Bands

Helena, MT

Helena's four-piece Dead band, named for the Haight address, built on improv.

Plays DeadCenter at Garcia's at The Capitol Theatre.

since 2011

Seven-piece Bay Area Dead band, together since 2011, built on rehearsal and authentic renditions.

Stamford, CT

Fairfield County Dead band with ties to Stella Blues Band and Laughin' Bones.

Los Angeles, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Los Angeles, CA.

Kenilworth, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Kenilworth, NJ.

Jerry Garcia Band-inspired Americana, roots, R&B, gospel, and reggae.

Mill Valley, CA

Host of Grateful Thursdays at Club Fox and the free Dead at the Junction hangs.

Lowell, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Lowell, MA.

St Louis, MO

Grateful Dead tribute from St Louis, MO.

New Brunswick, NJ

New Brunswick six-piece playing Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band across NJ and Staten Island.

Seattle, WA

Seattle psychedelic jam quartet born as a Jerry Garcia tribute and still anchored there.

Plays Grateful Dead Night at Ashkenaz at Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center.

Boulder, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Boulder, CO.

Bloomington, MN

Grateful Dead tribute from Bloomington, MN.

Hudson, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Hudson, MA.

Paramus, NJ

Paramus jam band with a high-octane take on the Dead.

Dallas, TX · since 2017

Dallas jam-rock that runs the Dead alongside the Allmans, the Crowes and Widespread Panic.

Asbury Park, NJ · since 2023

Mark Diomede's cosmic dance band — Dead, rock classics, and originals from the 5th dimension.

Boston, MA · since 2015

Boston's touring Dead tribute since 2015, with a 250-song book and no two nights alike.

Nashville, TN · since 2023

The world's only drag-infused Grateful Dead tribute — two sets, three hours.

Kansas City, MO

Kansas City's Dead band, house favorites at Mike Kelly's Westsider and the Royals' Dead Night.

Baltimore, MD

Grateful Dead tribute from Baltimore, MD.

Highland Park, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Highland Park, NJ.

Manitou Springs, CO

Southern Colorado's Jerry Garcia Band tribute, built by the founders of Shakedown Street.

Bethesda, MD

Grateful Dead tribute from Bethesda, MD.

Providence, RI · since 2024

Providence jam band on Dead, JGB and deep funk, with a first-Friday residency at Prudence in Bristol.

Santa Cruz, CA

Santa Cruz bluegrass band taking the Dead songbook to the back patio.

Milwaukee, WI · since 1990

Milwaukee's Dead band since 1990, with 20-plus Summerfests and three own albums.

Vienna, VA

Northern Virginia jam veterans playing the Dead across DC, Maryland and Virginia rooms.

Chagrin Falls, OH

Chagrin Falls acoustic act recreating real Dead setlists as psychedelic Americana.

South Florida, FL

Grateful Dead tribute from South Florida, FL.

Beacon, NY

Six-piece Hudson Valley tribute to the Dead's 1968–1974 golden era.

Raleigh, NC · since 2019

Raleigh outfit formed in 2019 that recreates whole Grateful Dead concerts, not hit sets.

Portland, OR

Grateful Dead tribute from Portland, OR.

Woodstock, NY · since 2019

The world's only all-female Grateful Dead tribute, assembled from five states.

Buffalo, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Buffalo, NY.

Littleton, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Littleton, CO.

Brooklyn, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Brooklyn, NY.

since 2023

Northern California instrumental jamgrass with a metal and grunge streak.

Victoria

Victoria's rotating tribute band, whose Grateful Dead nights have run for over two decades.

Plays Hippie Hour at Midway Cafe.

Myrtle Beach, SC · since 2025

Mike Greene's Grand Strand acoustic trio, mixing Dead and Garcia Band with Dylan and the Allmans.

Los Angeles, CA · since 2023

Acoustic LA duo playing the Dead songbook straight, with a monthly residency at Culver City's Cinema Bar.

Jenkintown, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Jenkintown, PA.

Portland, OR

A Portland band drawn from four generations of Deadheads, in steady rotation at McMenamins rooms.

A Hudson Valley blues trio whose Grateful Dead set has become a regular booking.

Asheville, NC

Grateful Dead tribute from Asheville, NC.

Athens, GA · since 1999

Athens, Georgia veterans who walk onstage with no setlist and take the Dead wherever it goes.

Phoenix, AZ

Grateful Dead tribute from Phoenix, AZ.

Asbury Park, NJ

Asbury Park's Jerry Garcia Band tribute, a Jersey Shore fixture.

Boca Raton, FL · since 1990

South Florida's Grateful Dead band since Halloween 1990, playing every week.

Longmont, CO

Longmont Dead band whose name is just "creek water" said slow, playing roughly 100 nights a year.

Barrington, NJ

South Jersey Dead collective that uses the catalog as a launchpad, brewery by brewery.

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore guitarist and songwriter who stages Grateful Dead album nights between his own shows.

Easton, CT

Matt Helm's all-star Connecticut Dead band, deadicated to the dance floor.

Los Angeles, CA · since 1987

LA's oldest Dead tribute: born 1987, 4,000-plus shows, every era, a different setlist every night.

New Orleans, LA

The youngest Neville brother, touring a Plays The Dead show between his own New Orleans nights.

Sebastopol, CA

Sonoma County Dead night built from the Terrapin Crossroads family.

Chicago, IL · since 1997

Recreates a specific historic Grateful Dead concert, night after night.

Broadcaster, author and musician who has spent a working life inside the Grateful Dead's music.

Felton, CA

Santa Cruz Mountains Grateful Dead tribute at home in Felton.

St. Petersburg, FL

St. Petersburg's Dead band, playing Central Florida's bars from Maitland to Melbourne.

Syracuse, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Syracuse, NY.

Maynard, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Maynard, MA.

St. Petersburg, FL

Florida Dead tribute chasing the sound, feel, and spirit, with room for spontaneity.

Buffalo, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Buffalo, NY.

Philadelphia, PA

A six-piece Philadelphia-area Dead tribute working the suburban brewery and tavern circuit.

Easthampton, MA · since 2014

Western Mass Dead and JGB band since 2014, danceable tunes plus jazzy improv, with rotating bassists.

Chattanooga, TN

Grateful Dead tribute from Chattanooga, TN.

Fort Collins, CO · since 2009

Fort Collins veterans who braid the Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd catalogs into one unpredictable set.

All-star triple tribute braiding the Dead, the Allman Brothers, and The Band into one set.

Nyack, NY

Nyack's high-energy Dead tribute, famous for three-hour marathon blocks of music.

White River Junction White River Junction, VT

Dan Weintraub & Dead Men Strumming.

Santa Cruz, CA

Santa Cruz Dead band, Sunday afternoons on the Mission West patio.

Boulder, CO · since 2025

A Boulder County crew splitting the difference between Dead improvisation and Widespread Panic grit.

Yorktown, VA

Yorktown acoustic sextet playing the Dead and Allman Brothers on unplugged instruments.

Petaluma, CA · since 2022

Petaluma's Grateful Dead tribute, pitched at the late-'80s stadium sound and playing every week.

Southwick, VT

Zach Nugent is the guitarist for JGB and Dead Set.

St. Petersburg, FL · since 2017

Tampa Bay's Dead and JGB band since 2017, free shows most weekends.

Portland, OR

Portland, Oregon five-piece keeping the Grateful Dead's sound going for a younger crowd.

Neptune, NJ

Jersey Shore Dead band with a fall of afternoon shows and a Halloween at Dharma Bums.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Boston, MA.

Albany, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Albany, NY.

McDonough, GA

McDonough, Georgia bar band pairing Grateful Dead jams with classic rock favorites.

Milwaukee, WI

Five Milwaukee players who treat Dead tunes as launch vehicles rather than a set of covers.

Austin, TX · since 2010

Austin's Dead band, chasing the whole catalog two long sets at a time since 2010.

Northbrook, IL

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Montclair, NJ · since 2015

Montclair string band exploring the life's work of Jerry Garcia.

Detroit, MI

Grateful Dead tribute from Detroit, MI.

Livingston, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Livingston, NJ.

Denver, CO · since 2009

Colorado quartet that braids Grateful Dead and Phish into single seamless setlists.

Aron Magner's late-night set reworking the Dead through an electronic lens.

Allentown, PA

Allentown, PA Grateful Dead tribute working Lehigh Valley breweries and North Jersey taprooms.

