Bands

Gardner, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Gardner, MA.

since 2011

Seven-piece Bay Area Dead band, together since 2011, built on rehearsal and authentic renditions.

Stamford, CT

Fairfield County Dead band with ties to Stella Blues Band and Laughin' Bones.

Kenilworth, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Kenilworth, NJ.

Jerry Garcia Band-inspired Americana, roots, R&B, gospel, and reggae.

Lowell, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Lowell, MA.

Danbury, CT

Grateful Dead tribute out of Danbury, CT.

Hudson, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Hudson, MA.

Paramus, NJ

Paramus jam band with a high-octane take on the Dead.

Asbury Park, NJ · since 2023

Mark Diomede's cosmic dance band — Dead, rock classics, and originals from the 5th dimension.

Boston, MA · since 2015

Boston's touring Dead tribute since 2015, with a 250-song book and no two nights alike.

Pleasantville, NJ · since 2023

Pleasantville, NJ Dead tribute built from Chinacat Jubilee players, with a rotating lead guitarist.

Nashville, TN · since 2023

The world's only drag-infused Grateful Dead tribute — two sets, three hours.

Providence, RI · since 2024

Providence jam band on Dead, JGB and deep funk, with a first-Friday residency at Prudence in Bristol.

Beacon, NY

Six-piece Hudson Valley tribute to the Dead's 1968–1974 golden era.

Buffalo, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Buffalo, NY.

since 2023

Northern California instrumental jamgrass with a metal and grunge streak.

Los Angeles, CA · since 2023

Acoustic LA duo playing the Dead songbook straight, with a monthly residency at Culver City's Cinema Bar.

Asbury Park, NJ

Asbury Park's Jerry Garcia Band tribute, a Jersey Shore fixture.

Boca Raton, FL · since 1990

South Florida's Grateful Dead band since Halloween 1990, playing every week.

Medford, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Medford, NJ.

Van Nuys, CA

San Fernando Valley outlaw jam band mixing Dead and JGB with Traffic and Phish.

Easton, CT

Matt Helm's all-star Connecticut Dead band, deadicated to the dance floor.

Los Angeles, CA · since 1987

LA's oldest Dead tribute: born 1987, 4,000-plus shows, every era, a different setlist every night.

Plays Dead Bowl at Brooklyn Bowl.

Syracuse, NY · since 1996

Syracuse Dead band going since 1996, with two drummers and a deep Dead-family songbook.

Chicago, IL · since 1997

Recreates a specific historic Grateful Dead concert, night after night.

St. Petersburg, FL

St. Petersburg's Dead band, playing Central Florida's bars from Maitland to Melbourne.

Syracuse, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Syracuse, NY.

Centerport, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Centerport, NY.

St. Petersburg, FL

Florida Dead tribute chasing the sound, feel, and spirit, with room for spontaneity.

Buffalo, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Buffalo, NY.

Easthampton, MA · since 2014

Western Mass Dead and JGB band since 2014, danceable tunes plus jazzy improv, with rotating bassists.

All-star triple tribute braiding the Dead, the Allman Brothers, and The Band into one set.

Nyack, NY

Nyack's high-energy Dead tribute, famous for three-hour marathon blocks of music.

Fairfield, CT

Grateful Dead tribute out of Fairfield, CT.

Asbury Park, NJ · since 2010

Note-for-note recreations of the Dead's classic records and eras, led by Marc Muller.

Peekskill, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Peekskill, NY.

Petaluma, CA · since 2022

Petaluma's Grateful Dead tribute, pitched at the late-'80s stadium sound and playing every week.

St. Petersburg, FL · since 2017

Tampa Bay's Dead and JGB band since 2017, free shows most weekends.

Neptune, NJ

Jersey Shore Dead band with a fall of afternoon shows and a Halloween at Dharma Bums.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Boston, MA.

Albany, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Albany, NY.

Los Angeles, CA

L.A. Dead band working the Venice West brunch slot and Monday Dead night in Sherman Oaks.

Montclair, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Montclair, NJ.

Montclair, NJ · since 2015

Montclair string band exploring the life's work of Jerry Garcia.

Livingston, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Livingston, NJ.

Allentown, PA

Allentown, PA Grateful Dead tribute working Lehigh Valley breweries and North Jersey taprooms.

Boston, MA

Jerry Garcia Band tribute out of Boston, MA.

Somerville, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Somerville, NJ.

Middletown, NJ

Mark Diomede and Dan Donovan's Taco Tuesday Dead night at the Olde Village Pub.

Salem, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Salem, MA.

Nantucket, MA · since 2024

Nantucket's Grateful Dead experience — harmony-minded Dead at Cisco Brewers and the Chicken Box.

San Diego, CA · since 2015

San Diego seven-piece built for '70s Dead - two drummers, a Donna, Europe '72 and Spring '77.

San Diego, CA · since 1989

Grateful Dead every Monday at Winstons in Ocean Beach since 1992 — San Diego's longest club residency.

Rochester, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Rochester, NY.

Jacksonville, FL · since 1989

North Florida's longest-running Dead band, playing psychedelic Dead sets since 1989.

San Rafael, CA

Phil Lesh's son leading rotating all-star lineups through the family songbook.

