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.
16 bands · Bluegrass
Bosco Jigs
2 upcomingChagrin Falls, OH
Chagrin Falls acoustic act recreating real Dead setlists as psychedelic Americana.
AcousticSetlist recreationBluegrassCaltucky
1 upcomingsince 2023
Northern California instrumental jamgrass with a metal and grunge streak.
BluegrassInstrumentalDead-adjacentDeadgrass
3 upcomingMontclair, NJ · since 2015
Montclair string band exploring the life's work of Jerry Garcia.
BluegrassAcousticJerry Garcia BandFalco & Book Play Garcia
5 upcomingTwo Infamous Stringdusters playing Jerry Garcia as an acoustic duo — solo, Dead and traditionals.
Jerry Garcia BandAcousticBluegrassGratefolk
3 upcomingPhiladelphia, PA · since 2013
A Philadelphia deadgrass five-piece with dobro, field drum and a monthly Mermaid Inn residency.
BluegrassAcousticResidencyKeller Williams' Grateful Grass
16 upcomingFredericksburg, VA
Keller Williams' bluegrass project: "Loose interpretations of Grateful Dead songs done in a bluegrass style."
BluegrassReinterpretationImprov-heavyMagnolia Express
5 upcomingAtlanta, GA
Atlanta jamgrass band whose Americana sets weave in the spirit of the Dead; a Jerry Jam regular.
Dead in the mixBluegrassJam bandNailed Shutt
17 upcomingWarwick, NY
Warwick's acoustic Dead — newgrass, Americana, and the Garcia songbook at Hudson Valley wineries.
AcousticBluegrassHudson ValleyShakedown Strings
10 upcomingKansas City, MO
A Kansas City acoustic trio of jazz players running the Dead songbook through fiddle, guitar and bass.
BluegrassAcousticImprov-heavyThe Deadgummits
2 upcomingTulsa, OK
A big Tulsa porch-pickin' band that plays the Dead on banjo, fiddle, mandolin and washboard.
BluegrassAcousticReinterpretationThe Storytellers
8 upcomingLos Angeles, CA · since 2017
LA bluegrass band that grasses the Dead, JGB and Old & In the Way instead of imitating them.
BluegrassReinterpretationLos AngelesEasy Green
No datesNashville, TN
Nashville bluegrass band with a weekly Sunday residency splicing Dead tunes into its own material.
Dead in the mixBluegrassResidencyGrateful Bluegrass Boys
No datesSan Francisco, CA
Bay Area pickers running the catalog through a bluegrass filter.
BluegrassAcousticBay AreaThe Deadly String Band
No datesEast Lansing, MI
East Lansing string band playing the Dead catalog on mandolin, dobro, banjo and guitar.
AcousticBluegrassFull catalogThe Grass Is Dead
No datesJacksonville, FL · since 1998
Florida's bluegrass Dead band since 1998, now touring nationally.
BluegrassAcousticNational touringThe Grateful String Band
No datesChicago, IL
Chicago's deadicated bluegrass quintet, picking the Dead and Old & In The Way songbooks.
BluegrassAcousticGarcia/Grisman