Seattle, WA

A Seattle electric quartet built for the psychedelic, danceable end of the Dead catalog.

Charleston, WV

Charleston, West Virginia band billing itself as celebrating the music of the Grateful Dead (mostly).

Boston, MA

Jerry Garcia Band tribute out of Boston, MA.

Somerville, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Somerville, NJ.

San Diego, CA

The Grateful Dead cover bands strive to capture the collective energy of the crowd, where the music…

Middletown, NJ

Mark Diomede and Dan Donovan's Taco Tuesday Dead night at the Olde Village Pub.

Salem, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Salem, MA.

Macon, GA

Grateful Dead tribute from Macon, GA.

Wilmington, NC · since 2016

Dead and Jerry Garcia Band tunes rebuilt with funk, reggae and jazz flute, now based in Wilmington.

Highland Park, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Highland Park, NJ.

Burlington, VT

Grateful Dead tribute from Burlington, VT.

Denver, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Denver, CO.

Cleveland, OH

A six-piece Cleveland mainstay playing the Dead somewhere in Northeast Ohio nearly every week.

Crested Butte, CO · since 2018

Crested Butte six-piece named for an Althea lyric, with two drummers and four-part harmony.

San Diego, CA · since 2015

San Diego seven-piece built for '70s Dead - two drummers, a Donna, Europe '72 and Spring '77.

San Diego, CA · since 1989

Grateful Dead every Monday at Winstons in Ocean Beach since 1992 — San Diego's longest club residency.

Rochester, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Rochester, NY.

Plays Grateful Dead Night at Ashkenaz at Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center.

Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati jam band playing the Grateful Dead catalog around southwest Ohio.

Two Infamous Stringdusters playing Jerry Garcia as an acoustic duo — solo, Dead and traditionals.

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta Dead tribute that has climbed from brewery patios to the Variety Playhouse.

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Grateful Dead cover band that posts its own live tapes to Bandcamp.

Columbus, OH

Columbus Dead project with a core band, a guest list, and a monthly open Super Jam.

Portland, OR · since 1999

Portland's Dead institution since 1999, treating the catalog as a launch pad.

Richmond, VA

Grateful Dead tribute from Richmond, VA.

Nashville, TN

The Nashville duo playing the Dead's acoustic Reckoning end to end, two guitars and two voices.

Hayward, CA · since 1992

Bay Area veterans since 1992 playing the Dead, the Airplane, and Quicksilver.

Atlanta, GA

Grateful Dead tribute from Atlanta, GA.

Lafayette, IN · since 2015

Lafayette, Indiana Dead tribute born in the band's 50th-anniversary summer, with a 1950s streak.

San Rafael, CA

Phil Lesh's son leading rotating all-star lineups through the family songbook.

Philadelphia, PA · since 2013

A Philadelphia deadgrass five-piece with dobro, field drum and a monthly Mermaid Inn residency.

Boise, ID

GRATEFUL Tribute Band is a Boise-based band paying respect to the legacy of the Grateful Dead.

Bay Area Dead cover ensemble, eight players strong.

White Plains, NY

The Dead-set alter ego of White Plains' Blue Roadhouse Orchestra, built on feel rather than note-for-note.

Louisville, KY

Louisville's psychedacoustic Dead tribute, stripping the catalog to a rootsy acoustic core.

Newport Beach, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Newport Beach, CA.

Buffalo, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Buffalo, NY.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Boston, MA.

Minneapolis, MN

Three Twin Cities frontwomen trading leads on the Dead catalog over a crack backing band.

Los Angeles, CA · since 2016

LA six-piece that plays the Dead loose and harmony-heavy; now a national touring act.

since 2023

Joel Martin's Grateful Dead band, three hundred West Coast shows and counting.

Beacon, NY · since 2012

Hudson Valley all-stars playing fan-submitted dream setlists since 2012.

Washington, DC · since 2017

The DC area's busiest Dead tribute, grown out of the city's weekly Grateful Dead open jams.

Syracuse, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Syracuse, NY.

Lynbrook, NY · since 2004

Long Island's Grateful Dead tribute since 2004, from Brooklyn Bowl to the Westbury stage.

An all-star Hawaii-and-California Dead band, assembled a tour at a time.

Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn based band paying tribute to the classic psychedelic rock and roll music of the Grateful…

Indianapolis, IN · since 2008

Indianapolis Dead tribute built on long-form improvisation and setlists that never repeat.

Hudson Valley, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Hudson Valley, NY.

Baltimore, MD

A Baltimore Dead tribute that has held down York Road bars and Maryland theaters for fifteen years.

Rochester, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Rochester, NY.

Silver Spring, MD

A DC-suburb act working the Grateful Dead songbook through Montgomery and Howard county rooms.

St. Louis, MO · since 1976

St. Louis institution and, at fifty years running, the longest-lived Dead tribute in the country.

Schellville, CA

Keyboards and violin from the Terrapin Crossroads house circle, in Phil Lesh & Friends and the Terrapin Family Band.

Philadelphia, PA · since 2019

Philly's high-energy Dead tribute, born from a one-off 2019 tribute night that stuck.

Madison, WI

Madison's hard-rippin' Dead tribute, big on experimental setlists and soulful vocals.

Grateful Dead tribute from Connecticut.

Asheville, NC

Asheville quartet that plays only the Garcia-sung side of the catalog, 150-plus songs deep.

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles band devoted to the Jerry Garcia Band repertoire.

Detroit, MI

Metro Detroit JGB tribute led by guitarist Matthew Cole, holding down second Thursdays at Bowlero.

Tampa, FL

A Tampa Bay outfit devoted strictly to Jerry Garcia's solo and Jerry Garcia Band repertoire.

Brooklyn, NY · since 2013

Brooklyn's muscular reinterpretation of the songbook — not a recreation.

Grateful Dead tribute from Virginia.

Kansas City, MO · since 2019

Kansas City's improv-first Dead band, more interested in reinterpreting the catalog than copying it.

Fredericksburg, VA

Keller Williams' bluegrass project: "Loose interpretations of Grateful Dead songs done in a bluegrass style."

Plays Deadville at The Bitter End.

Philadelphia, PA

A Philadelphia-area Jerry Garcia Band tribute chasing classic JGB grooves and deep cuts.

Virginia Beach, VA

Virginia Beach seven-piece covering every Dead role, Pigpen and Donna included.

Duluth, MN

Grateful Dead tribute from Duluth, MN.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Boston, MA.

Tucson, AZ

A Tucson quartet playing the Jerry Garcia Band and Legion of Mary songbook rather than the Dead's.

Brooklyn, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Brooklyn, NY.

Ludlow, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Ludlow, MA.

Sacramento, CA

Love Mischief, a jam group from Sacramento, CA.

Tuckerton, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Tuckerton, NJ.

Los Angeles, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Los Angeles, CA.

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta jamgrass band whose Americana sets weave in the spirit of the Dead; a Jerry Jam regular.

Neptune, NJ

The Solar Circus and Juggling Suns guitarist, leading a rotating Jersey band through the songbook.

Fairfax, CA

Fairfax CA guitarist; twelve years in Bob Weir & RatDog, now leading his own Dead-steeped bands.

San Francisco, CA

Hammond B-3 organist from the Jerry Garcia Band, carrying that book forward.

Grateful Dead tribute from New Jersey.

Queens, NY

Astoria's neighborhood Dead band, at the Shillelagh Tavern and Culture Lab LIC.

Dallas, TX

Dallas-Fort Worth Dead tribute with unusual arrangements and the odd original.

Batavia, IL

Grateful Dead tribute from Batavia, IL.

Cocoa Beach, FL

Brevard's grooviest jam band — danceable Dead and more on the Space Coast, most nights of the week.

Long Island, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Long Island, NY.

Burlington, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Burlington, MA.

St. Petersburg, FL · since 2024

Tampa Bay all-star Dead band formed in 2024 from Uncle John's Band and Dead Set Florida.

Bozeman, MT

Grateful Dead tribute from Bozeman, MT.

Wilkes-Barre, PA

Northeastern Pennsylvania jam band playing mostly Dead with Allmans mixed in.

New Haven, CT

Grateful Dead tribute from New Haven, CT.

Mystic, CT · since 2018

Southeastern Connecticut six-piece that grew out of a monthly Dead night in 2018.

