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MANCHESTER — Organizers of the Dead of Summer Music Festival added an extra dose of Dead to the weekend. 

Saints & Liars and Steely Dead are scheduled to perform on Thursday, July 9, to kick the festival off at the Northshire Civic Center in Manchester. Joe Levy, owner of Whirlygig Music, said the festival has "a really strong anchor" on Sunday, July 12, in Leftover Salmon. 

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