Bands
846 acts from Ashkenaz regulars and Long Island stalwarts to Tampa Bay's Thursday-night church, the Cape, and the Catskills — and the touring bands that come through all of them.
7 bands · '60s sound
Box of Rain
4 upcomingBeacon, NY
Six-piece Hudson Valley tribute to the Dead's 1968–1974 golden era.
'60s sound'70s soundAll-starOld Head
3 upcomingBaltimore, MD · since 2018
Maryland players who stay inside 1965-1970, the Pigpen years and the primal jams.
'60s soundEra-accurateFaithful arrangementsWolfman Jack
5 upcomingNew England seven-piece playing only primal Dead: 1965-72, Live/Dead through Europe '72.
Era-accurate'60s soundSetlist recreationA Carny Vibe
No datesReno, NV
Reno's Roger Scime and Rick Winfield plus guests, channeling the Dead's Summer of Love.
Guest-driven'60s soundReinterpretationCowboys Dead
No datesFort Collins, CO · since 2007
Fort Collins five-piece that works the Pigpen end of the Dead songbook and its country roots.
'60s sound'70s soundEra-accurateHigh Time Dead Band
No datesBrooklyn, NY
Brooklyn band devoted to the Dead's 1965–1974 psychedelic years.
'60s sound'70s soundBrooklynI Dig Pig
No datesCincinnati, OH
Cincinnati quartet that plays the Pigpen years — jug-band blues, organ and harp.
'60s soundEra-accurateSoul