Warwick, NY

Warwick's acoustic Dead — newgrass, Americana, and the Garcia songbook at Hudson Valley wineries.

Los Angeles, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Los Angeles, CA.

Haywood, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Haywood, NJ.

Contoocook, NH · since 2013

New Hampshire mashup specialists who weld the Dead's catalog onto Zeppelin, the Who and Pink Floyd.

St Augustine, FL

Grateful Dead tribute from St Augustine, FL.

San Jose, CA · since 2018

San Jose jam band — medleys, hypnotic grooves, and a Dead-heavy songbook.

East Mountains, NM

One of the most versatile bands in New Mexico performing original music and covers by the Grateful…

Baltimore, MD · since 2018

Maryland players who stay inside 1965-1970, the Pigpen years and the primal jams.

Palo Alto, CA · since 2020

Palo Alto band born in a park in 2020: two guitars, two drummers, the Dead as ultimate bar band.

Montpelier, VT

Organized Dead, a funk group.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Boston, MA.

Santa Cruz, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Santa Cruz, CA.

New Bedford, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of New Bedford, MA.

Syracuse, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Syracuse, NY.

Santa Cruz, CA

All killer, no filler — Pete Sawyer's rotating cast of the Dead's finest interpreters.

Marlborough, MA · since 2004

Former Dark Star Orchestra members' marathon two-set Dead shows, every Wednesday in Pembroke.

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco collective behind Grateful First Fridays on Haight Street.

Sacramento, CA

A Grateful Dead Tribute band August 22 at Logoff Brewing, Rancho Cordova, 5 to 8 pm September 27 at…

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Garcia tribute run out of a West Mt. Airy compound, with Dead, JGB and Dylan in the sets.

West Warren, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of West Warren, MA.

Point Pleasant, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Point Pleasant, NJ.

Detroit, MI

Detroit-area quartet the Dead's own Dead Covers Project picked as its 2023 headliner.

Cincinatti, OH

Grateful Dead tribute from Cincinatti, OH.

Plays Grateful Tuesdays at Sanctuary.

Worcester, MA

Worcester five-piece Dead tribute working New England's halls, breweries and festivals.

Frederick, MD · since 2020

A Frederick five-piece that runs the Dead catalog through funk and soulful psychedelia.

Beverly, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Beverly, MA.

Bay Shore, NY · since 1990

Long Island's Dead band since 1990, with a standing date at the Boulton Center.

Las Vegas, NV

Grateful Dead tribute from Las Vegas, NV.

Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh Jerry Garcia Band tribute named for a line in 'Reuben and Cerise'.

Portland, OR

Portland's tribute to Jerry Garcia, named for a Cats Under the Stars deep cut.

New York, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from New York, NY.

Patchogue, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Patchogue, NY.

New Haven, CT

New Haven's classic-rock jam band, with the Dead and JGB at the center of the book.

Chicago, IL · since 2014

Chicago's Garcia's regulars, playing deep cuts and full-show recreations since 2014.

Taunton, MA · since 1997

Taunton, Massachusetts Dead band that marked 25 years by playing Europe '72 whole.

Dallas, TX

Dallas crew playing the Jerry Garcia Band songbook, gospel backing vocals and all.

Santa Cruz, CA

Scott Cooper's Santa Cruz five-piece, named for Jerry's guitar.

Arcata, CA · since 2015

Humboldt County Dead band since 2015 that throws its own three-day Camp Rosewater festival.

Acoustic readings of the Garcia/Grisman and Old & In the Way songbook.

Plays Deadhead Night at Duck Foot Brewing, Leucadia.

Worcester, MA · since 2017

Worcester five-piece digging through the whole Garcia solo book - JGB, Legion of Mary, Garcia & Saunders.

Cedar Grove, NJ

Cedar Grove, NJ Grateful Dead cover band working the Caldwell, Wayne and Paramus bar circuit.

Bay Area Dead cover band working pub and brewery stages from Hayward to Grass Valley.

San Rafael, CA

Phil Lesh's keyboardist, hosting Dead nights and sitting in across the Bay.

Madison, WI

Grateful Dead tribute from Madison, WI.

New Haven, CT

Grateful Dead tribute out of New Haven, CT.

Queens, NY · since 2023

Born in the Citi Field parking lot in 2023; dream setlists and heady improvisation.

Denver, CO · since 1987

Colorado's longest-running Dead tribute, playing the catalog continuously since February 1987.

Kansas City, MO

A Kansas City acoustic trio of jazz players running the Dead songbook through fiddle, guitar and bass.

Sarasota, FL

Sarasota five-piece built on the Dead and Garcia, with a first-Sunday residency at Jungle Hideaway.

Los Angeles, CA

High-octane Dead and JGB from guitarist Marcus Rezak and a rotating all-star cast.

Lawrence, MA

Jerry Garcia Band tribute out of Lawrence, MA.

Laguna Beach, CA · since 2017

Laguna Beach Dead band, born from a local jam session, working the town's bars since 2017.

North Smithfield, RI

A six-piece out of North Smithfield playing Dead tunes around Rhode Island, Mass and Connecticut.

Vero Beach, FL

Vero Beach six-piece jam band playing Dead, Panic and Allmans plus originals.

Plays DeadCenter at Garcia's at The Capitol Theatre.

Delray Beach, FL

Delray Beach's Grateful Dead band, a Terra Fermata and Crazy Uncle Mike's regular.

Philadelphia, PA · since 1992

Philadelphia's Dead band since 1992, a Stone Pony and Ardmore Music Hall fixture.

Austin, TX

Austin all-star lineup recreating the Jerry Garcia Band, drawn from Deadeye, The Watters and HeartByrne.

Plays Dead Bowl at Brooklyn Bowl.

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia-area five-piece, 20-plus years on Dead and Dylan, touring upstate NY as an acoustic duo.

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia mashup of the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead, drawn from the city's busiest players.

Denver, CO · since 2019

Denver's fusion of the Grateful Dead and Steely Dan, on the road nationally since 2019.

Melbourne, FL

Melbourne's Grateful Dead tribute — vintage psychedelic party nights on the Space Coast.

New York, NY · since 2009

Tri-state Dead tribute since 2009 and the band behind Free Dead in the Park.

Hoboken, NJ

Hoboken Dead band with folk-bluegrass roots; first act to play inside the Liberty Science Center planetarium.

San Rafael, CA

The Bay Area's house band for the Dead — deep jams and a fresh setlist every night.

Richmond, VA · since 2015

Richmond six-piece recreating the Dead's catalog plus the covers the band made its own.

Springfield, IL · since 2013

Springfield's fast, funky Dead and Jerry Garcia Band dance party, running since 2013.

Laguna, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Laguna, CA.

Detroit, MI

Detroit's tribute to Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, with a standing gig at the Cadieux Cafe.

Birmingham, AL · since 2010

Birmingham jam quintet that runs Dead, Phish and Panic through the same improvising engine.

Pacifica, CA

Pacifica regulars playing the Dead catalog at Winters Tavern.

Columbia, SC

Columbia SC instrumental quartet that improvises on the Dead in set-length excursions, no vocals.

San Rafael, CA

The Terrapin Crossroads house band, now touring as the Terrapin Roadshow.

Chicago, IL · since 1999

Chicago's premier Dead act, with a long history of touring alongside Melvin Seals and Tom Constanten.

Chicago, IL

Chicago Dead tribute drawn from area session players, at home at Reggies and out in the suburbs.

Gloucester City, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Gloucester City, NJ.

Branchville, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Branchville, NJ.

Santa Cruz, CA

Santa Cruz's premier Grateful Dead tribute — the Bay Area's longest-running.

Chicago, IL

A high energy rock band playing music of the Grateful Dead, Phish, Allman Brothers and more.

Roanoke, VA · since 2016

Roanoke's Grateful Dead tribute since 2016, a fixture at 5 Points Music Sanctuary.

Tulsa, OK

A big Tulsa porch-pickin' band that plays the Dead on banjo, fiddle, mandolin and washboard.

Holyoke, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Holyoke, MA.

Newbury Park, CA

Ventura County Dead tribute that turns up regularly on the Whisky a Go Go's tribute bills.

Melrose, FL

Melrose, FL quartet (sometimes a trio) playing Jerry- and Dead-inspired '60s and '70s rock.

Patchogue, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Patchogue, NY.

