Dead & Company to celebrate 60 years of the Grateful Dead at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park
Mayor Daniel Lurie announced on Monday, May 12, that the park will host a three-day concert in honor of the iconic Bay Area jam band, with Dead & Company performing from Aug. 1-3.
'Right here in the city that is the home of the Grateful Dead,' Lurie said. 'What better way to celebrate? We'll see you out here.'
The last time surviving Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, along with their ensemble of musician friends — guitarist John Mayer, bassist Oteil Burbridge, pianist Jeff Chimenti, and drummer Jay Lane — played a three-night run in the city was at Oracle Park in July 2023.
San Francisco is planning to welcome @deadandcompany to Golden Gate Park for three days in August, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. Stay tuned for more details from the band coming soon! pic.twitter.com/W0EUzTxUF1
— Daniel Lurie 丹尼爾·羅偉 (@DanielLurie) May 12, 2025
This summer's series of shows is something of an encore. In 2015, Dead & Company celebrated the Grateful Dead's 50th anniversary with a two-night 'Fare Thee Well' stand at Levi's Stadium. But this time, the upcoming concerts will commemorate the moment in 1965 when Phil Lesh, Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Weir and Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan played their first gig together as the Warlocks, later renamed the Grateful Dead.
Meanwhile, Dead & Company's Las Vegas residency, 'Dead Forever' at the Sphere, continues through.
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