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Dead & Company to stream final Golden Gate Park concert live in IMAX
Dead & Company will honor six decades of Grateful Dead music with a three-night blowout at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. But for fans unable to snag tickets to the sold-out celebration from Aug. 1-3, the band is offering a cinematic alternative: a one-night-only live broadcast of the final concert in IMAX theaters across the country. Attendees will receive a collectible mini-poster and lanyard alongside the three-and-a-half-hour immersive concert experience. Local showings in the Bay Area include AMC Metreon in San Francisco, AMC Bay Street in Emeryville, and others in Dublin, Santa Clara and San Jose. The Golden Gate Park shows are expected to draw over 60,000 fans per day to the Polo Fields, where Dead & Company — featuring Grateful Dead founding members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, joined by John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane — will headline what many believe may be their final San Francisco stand. Dead & Company's 8/3 performance at Golden Gate Park will stream live exclusively to select @IMAX screens. Get tickets: Each ticket will come with a commemorative poster & laminate/lanyard, which will be distributed onsite. — Dead & Company (@deadandcompany) July 21, 2025 Later in August, the celebration continues with a nationwide IMAX release of 'The Grateful Dead Movie,' newly remastered and presented as part of the band's annual 'Meet Up at the Movies' event. Originally directed by Jerry Garcia and Leon Gast, the 1977 concert film captures the band's storied 1974 Winterland Ballroom performances and will screen in 60 IMAX theaters on Aug. 13, followed by a wider release on Aug. 14. 'It was the greatest screening I've ever experienced of a film I've seen hundreds of times,' said David Lemieux, the band's archivist and legacy manager, about the film's IMAX presentation.
San Francisco Chronicle
26-06-2025
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- San Francisco Chronicle
Grateful Dead's San Francisco concert film hits IMAX theaters for band's 60th anniversary
The Grateful Dead is headed to the big screen. In honor of the legendary Bay Area band's 60th anniversary, Rhino Entertainment and Trafalgar Releasing will release the newly remastered 1977 concert film 'The Grateful Dead Movie' in 60 IMAX theaters across the country. The screenings are part of the Dead's annual 'Meet Up at the Movies,' an annual event where the band's concert films or videos are screened, and will hit select theaters on Aug. 13, followed by a wide release on Aug. 14. Tickets are on sale at Directed by Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia and documentarian Leon Gast, the movie was filmed during a five-night run at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom in October 1974, which at the time were thought to be the band's final performances. The Oct. 20, 1974, show was billed as 'The Last One.' The concerts featured the Dead's 'Wall of Sound,' the sound system that was designed specifically for the band and that redefined concert audio. A favorite among Deadheads, 'The Grateful Dead Movie' also features interviews with band members and crew, a rare focus on the band's fans and even animation. David Lemieux, the Grateful Dead archivist and legacy manager, said in a statement that after experiencing the film in IMAX, 'It was the greatest screening I've ever experienced of a film I've seen hundreds of times.' Also included, after the film, is the theatrical premiere of 'China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider,' a bonus live performance from the Winterland shows not included in the official film release. The 'Meet Up at the Movies' event follows a three-day concert at Golden Gate Park Aug. 1-3 that is expected to draw 60,000 fans per day. The performances, held at Polo Fields, will feature surviving members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart playing along with their band Dead & Company, which includes an ensemble of musician friends — guitarist John Mayer, bassist Oteil Burbridge, pianist Jeff Chimenti and drummer Jay Lane. Tickets are on sale at