Northampton, MA · since 2012

Complete Jerry Garcia Band setlists from 1976–1995, recreated night by night.

Frederick, MD

An all-star Mid-Atlantic band splitting sets between the Dead, the Allmans and The Band.

Greenville, SC

Greenville, South Carolina band paying tribute to the Dead and the Allman Brothers together.

Santa Cruz, CA

Matt Hartle's Santa Cruz ensemble, holding down Grateful Sundays at the Crepe Place since 2017.

Blacksburg, VA · since 1986

Blacksburg's Dead band since 1986, started when a birthday party's band no-showed.

Griffith, IN

A Northwest Indiana Dead tribute and jam band playing the Region's small-room circuit.

Chelsea, MI

A Washtenaw County band playing Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia classics on free-music nights.

Miami, FL

Miami all-stars' Grateful Dead night at Savage Labs, with Ed Calle on sax.

Westport, CT · since 2023

Connecticut's Jerry Garcia Band project, formed in 2023.

Oneonta, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Oneonta, NY.

Grateful Dead tribute from Utah.

Fargo, ND

Grateful Dead tribute from Fargo, ND.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Boston, MA.

Washington, DC

Grateful Dead tribute from Washington, DC.

Chicago, IL

Grateful Dead tribute from Chicago, IL.

Plays DeadCenter at Garcia's at The Capitol Theatre.

Orlando, FL · since 2020

Orlando Dead band since 2020, a regular free-show fixture at Rockpit Brewing.

Nashville, TN · since 2014

Nashville's Dead institution, holding down Grateful Monday at Acme Feed & Seed since 2014.

Los Angeles, CA · since 2017

LA bluegrass band that grasses the Dead, JGB and Old & In the Way instead of imitating them.

Biloxi, MS

A Mississippi Gulf Coast Dead cover band working Biloxi and Bay St. Louis rooms.

Albany, NY

The Capital Region's Grateful Dead band, from Lark Hall to the Glove Theatre.

Stirling, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Stirling, NJ.

Massachusetts sextet mashing the Grateful Dead and the Rolling Stones since 2024.

Worcester, CT

Grateful Dead tribute out of Worcester, CT.

Westbury, NY

Nassau County's Dead band — the Nutty Irishman, the Warehouse, and Long Island's town parks.

Santa Cruz, CA

Tiger's Tale performs well-known R&B, Motown, reggae, country rock, blues and soul selections from…

Nashville, TN · since 2022

Nashville's high-energy Dead tribute, built by three players who spent two years learning the book.

High-energy Jersey five-piece: Dead greatest hits, deep cuts, and the covers the Dead loved.

Little Rock, AR

Grateful Dead tribute from Little Rock, AR.

Flagler Beach, FL

Flagler Beach five-piece playing Grateful Dead-inspired sets at beachside bars.

Mendham, NJ · since 2014

Northern New Jersey trio playing the Dead and the music that grew out of it, since 2014.

Omaha, NE

Grateful Dead tribute from Omaha, NE.

Fort Collins, CO · since 2019

Fort Collins five-piece that improvises the Dead's catalog rather than recreating specific shows.

Omaha, NE

Grateful Dead tribute from Omaha, NE.

Clearwater, FL · since 1989

Florida's longest-running Dead tribute — Thursday-night church since 1989.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Boston, MA.

Warwick, NY · since 2011

Warwick's funky-fried Dead — horn-section arrangements of the Garcia songbook.

Miami, FL · since 2012

Miami's jazz-and-funk-leaning Dead band, monthly at Guanabanas.

Allen Aucoin's project reimagining the Grateful Dead as live electronic music.

East Providence, RI · since 2008

Rhode Island's long-running Dead tribute, with a monthly acoustic night in Johnston.

Lancaster, PA

Lancaster PA band playing Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band, plus the odd non-Dead curveball.

Palos Verdes, CA

South Bay all-stars playing the big, high-energy 1980s Grateful Dead, named for the 1974 PA.

Akron, OH

Akron's only Grateful Dead tribute, and it has already graduated to the Civic Theatre stage.

Clarksville, MD

Grateful Dead tribute from Clarksville, MD.

River Edge, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from River Edge, NJ.

Newark, DE

Newark, Delaware jam band whose Grateful Dead Nights are a standing fixture at HomeBase in Wilmington.

New England seven-piece playing only primal Dead: 1965-72, Live/Dead through Europe '72.

Willamsburg, VA

Grateful Dead tribute from Willamsburg, VA.

Buffalo, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Buffalo, NY.

Morristown, NJ · since 2018

Northern New Jersey's fast-rising Dead tribute, packing rooms since 2018.

Tempe, AZ · since 1994

Arizona's longest-running Dead band, going since 1994 and stocked with JGB players.

Middletown, CT

Grateful Dead tribute from Middletown, CT.

Boulder, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Boulder, CO.

Burlington, VT

Zach Nugent is the guitarist for JGB and Dead Set.

Media, PA

A Philadelphia-suburb Dead cover band that posts a full setlist and recording after every show.

Sparta, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Sparta, NJ.

Pleasantville, NY

Grateful Dead band from Westchester.

Louisville, KY

Grateful Dead tribute from Louisville, KY.

St Louis, MO

Grateful Dead tribute from St Louis, MO.

Denver, CO

Melvin Seals & JGB guitarist Dave Hebert's rotating-cast Garcia and Dead project.

Reno, NV

Reno's Roger Scime and Rick Winfield plus guests, channeling the Dead's Summer of Love.

Gardner, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Gardner, MA.

Oakland, CA

The Grateful Dead played in Afro-pop styles.

Long Island, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Long Island, NY.

New York, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from New York, NY.

Birmingham, AL

Grateful Dead tribute from Birmingham, AL.

St. Louis, MO · since 2016

St. Louis Dead band born from a one-off Jerry birthday party that never quite ended.

Danbury, CT

Grateful Dead tribute out of Danbury, CT.

Towson, MD

Grateful Dead tribute from Towson, MD.

Milwaukee, WI

Grateful Dead tribute from Milwaukee, WI.

Louisville, KY

Grateful Dead tribute from Louisville, KY.

Dayton, OH

Grateful Dead tribute from Dayton, OH.

Plays Deadhead Night at Duck Foot Brewing, Leucadia.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Boston, MA.

Brooklyn, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Brooklyn, NY.

Costa Mesa, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Costa Mesa, CA.

Green Bay, WI

Grateful Dead tribute from Green Bay, WI.

Fairfax, CA

Pedal steel and guitar in the David Nelson Band, Moonalice, Phil Lesh & Friends and Bobby Weir's Wolf Bros.

Bayville, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Bayville, NJ.

Charleston, SC

Charleston's Bob Weir celebration, on the Pour House deck.

Grateful Dead tribute from Colorado.

Morrisville, PA

Lower Bucks County six-piece that has been jamming Dead and Garcia Band tunes for over 30 years.

Pleasantville, NJ · since 2023

Pleasantville, NJ Dead tribute built from Chinacat Jubilee players, with a rotating lead guitarist.

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore jam band built on Dead roots, with Dylan, Steely Dan and blues worked into the sets.

New York, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from New York, NY.

Stamford, CT

Grateful Dead tribute from Stamford, CT.

Chicago, IL

Grateful Dead tribute from Chicago, IL.

San Francisco, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from San Francisco, CA.

Williamsburg, VA

Grateful Dead tribute from Williamsburg, VA.

Perkiomen, PA

Philadelphia-area jam band that bends Dead classics toward rock, blues, jazz and folk.

Eugene, OR

Grateful Dead tribute from Eugene, OR.

Gimbralls, MD

Discover Blues in a Blender, a Maryland-based blues band blending rock, reggae, and jam band styles.

Nashville, TN

Grateful Dead tribute from Nashville, TN.

Montreal

Montreal's Grateful Dead band, forty-one Halloweens deep at the Wheel Club.

Reno, NV

Grateful Dead tribute from Reno, NV.

Denver, CO

BreadBox brings high-energy jams, rich vocal harmonies, and exploratory Jerry Garcia Band tributes…

Jenkintown, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Jenkintown, PA.

Asheville, NC

Grateful Dead tribute from Asheville, NC.

Brooklyn, NY · since 2023

Chris Mackin's rotating collective of New York jam players, resident at Brooklyn Bowl.

New Orleans, LA

Grateful Dead tribute from New Orleans, LA.

