows, work on the venue had not yet been completed, promoter Live Nation’s Lee Smith told the Mercury News. Truss installation issues raised by Boston’s production crew forced Live Nation to move several shows to alternate venues and postpone other shows to later dates.
Boston was moved to the Flint Center in Cupertino about 6 miles from the Winery, and the Bob Weir & Ratdog / Gov’t Mule concerts were held at the San Jose Center for Performing Arts. Styx performance was moved to September 17, while Kathy Griffin’s July 11 show was re-scheduled to August 25, both remaining at the Mountain Winery Amphitheater.
Mountain Winery 2008 line-up:
(Dates subject to change)
| July 16 | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| July 17 | Tom Jones |
| July 18-20 | Chris Isaak with Nicole Atkins |
| July 22 | Brotherhood Tour feat. Los Lonely Boys & Los Lobos |
| July 23 | Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band |
| July 24-25 | The Doobie Brothers |
| July 27 | Emmylou Harris with Jimmy Gaudrea and Moondi Klein |
| July 28 | Steely Dan |
| July 29 | George Thorogood & The Destroyers/Buddy Guy |
| July 31 | English Beat/The Fixx/The Alarm |
| August 1-2 | Lyle Lovett and His Large Band |
| August 3 | The Beach Boys |
| August 5 | Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo |
| August 6 | UB40 |
| August 7 | Bill Maher |
| August 8 | Brian Regan |
| August 10 | Boz Scaggs |
| August 11 | Regeneration Tour: Human League/Belinda Carlisle/ABC/Dead or Alive |
| August 13 | Donna Summer |
| August 15 | Johnny Lang with Big Head Todd & The Monsters |
| August 16 | Michael McDonald |
| August 17 | Comedy Central Presents Lewis Black Let Them Eat Cake with John Bowman |
| August 18 | Daryl Hall & John Oates |
| August 20 | Gipsy Kings |
| August 21 | Dana Carvey |
| August 22 | Creedence Clearwater Revisited |
| August 23 | Toad the Wet Sprocket with The BoDeans |
| August 24-15 | Steely Dan |
| August 26 | Kathy Griffin with Amos Lee |
| August 27 | Lucinda Williams |
| August 28 | James Blunt |
| August 29-30 | Chicago |
| August 31 | KT Tunstall |
| September 3 | Bonnie Raitt with Jude Johnstone |
| September 4 | Willie Nelson & Family |
| September 6 | Dave Stewart and his 30-Piece Rock Fabulous Orchestra |
| September 12 | Margaret Cho |
| September 13 | Squeeze |
| September 14 | Neville Brothers, Dr John & the Lower 911 and funkey METERS |
| September 17 | Styx |
| September 18 | Foreigner |
| September 19 | Herbie Hancock |
| September 26 | Chris Botti |
| September 28 | Kenny G |
