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.
35 bands · Reinterpretation
Canadian Beauty
1 upcomingVictoria
Victoria's rotating tribute band, whose Grateful Dead nights have run for over two decades.
ReinterpretationCanadaChris Vitarello Power Trio
1 upcomingA Hudson Valley blues trio whose Grateful Dead set has become a regular booking.
ReinterpretationDead in the mixCosmic Charlie
6 upcomingAthens, GA · since 1999
Athens, Georgia veterans who walk onstage with no setlist and take the Dead wherever it goes.
High energyImprov-heavyReinterpretationCris Jacobs
2 upcomingBaltimore, MD
Baltimore guitarist and songwriter who stages Grateful Dead album nights between his own shows.
Full albumReinterpretationRegional touringDead Floyd
6 upcomingFort Collins, CO · since 2009
Fort Collins veterans who braid the Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd catalogs into one unpredictable set.
ReinterpretationImprov-heavyDead-adjacentDeadelijk
1 upcomingMilwaukee, WI
Five Milwaukee players who treat Dead tunes as launch vehicles rather than a set of covers.
Improv-heavyReinterpretationRegional touringDeadtronica
2 upcomingAron Magner's late-night set reworking the Dead through an electronic lens.
ReinterpretationNational touringDirty Dead
3 upcomingWilmington, NC · since 2016
Dead and Jerry Garcia Band tunes rebuilt with funk, reggae and jazz flute, now based in Wilmington.
Jerry Garcia BandFunkReinterpretationFrankly Scarlet
4 upcomingAtlanta, GA
Atlanta Dead tribute that has climbed from brewery patios to the Variety Playhouse.
Full catalogReinterpretationRegional stalwartGillian Welch & David Rawlings
7 upcomingNashville, TN
The Nashville duo playing the Dead's acoustic Reckoning end to end, two guitars and two voices.
AcousticReinterpretationNational touringGrateful BRO
2 upcomingWhite Plains, NY
The Dead-set alter ego of White Plains' Blue Roadhouse Orchestra, built on feel rather than note-for-note.
Jam bandImprov-heavyReinterpretationGrateful Dads
1 upcomingLouisville, KY
Louisville's psychedacoustic Dead tribute, stripping the catalog to a rootsy acoustic core.
AcousticReinterpretationFestival actGrateful Gals
1 upcomingMinneapolis, MN
Three Twin Cities frontwomen trading leads on the Dead catalog over a crack backing band.
ReinterpretationFull catalogAll-starGrateful Shred
12 upcomingLos Angeles, CA · since 2016
LA six-piece that plays the Dead loose and harmony-heavy; now a national touring act.
National touringImprov-heavyReinterpretationJoe Russo's Almost Dead
17 upcomingBrooklyn, NY · since 2013
Brooklyn's muscular reinterpretation of the songbook — not a recreation.
ReinterpretationImprov-heavyNational touring5.0 · 1 ratingKC Bones
3 upcomingKansas City, MO · since 2019
Kansas City's improv-first Dead band, more interested in reinterpreting the catalog than copying it.
Improv-heavyReinterpretationRegional stalwartKeller Williams' Grateful Grass
16 upcomingFredericksburg, VA
Keller Williams' bluegrass project: "Loose interpretations of Grateful Dead songs done in a bluegrass style."
BluegrassReinterpretationImprov-heavyMiracle Ticket
1 upcomingDallas, TX
Dallas-Fort Worth Dead tribute with unusual arrangements and the odd original.
ReinterpretationImprov-heavyRegional stalwartNot Fade Away Band
2 upcomingContoocook, NH · since 2013
New Hampshire mashup specialists who weld the Dead's catalog onto Zeppelin, the Who and Pink Floyd.
High energyReinterpretationFestival actSteely Dead
19 upcomingDenver, CO · since 2019
Denver's fusion of the Grateful Dead and Steely Dan, on the road nationally since 2019.
ReinterpretationDead-adjacentNational touringStrangers Stopping Strangers
1 upcomingHoboken, NJ
Hoboken Dead band with folk-bluegrass roots; first act to play inside the Liberty Science Center planetarium.
North JerseyImprov-heavyReinterpretationSuggesting Rhythm
1 upcomingRichmond, VA · since 2015
Richmond six-piece recreating the Dead's catalog plus the covers the band made its own.
Full catalogReinterpretationRegional stalwartThe 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 AngelesTin Roof Cats
4 upcomingNashville, TN · since 2022
Nashville's high-energy Dead tribute, built by three players who spent two years learning the book.
High energyImprov-heavyReinterpretationTumbledown Shack
4 upcomingFort Collins, CO · since 2019
Fort Collins five-piece that improvises the Dead's catalog rather than recreating specific shows.
Improv-heavyReinterpretationHigh energyUntz Is Dead
4 upcomingAllen Aucoin's project reimagining the Grateful Dead as live electronic music.
ReinterpretationNational touringA Carny Vibe
No datesReno, NV
Reno's Roger Scime and Rick Winfield plus guests, channeling the Dead's Summer of Love.
Guest-driven'60s soundReinterpretationBloom & Decay
No datesPerkiomen, PA
Philadelphia-area jam band that bends Dead classics toward rock, blues, jazz and folk.
Dead in the mixReinterpretationImprov-heavyDead Strait
No datesGrateful Dead and Dire Straits mash-up tribute; setlists pull classics from both catalogues.
Dead in the mixImprov-heavyReinterpretationDread the Dead
No datesPhiladelphia, PA
Philly band that plays Dead tunes, reggae tunes, and Dead tunes turned reggae.
ReinterpretationResidencyRegional touringHolly Bowling
No datesSan Francisco, CA
The San Francisco pianist who transcribes the Dead and Phish for solo piano, note for improvised note.
ReinterpretationNational touringDead familyJHB Plays JGB
No datesAtlanta, GA
Atlanta songwriter Jon Harris's band recreating the Jerry Garcia Band.
Jerry Garcia BandReinterpretationAtlantaThe Grateful Dread
No datesOak Bluffs, MA · since 2005
Dead tunes with a reggae groove, live from Martha's Vineyard for two decades.
Cape Cod & the IslandsReggaeReinterpretationWoodlands Symphony Orchestra
No datesThe Woodlands, TX
The Woodlands' civic orchestra, which programmes Lee Johnson's Dead Symphony.
ReinterpretationDead in the mix