Bend, OR

Grateful Dead tribute from Bend, OR.

Eugene, OR

Grateful Dead tribute from Eugene, OR.

Atlanta, GA

Grateful Dead tribute from Atlanta, GA.

New Orleans, LA

Grateful Dead tribute from New Orleans, LA.

Reno, NV

Grateful Dead tribute from Reno, NV.

Las Vegas, NV · since 2015

Las Vegas Dead and Garcia band with a running residency in the Tuscany's Copa Room.

Burlington, VT

Grateful Dead tribute from Burlington, VT.

Scranton, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Scranton, PA.

Coastside jam collective on the Steal Your Labor Day bill.

San Rafael, CA

Four Marin players on the Dead and Jerry Garcia Band songbooks, named for the place they were living when they started.

St. Cloud, MN · since 2015

St. Cloud five-piece named for the Dead's most famous segue, onstage since 2016.

Grateful Dead tribute from New Jersey.

Denver, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Denver, CO.

Boston, MA

Boston DIY-collective Dead project with four long Grateful Dead covers on Citizens' Loft's 2023 comp.

Washington, DC

Grateful Dead tribute from Washington, DC.

Park City, UT

Park City five-piece whose own site says it plainly: "We Play Dead."

Fort Collins, CO · since 2007

Fort Collins five-piece that works the Pigpen end of the Dead songbook and its country roots.

Scottsdale, AZ

Grateful Dead tribute from Scottsdale, AZ.

Chicago, IL

Grateful Dead tribute from Chicago, IL.

Harrisburg, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Harrisburg, PA.

Van Nuys, CA

San Fernando Valley outlaw jam band mixing Dead and JGB with Traffic and Phish.

Harrisburg, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Harrisburg, PA.

Phoenixville, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Phoenixville, PA.

Kansas City, KS

Grateful Dead tribute from Kansas City, KS.

Baltimore, MD

Grateful Dead tribute from Baltimore, MD.

Syracuse, NY · since 1996

Syracuse Dead band going since 1996, with two drummers and a deep Dead-family songbook.

Burlington, VT · since 1983

Burlington Dead band whose two founders have been at it since Boston in 1983.

Portland, OR

Grateful Dead tribute from Portland, OR.

NYC, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from NYC, NY.

Centerport, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Centerport, NY.

Troy, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Troy, NY.

Boulder, CO

Boulder veterans of four other Front Range Dead bands who turned a weekly jam into a working band.

Northville, MI

Grateful Dead tribute from Northville, MI.

Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati jam band centered on the Dead but happy to detour into Allmans, Phish and Panic.

Grateful Dead tribute from Connecticut.

Oakland, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Oakland, CA.

New Orleans, LA

Grateful Dead tribute from New Orleans, LA.

Richmond, VA

Grateful Dead tribute from Richmond, VA.

Staten Island, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Staten Island, NY.

San Lorenzo, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from San Lorenzo, CA.

Los Angeles, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Los Angeles, CA.

Lansing, MI

Grateful Dead tribute from Lansing, MI.

Fairfield, CT

Grateful Dead tribute out of Fairfield, CT.

Asbury Park, NJ · since 2010

Note-for-note recreations of the Dead's classic records and eras, led by Marc Muller.

Peekskill, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Peekskill, NY.

Warwick, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Warwick, NY.

Brooklyn, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Brooklyn, NY.

Eugene, OR

Grateful Dead tribute from Eugene, OR.

Columbus, OH

Grateful Dead tribute from Columbus, OH.

Grateful Dead tribute from Connecticut.

Bozeman, MT · since 2019

A Bozeman six-piece built on three-part harmonies, born from a one-off Dead night at the Filling Station.

Grateful Dead tribute from New Jersey.

Grateful Dead and Dire Straits mash-up tribute; setlists pull classics from both catalogues.

Valparaiso, IN

Grateful Dead tribute from Valparaiso, IN.

Los Angeles, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Los Angeles, CA.

Athens, GA · since 2018

Athens, Georgia Grateful Dead act formed in 2018 around a drums-and-bass core.

Denver, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Denver, CO.

Los Angeles, CA

L.A. Dead band working the Venice West brunch slot and Monday Dead night in Sherman Oaks.

Montclair, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Montclair, NJ.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Boston, MA.

St. Petersburg, FL

St. Pete players from Antelope, Morning Dew and Dead Set Florida mashing up the Dead, Phish and Panic.

Boulder, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Boulder, CO.

Southold, NY

North Fork Long Island's Dead-centered barn collective, playing Treiber Farms each spring and fall.

Mt. Shasta City, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Mt. Shasta City, CA.

Philadelphia, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Philadelphia, PA.

Baltimore, MD

Grateful Dead tribute from Baltimore, MD.

Jamestown, RI

Grateful Dead tribute from Jamestown, RI.

North Bay Grateful Dead tribute with a standing two-night run at the Mystic.

Rochester, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Rochester, NY.

Fort Collins, CO

Fort Collins jam five-piece whose covers lean Dead but roam country, folk and psych.

Santa Fe, NM

Long-running northern New Mexico Grateful Dead band, playing two sets outdoors at The Bridge.

Cambridge, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Cambridge, MA.

Cherry Hill, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Cherry Hill, NJ.

Portchester, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Portchester, NY.

Durham, NC

Grateful Dead tribute from Durham, NC.

Chicago, IL

Chicago Dead tribute working a five-state Midwest circuit of bars and brewpubs.

Nantucket, MA · since 2024

Nantucket's Grateful Dead experience — harmony-minded Dead at Cisco Brewers and the Chicken Box.

Union, ME

Grateful Dead tribute from Union, ME.

Piscataway, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Piscataway, NJ.

Philadelphia, PA

Philly band that plays Dead tunes, reggae tunes, and Dead tunes turned reggae.

Philadelphia, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Philadelphia, PA.

Asheville, NC

Grateful Dead tribute from Asheville, NC.

Orinda, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Orinda, CA.

Duluth, MN

Two dozen Twin Ports musicians, a song each, at Sacred Heart.

Ormond Beach, FL

Experience vibrant live music performances with Duo Dead and Good Earth Ensemble.

Fairhope, AL

Grateful Dead tribute from Fairhope, AL.

Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn jam collective playing Dead-leaning sets in Central Park and around the city, announced by drop rather than calendar.

Nashville, TN

Nashville bluegrass band with a weekly Sunday residency splicing Dead tunes into its own material.

Warwick, RI

Grateful Dead tribute from Warwick, RI.

Kalamazoo, MI

Grateful Dead tribute from Kalamazoo, MI.

Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City band listed in the national Dead tribute directory; name nods to the Acid Test.

San Clemente, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from San Clemente, CA.

Kalispell, MT

Grateful Dead tribute from Kalispell, MT.

Los Angeles, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Los Angeles, CA.

Buford, GA

Grateful Dead tribute from Buford, GA.

Charlotte, NC

Eternally Grateful, an americana group from Charlotte, NC.

Ann Arbor, MI

Ann Arbor act built around Miko and Jim Rowan playing Grateful Dead classics.

Westchester, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Westchester, NY.

Rochester, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Rochester, NY.

New Orleans, LA

Grateful Dead tribute from New Orleans, LA.

Flagstaff, AZ

Grateful Dead tribute from Flagstaff, AZ.

Portland, OR

Grateful Dead tribute from Portland, OR.

Dallas, TX · since 2005

Dallas Dead band since 2005, carrying a 230-song book into Deep Ellum theaters.

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Dead tribute working the acoustic end of the songbook, two to eight pieces.

Athens, OH

Grateful Dead tribute from Athens, OH.

Northern NJ, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Northern NJ.

Alexandria, VA

Free Flowing Musical Experience, featuring Scott Fallon, Gregg Park, & John David Coppola.

Walla Walla, WA

Grateful Dead tribute from Walla Walla, WA.

Rogers, AR · since 2008

An eight-piece Northwest Arkansas collective that has played the Dead with rotating friends since 2008.

White River Junction, VT

Grateful Dead tribute from White River Junction, VT.

Grateful Dead tribute from Maryland.

Rye Brook, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Rye Brook, NY.

Jupiter, FL

Jupiter all-stars playing the Dead as funk — two dance sets and a DJ at setbreak.

Plays Grateful Dead Night at Ashkenaz at Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center.

Chicago, IL

Grateful Dead tribute from Chicago, IL.

