Detroit Lightning

Detroit Lightning is a Grateful Dead band based in northern New Mexico, described on its Facebook page as "Channeling the spirit of the Grateful Dead in Northern New Mexico." A 2022 Santa Fe New Mexican feature covered the band celebrating 10 years together while headlining the first DeadFest at the Mine Shaft Tavern & Cantina in Madrid, NM, which puts its start around 2012. They work New Mexico venues regularly, including AMP Concerts bookings, decade-themed nights at The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing, and Albuquerque's Launchpad. Santa Fe Brewing's calendar has them at The Bridge on Sept. 19, 2026, doors 5:30pm, playing "2 big sets under the stars."