Central, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Central, PA.

Chicago, IL

Grateful Dead tribute from Chicago, IL.

St. Louis, MO

Grateful Dead tribute from St. Louis, MO.

Jacksonville, FL · since 1989

North Florida's longest-running Dead band, playing psychedelic Dead sets since 1989.

Summit, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Summit, NJ.

Detroit, MI

Grateful Dead tribute from Detroit, MI.

Reading, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Reading, PA.

Boise, ID

GRATEFUL Tribute Band is a Boise-based band paying respect to the legacy of the Grateful Dead.

San Francisco, CA

Bay Area pickers running the catalog through a bluegrass filter.

Akron, OH

Grateful Dead tribute from Akron, OH.

Santa Cruz, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Santa Cruz, CA.

North Hollywood, CA

All-women San Fernando Valley Dead band behind the monthly Happy Hippy Chick Party at Canby's.

Listen to some of Dan's Acoustic Dead Here ​.

Grateful Dead tribute from Virginia.

Charlotte, NC

Grateful Dead tribute from Charlotte, NC.

Syracuse, NY

Grateful 4 Biggie Live Show Archive, a group.

Newington, CT

Grateful Dead tribute from Newington, CT.

Fort Wayne, IN

Grateful Dead tribute from Fort Wayne, IN.

NYC, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from NYC, NY.

Des Arc, AR

Grateful Dead tribute from Des Arc, AR.

San Juan Capistrano, CA

Grateful Jam Festival is a one of a kind music experience, based in Southern California, dedicated…

Norfolk, VA · since 2012

Hampton Roads six-piece that has played nothing but Dead since 2012, off a 100-song list.

Hamilton, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Hamilton, NJ.

Grant, FL

Grateful Dead tribute from Grant, FL.

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

Hastings-on-Hudson five-piece whose free riverfront Dead shows pull hundreds to the Hudson.

Syracuse, NY

Central New York players doing a fresh read on the Grateful Dead; regulars at Funk 'n Waffles' Dead Night.

Los Angeles, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Los Angeles, CA.

Minneapolis, MN

Explore Grateful Dead spirituality and the spiritual canon of Jerry Garcia.

Westminster, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Westminster, CO.

Holmdel, NJ

Four Deadheads out of Holmdel playing the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band songbooks.

Davenport, IA

Grateful Dead tribute from Davenport, IA.

Dayton, OH

Grateful Dead tribute from Dayton, OH.

NYC, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from NYC, NY.

Helena, MT

Grateful Dead tribute from Helena, MT.

Charlottesville, VA

A Charlottesville band playing Grateful Dead music around town, by its own plain description.

Glen Falls, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Glen Falls, NY.

New Orleans, LA

Grateful Dead tribute from New Orleans, LA.

Plays Deadhead Night at Duck Foot Brewing, Leucadia.

St Louis, MO

Grateful Dead tribute from St Louis, MO.

Stockton, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Stockton, CA.

Honolulu, HI

Grateful Dead tribute from Honolulu, HI.

Richmond, VA

Grateful Dead tribute from Richmond, VA.

Steamboat Springs, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Steamboat Springs, CO.

Grateful Dead tribute from Massachusetts.

Port Washington, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Port Washington, NY.

SoCal, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from SoCal, CA.

Harrisburg-Lancaster, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Harrisburg-Lancaster, PA.

Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn band devoted to the Dead's 1965–1974 psychedelic years.

Sacramento, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Sacramento, CA.

Jersey Shore, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Jersey Shore, NJ.

San Francisco, CA

The San Francisco pianist who transcribes the Dead and Phish for solo piano, note for improvised note.

Asbury Park, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Asbury Park, NJ.

Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati quartet that plays the Pigpen years — jug-band blues, organ and harp.

since 2015

Tri-state five-piece working the high-energy end of the Dead book in small NJ and NY rooms since 2015.

Chicago, IL

Grateful Dead tribute from Chicago, IL.

Coventry, CT

Grateful Dead tribute from Coventry, CT.

South Florida, FL

Grateful Dead tribute from South Florida, FL.

Cazenovia, NY

Cazenovia band covering the Dead plus The Band, with tight harmony as the selling point.

Chicago, IL

Grateful Dead tribute from Chicago, IL.

Chicago, IL

A modern music company specializing in live concerts in Los Angeles, New York and other cities…

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Dead tribute playing free Valley dance nights, regularly at Studio City's Tuning Fork.

Grateful Dead tribute from Virginia.

East Setauket, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from East Setauket, NY.

Cambridge, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Cambridge, MA.

San Diego, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from San Diego, CA.

Knoxville, TN

Grateful Dead tribute from Knoxville, TN.

Washington, DC

DC-area all-star band devoted to Jerry Garcia, with the Jerry Garcia Band at its center.

Lilburn, GA

Grateful Dead tribute from Lilburn, GA.

Greenville, SC

Grateful Dead tribute from Greenville, SC.

Athens, GA · since 2012

Athens, Georgia crew playing only Jerry Garcia Band material — a cover band of a cover band.

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta songwriter Jon Harris's band recreating the Jerry Garcia Band.

Louisville, KY

Grateful Dead tribute from Louisville, KY.

Plays Wingy Wednesday at Cage Brewing.

Manchester, NH

Acoustic Grateful Dead, Old & in the Way and related bands.

Minneapolis, MN

Grateful Dead tribute from Minneapolis, MN.

Denver, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Denver, CO.

Wrentham, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Wrentham, MA.

Saint James, MO

Grateful Dead tribute from Saint James, MO.

Cleveland, OH

Grateful Dead tribute from Cleveland, OH.

Bellingham, WA

Grateful Dead tribute from Bellingham, WA.

Grateful Dead tribute from Rhode Island.

New York, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from New York, NY.

Grateful Dead tribute from California.

NYC, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from NYC, NY.

Richmond, VA

Grateful Dead tribute from Richmond, VA.

Brooklyn, NY · since 2022

Brooklyn five-piece Dead band, working NYC clubs, breweries, and Long Island bars since 2022.

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse Dead-scene side project that surfaces now and then for Funk 'n Waffles' Monday Dead Night.

Falls Church, VA

Grateful Dead tribute from Falls Church, VA.

Santa Barbara, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Santa Barbara, CA.

Stamford, CT

Grateful Dead tribute from Stamford, CT.

Grateful Dead tribute from Missouri.

Portland, ME

Grateful Dead tribute from Portland, ME.

Evergreen Park, IL

Grateful Dead tribute from Evergreen Park, IL.

Hattaras, NC

Grateful Dead tribute from Hattaras, NC.

Denver, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Denver, CO.

Memphis, TN

Grateful Dead tribute from Memphis, TN.

Los Angeles, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Los Angeles, CA.

Manchester, NH

Grateful Dead music and music of the 1960\\.

since 2018

Inland Empire Dead band since 2018, two drummers, a fixture up the hill at Mt. Baldy Lodge.

Springfield, IL

Grateful Dead tribute from Springfield, IL.

Raleigh, NC

Grateful Dead tribute from Raleigh, NC.

Ashland, OR

Grateful Dead tribute from Ashland, OR.

Emmaus, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Emmaus, PA.

Providence, RI

Grateful Dead tribute from Providence, RI.

North Shore, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from North Shore, MA.

An all-star celebration of the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band.

Essex, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Essex, MA.

Glochester, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Glochester, MA.

Chester County, PA

Local Honey Band: A Pennsylvania jam rock band offering live music experiences across various venues.

Allston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Allston, MA.

Austin, TX

Austin-area Dead cover band with a country-fried Texas accent on the catalog.

Alton, IL

Grateful Dead tribute from Alton, IL.

Central, VA

Grateful Dead tribute from Central, VA.

West Pittston, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from West Pittston, PA.

Smithfield, RI

Grateful Dead tribute from Smithfield, RI.

Raleigh, NC

Grateful Dead tribute from Raleigh, NC.

Bay Area, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Bay Area, CA.

White Plains, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from White Plains, NY.

Minneapolis, MN

Grateful Dead tribute from Minneapolis, MN.

Chicago, IL

A jam band based in Chicago.

Louisville, KY

Grateful Dead tribute from Louisville, KY.

Cocoa, FL

Love Valley, a rock group from Merritt Island, FL.

Sonoma County, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Sonoma County, CA.

San Jose, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from San Jose, CA.

Humboldt County quartet playing the Jerry Garcia Band and Legion of Mary book as a funky dance party.

Traverse City, MI

A big northern Michigan outfit with dual lead guitars and twin bassists on the Dead's catalog.

San Francisco, CA

RatDog and Other Ones guitarist Mark Karan, leading a Bay Area band through Dead songs and more.

Hartford, CT

Grateful Dead tribute from Hartford, CT.

Portland, OR

Grateful Dead tribute from Portland, OR.

Plays DeadCenter at Garcia's at The Capitol Theatre.

Bay Area Grateful Dead tribute built around John Wheeler and Mark Harold, who met in Napa.

Nashville, TN

Nashville's longest-running Grateful Dead tribute band, going since the early nineties.

San Rafael, CA · since 2012

Grahame Lesh's own Americana band, listed here for its Grateful Dead nights.

Wayne, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Wayne, NJ.

Broomhall, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Broomhall, PA.

Lincoln, NE

A rotating Plains-states Dead and JGB crew that tapes and posts nearly everything it plays.

Denver, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Denver, CO.

Harrisburg, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Harrisburg, PA.

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Grateful Dead tribute from Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Easthampton, MA

Official Home Page for Mind Left Body Band.

Arcata, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Arcata, CA.

Dead-and-JGB cover band seen at Scalia & Co. in Monroe, NY; little else is documented.

Salt Lake City, UT

Grateful Dead tribute from Salt Lake City, UT.

Brooklyn, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Brooklyn, NY.

Smryna, DE

Grateful Dead tribute from Smryna, DE.

Montgomery County, MD

Grateful Dead tribute from Montgomery County, MD.

Long Island, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Long Island, NY.

Richmond, MI

Grateful Dead tribute from Richmond, MI.

Bay Area, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Bay Area, CA.

Grateful Dead tribute from Connecticut.

Central, PA

Mysterytrain is a psychedelic jam band from Central Pennsylvania.

Plays Hippie Hour at Midway Cafe.

Norwich, NY

Central NY blues guitarist whose Blues Is Dead show plays the blues the Grateful Dead covered.

Denver, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Denver, CO.

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Grateful Dead tribute from Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Folsom, CA

Nipper Brothers, a jam group from Sacramento.

Los Angeles, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Los Angeles, CA.

Sacramento, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Sacramento, CA.

Portland, OR

Grateful Dead tribute from Portland, OR.

St Petersburg, FL

Grateful Dead tribute from St Petersburg, FL.

San Jose, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from San Jose, CA.

Lancaster, PA

A rock and roll EVENT for parties, clubs, and concerts, Off Our Rockers is a group of HIGH ENERGY…

Chicago, IL · since 2010

Chicago Americana roots-rock five-piece that plays its own songs with a Deadhead's sense of the jam.

Six-piece Dead tribute working the NJ/NY border, built on vocal harmonies and jazzy jams.

Clinton Township, MI

Grateful Dead tribute from Clinton Township, MI.

St Augustine, FL

Grateful Dead tribute from St Augustine, FL.

Grateful Dead tribute from New York.

Tulsa, OK

Grateful Dead tribute from Tulsa, OK.

Flemington, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Flemington, NJ.

Port Chester, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Port Chester, NY.

Lansdale, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Lansdale, PA.

Grateful Dead tribute from Vermont.

Cleveland, OH

Grateful Dead tribute from Cleveland, OH.

Plays Deadhead Night at Duck Foot Brewing, Leucadia.

Reading, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Reading, PA.

Boulder, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Boulder, CO.

Asheville, NC

Asheville's Dead-centric jam band since 2004, playing Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead their own way.

Larchmont, NY

Westchester jam band with the Dead as the biggest thing in a wide book — and a regular at Garcia's.

San Francisco, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from San Francisco, CA.

Grateful Dead tribute from Vermont.

Lawrence, KS

Grateful Dead tribute from Lawrence, KS.

Toronto

Toronto's Grateful Dead tribute, at home in the Monarch Tavern and up at Lee's Palace.

Prescott, AZ

A Prescott quartet that runs the Dead catalog through a Joe Russo's Almost Dead lens.

Berkeley, CA

Berkeley jam outfit behind the Starry Plough's Grateful Get Down.

Claremont, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Claremont, CA.

Jamaica Plain, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Jamaica Plain, MA.

Three Rivers, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Three Rivers, MA.

Lansing, MI

An eight-piece Lansing crew with a 50-year age spread and a country-flavored groove.

Denver, CO

NEXT DATES VELVET BANJO SEP.

Portland, OR

Grateful Dead tribute from Portland, OR.

Atlanta, GA

Grateful Dead tribute from Atlanta, GA.

Verplanck, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Verplanck, NY.

Vernon, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Vernon, NJ.

Old Tappan, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Old Tappan, NJ.

Cinnaminson, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Cinnaminson, NJ.

Denver, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Denver, CO.

Bozeman, MT

Montana's Jerry Garcia Band tribute, recreating JGB setlists down to the Hammond B3 and Leslie.

Rochester, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Rochester, NY.

Grateful Dead tribute from Washington, D.C.

Portland, ME

New England's Jerry Garcia Band tribute, built on three-part harmony and Hammond organ.

Portland, OR

Grateful Dead tribute from Portland, OR.

Southampton, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Southampton, NY.

Seal Beach, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Seal Beach, CA.

Shepherdstown, WV

Grateful Dead tribute from Shepherdstown, WV.

since 2024

All-star Dead project with Melvin Seals, John Kadlecik, Rob Eaton, Rob Barraco and Jay Lane.

Birmingham, AL

Grateful Dead tribute from Birmingham, AL.

Pittsburgh, PA · since 2021

Pittsburgh jam collective welding Dead repertoire to an '80s DIY punk ethos.

Cincinatti, OH

Grateful Dead tribute from Cincinatti, OH.

Buffalo, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Buffalo, NY.

Grateful Dead tribute from Maryland.

Grateful Dead tribute from Connecticut.

Irving, TX

Grateful Dead tribute from Irving, TX.

Salt Lake City, UT

Failing to unite the Utah Dead scene (.___.

Richmond, VA

Grateful Dead tribute from Richmond, VA.

Exton, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Exton, PA.

Nederland, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Nederland, CO.

Worcester, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Worcester, MA.

Evansville, IN

Grateful Dead tribute from Evansville, IN.

Nashua, NH

Gary Lopez: Guitar & Vocals.

Santa Cruz, CA

A Sunday afternoon of Garcia and the songbook at Mission West.

Syracuse, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Syracuse, NY.

St Louis, MO

Grateful Dead tribute from St Louis, MO.

Minneapolis, MN · since 2011

Minneapolis lifers who have played Grateful Dead music every single Sunday since 2011, past show 750.

Dead-family supergroup: Barraco, Sless, Sears, Lane and slack-key guitarist Stephen Inglis.

Eugene, OR

Grateful Dead tribute from Eugene, OR.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Boston, MA.

New York, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from New York, NY.

Peekskill, NY

Westchester/Putnam Dead cover band out of Peekskill playing riverfront parks and small bars.

Buffalo, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Buffalo, NY.

Buffalo, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Buffalo, NY.

Cleveland, OH

Grateful Dead tribute from Cleveland, OH.

Memphis, TN

Memphis band playing Dead, JGB, Old & In the Way, New Riders and the Byrds, free on Sunday afternoons.

Chicago, IL

Grateful Dead tribute from Chicago, IL.

Lapeer, MI

Grateful Dead tribute from Lapeer, MI.

Chattanooga, TN

Grateful Dead tribute from Chattanooga, TN.

Lindenhurst, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Lindenhurst, NY.

Cambridge, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Cambridge, MA.

NYC, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from NYC, NY.

Indianapolis, IN

Grateful Dead tribute from Indianapolis, IN.

La Porte, IN · since 2009

Northwest Indiana jam band working the lakeshore brewery circuit since 2009.

Washington, DC

Grateful Dead tribute from Washington, DC.

Baltimore, MD

Grateful Dead tribute from Baltimore, MD.

Columbia, SC

Columbia SC six-piece, started in 2004 as a Dead tribute, now originals and covers with Dead roots.

Newmarket, NH

Grateful Dead tribute from Newmarket, NH.

Milton, DE

Grateful Dead tribute from Milton, DE.

Wilkes Barre, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Wilkes Barre, PA.

Grateful Dead tribute from Pennsylvania.

San Francisco, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from San Francisco, CA.

Berkeley, CA

Stu Allen's Wednesday band at Ashkenaz, working the Jerry Garcia Band book with a revolving cast.

Duluth, GA

Grateful Dead tribute from Duluth, GA.

Morgantown, WV

Grateful Dead tribute from Morgantown, WV.

San Francisco, CA

Sunshine Becker of Furthur, fronting a rotating Bay Area rock and soul band that plays the Dead and Jerry Garcia Band.

Sacramento, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Sacramento, CA.

Brighton, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Brighton, MA.

Pinellas Park, FL

Grateful Dead tribute from Pinellas Park, FL.

Stoneham, MA

Hey Now, Ten Gold Dollars cover tunes from the Grateful Dead, Kingfish, Jerry Band, etc.

NYC, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from NYC, NY.

Newly listed North Jersey Dead tribute with almost no public footprint beyond a Facebook page.

Nashville, TN

Nashville group with a free weekly Wednesday Grateful Dead residency at Tennessee Brew Works.

Sellersville, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Sellersville, PA.

Chatanooga, TN

Grateful Dead tribute from Chatanooga, TN.

Wilton, CT

Grateful Dead tribute from Wilton, CT.

Battleboro, VT

Grateful Dead tribute from Battleboro, VT.

Grateful Dead tribute from Maine.

Big Island, HI

Grateful Dead tribute from Big Island, HI.

Milford, CT

Terrapin Station Wagon, a rock group from Stratford.

Easthampton, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Easthampton, MA.

Dallas, TX

Grateful Dead tribute from Dallas, TX.

Greenville, NC

Grateful Dead tribute from Greenville, NC.

Bergen County, NJ

Where will Maurice's Gondola Land next?.

Monrovia, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Monrovia, CA.

Appleton, WI

Grateful Dead tribute from Appleton, WI.

Fairhope, AL

Grateful Dead tribute from Fairhope, AL.

Pittsburgh, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Pittsburgh, PA.

New Smyrna Beach, FL

New Smyrna Beach Dead and jam covers act with a recurring free Sunday gig in Daytona.

Freehold, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Freehold, NJ.

San Francisco, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from San Francisco, CA.

Columbus, OH · since 2019

A five-piece Columbus band working the full 1960s-to-1990s catalog at Woodlands Tavern.

Dallas, TX · since 1989

Dallas's Deep Ellum Dead night from 1989, revived by Kenny Withrow as a rotating-cast band.

Jackson, WY · since 2010

Jackson Hole's eight-piece Dead band, named the night they found it at the Knotty Pine.

East Lansing, MI

East Lansing string band playing the Dead catalog on mandolin, dobro, banjo and guitar.

Auburn, ME

Grateful Dead tribute from Auburn, ME.

Frederick, MD

Grateful Dead tribute from Frederick, MD.

NYC, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from NYC, NY.

Rochester, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Rochester, NY.

San Francisco, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from San Francisco, CA.

Newark, DE

A Newark, Delaware jam band splitting its sets between the Dead and Jerry Garcia.

Seattle, WA

Seattle jazz and jam heavyweights who recreate whole Grateful Dead albums live.

Jacksonville, FL · since 1998

Florida's bluegrass Dead band since 1998, now touring nationally.

Oak Bluffs, MA · since 2005

Dead tunes with a reggae groove, live from Martha's Vineyard for two decades.

Topfield, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Topfield, MA.

Chicago, IL

Chicago's deadicated bluegrass quintet, picking the Dead and Old & In The Way songbooks.

Natick, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Natick, MA.

South Bend, IN

Grateful Dead tribute from South Bend, IN.

Key West, FL

Grateful Dead tribute from Key West, FL.

Phoenix, AZ

Grateful Dead tribute from Phoenix, AZ.

Washington, DC

Grateful Dead tribute from Washington, DC.

Cleveland, OH · since 1988

Cleveland jamband since 1988, mixing originals with Dead and Allman Brothers improvisation.

Marlton, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Marlton, NJ.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Boston, MA.

Rockland County, NY

Grateful Dead tribute from Rockland County, NY.

Chicago, IL

Grateful Dead tribute from Chicago, IL.

Cranford, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute from Cranford, NJ.

Phoenix, AZ

Arizona's longest-running Dead band, twenty-three years around the Phoenix valley.

Honolulu, HI

Grateful Dead tribute from Honolulu, HI.

Portland, OR

Grateful Dead tribute from Portland, OR.

Oakland, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Oakland, CA.

Oakland, CA

Oakland electronic producer whose Dead Polish project rebuilds the Dead catalogue for the dance floor.

Wilmington, NC

Grateful Dead tribute from Wilmington, NC.

Griffith, IN

A seven-piece Northwest Indiana band whose setlists run, in their own words, from Dark Star to Dolly.

Oakland, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Oakland, CA.

Birmingham, AL

Grateful Dead tribute from Birmingham, AL.

Peninsula act on the Steal Your Labor Day bill at Winters Tavern.

Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh five-piece, Dead-heavy sets with Phish, Beatles and Dylan, two decades deep at Moondogs.

Las Vegas, NV

Grateful Dead tribute from Las Vegas, NV.

Wilmington, NC

Grateful Dead tribute from Wilmington, NC.

Myrtle Beach, SC

Grateful Dead tribute from Myrtle Beach, SC.

Atlanta, GA

Grateful Dead tribute from Atlanta, GA.

Eugene, OR

A Lane County act that brings Haight-Ashbury era Dead music to the 3 Legged Crane in Oakridge.

Southwest, FL

Grateful Dead tribute from Southwest, FL.

Asheville, NC

Grateful Dead tribute from Asheville, NC.

Grateful Dead tribute from New Mexico.

San Francisco, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from San Francisco, CA.

Central Valley, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Central Valley, CA.

Omaha, NE

An Omaha five-piece that works the small-town Iowa and Nebraska circuit playing mostly Dead.

San Diego, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from San Diego, CA.

Five North Jersey players who met answering a Deadhead call at Montclair's Meat Locker.

Washington, DC

Grateful Dead tribute from Washington, DC.

MIlwaukee, WI

Grateful Dead tribute from MIlwaukee, WI.

Philadelphia, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Philadelphia, PA.

Seattle, WA

Grateful Dead tribute from Seattle, WA.

Memphis, TN

Grateful Dead tribute from Memphis, TN.

Deerfield, IL

Grateful Dead tribute from Deerfield, IL.

Grateful Dead tribute from Rhode Island.

Kokomo, IN

Grateful Dead tribute from Kokomo, IN.

Vencie, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Vencie, CA.

Lexington, KY

Grateful Dead tribute from Lexington, KY.

Asheville, NC

Grateful Dead tribute from Asheville, NC.

Salt Lake City, UT

Grateful Dead tribute from Salt Lake City, UT.

Chico, CA

Grateful Dead tribute from Chico, CA.

Berkeley, CA · since 2000

The world's only Celtic all-star Grateful Dead jam band, since 2000.

Alexandria, VA

Grateful Dead tribute from Alexandria, VA.

Philadelphia, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Philadelphia, PA.

Charlotte, NC

Grateful Dead tribute from Charlotte, NC.

Atlanta, GA · since 2005

Atlanta jam band and Lake Claire mainstay that folds Dead and Neil Young into R&B and reggae.

Berkeley, CA

A Bay Area tribute built around Bob Weir's songs, his rhythm playing and his corner of the catalog.

Silver Spring, MD

Grateful Dead tribute from Silver Spring, MD.

Douglasville, GA

Grateful Dead tribute from Douglasville, GA.

Westfield, MA

Grateful Dead tribute from Westfield, MA.

Caldwell, NJ

Caldwell, NJ jam band playing Grateful Dead at the Orange Lantern's Grateful Tuesday night.

Sunbury, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Sunbury, PA.

Hanover, PA

Grateful Dead tribute from Hanover, PA.

Anchorage, AK

Grateful Dead tribute from Anchorage, AK.

Tucson, AZ

Grateful Dead tribute from Tucson, AZ.

The Woodlands, TX

The Woodlands' civic orchestra, which programmes Lee Johnson's Dead Symphony.

Tempe, AZ

Grateful Dead tribute from Tempe, AZ.

Denver, CO

Grateful Dead tribute from Denver, CO.