White Plains, NY

The Dead-set alter ego of White Plains' Blue Roadhouse Orchestra, built on feel rather than note-for-note.

North Hollywood, CA

All-women San Fernando Valley Dead band behind the monthly Happy Hippy Chick Party at Canby's.

Island Heights, NJ · since 2024

Island Heights singer-guitarist playing Dead-flavored originals and covers at Ocean County breweries.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Boston, MA.

Hamilton, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Hamilton, NJ.

Los Angeles, CA · since 2016

LA six-piece that plays the Dead loose and harmony-heavy; now a national touring act.

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

Hastings-on-Hudson five-piece whose free riverfront Dead shows pull hundreds to the Hudson.

since 2023

Joel Martin's Grateful Dead band, three hundred West Coast shows and counting.

Beacon, NY · since 2012

Hudson Valley all-stars playing fan-submitted dream setlists since 2012.

Holmdel, NJ

Four Deadheads out of Holmdel playing the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band songbooks.

Lynbrook, NY · since 2004

Long Island's Grateful Dead tribute since 2004, from Brooklyn Bowl to the Westbury stage.

since 2015

Tri-state five-piece working the high-energy end of the Dead book in small NJ and NY rooms since 2015.

Cazenovia, NY

Cazenovia band covering the Dead plus The Band, with tight harmony as the selling point.

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles band devoted to the Jerry Garcia Band repertoire.

Brooklyn, NY · since 2013

Brooklyn's muscular reinterpretation of the songbook — not a recreation.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Boston, MA.

since 2018

Inland Empire Dead band since 2018, two drummers, a fixture up the hill at Mt. Baldy Lodge.

An all-star celebration of the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band.

Ludlow, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Ludlow, MA.

Tuckerton, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Tuckerton, NJ.

Plays DeadCenter at Garcia's at The Capitol Theatre.

San Francisco, CA

Hammond B-3 organist from the Jerry Garcia Band, carrying that book forward.

Queens, NY

Astoria's neighborhood Dead band, at the Shillelagh Tavern and Culture Lab LIC.

Cocoa Beach, FL

Brevard's grooviest jam band — danceable Dead and more on the Space Coast, most nights of the week.

Burlington, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Burlington, MA.

St. Petersburg, FL · since 2024

Tampa Bay all-star Dead band formed in 2024 from Uncle John's Band and Dead Set Florida.

Mystic, CT · since 2018

Southeastern Connecticut six-piece that grew out of a monthly Dead night in 2018.

Warwick, NY

Warwick's acoustic Dead — newgrass, Americana, and the Garcia songbook at Hudson Valley wineries.

Haywood, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Haywood, NJ.

Palo Alto, CA · since 2020

Palo Alto band born in a park in 2020: two guitars, two drummers, the Dead as ultimate bar band.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Boston, MA.

New Bedford, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of New Bedford, MA.

Syracuse, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Syracuse, NY.

Santa Cruz, CA

All killer, no filler — Pete Sawyer's rotating cast of the Dead's finest interpreters.

Marlborough, MA · since 2004

Former Dark Star Orchestra members' marathon two-set Dead shows, every Wednesday in Pembroke.

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco collective behind Grateful First Fridays on Haight Street.

Jamaica Plain, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Jamaica Plain, MA.

West Warren, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of West Warren, MA.

Point Pleasant, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Point Pleasant, NJ.

Worcester, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Worcester, MA.

Bay Shore, NY · since 1990

Long Island's Dead band since 1990, with a standing date at the Boulton Center.

Vernon, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Vernon, NJ.

New Haven, CT

New Haven's classic-rock jam band, with the Dead and JGB at the center of the book.

Arcata, CA · since 2015

Humboldt County Dead band since 2015 that throws its own three-day Camp Rosewater festival.

since 2024

All-star Dead project with Melvin Seals, John Kadlecik, Rob Eaton, Rob Barraco and Jay Lane.

Acoustic readings of the Garcia/Grisman and Old & In the Way songbook.

Cedar Grove, NJ

Cedar Grove, NJ Grateful Dead cover band working the Caldwell, Wayne and Paramus bar circuit.

Bay Area Dead cover band working pub and brewery stages from Hayward to Grass Valley.

New Haven, CT

Grateful Dead tribute out of New Haven, CT.

Queens, NY · since 2023

Born in the Citi Field parking lot in 2023; dream setlists and heady improvisation.

Los Angeles, CA

High-octane Dead and JGB from guitarist Marcus Rezak and a rotating all-star cast.

Lawrence, MA

Jerry Garcia Band tribute out of Lawrence, MA.

Laguna Beach, CA · since 2017

Laguna Beach Dead band, born from a local jam session, working the town's bars since 2017.

Peekskill, NY

Westchester/Putnam Dead cover band out of Peekskill playing riverfront parks and small bars.

Vero Beach, FL

Vero Beach six-piece jam band playing Dead, Panic and Allmans plus originals.

Delray Beach, FL

Delray Beach's Grateful Dead band, a Terra Fermata and Crazy Uncle Mike's regular.

Philadelphia, PA · since 1992

Philadelphia's Dead band since 1992, a Stone Pony and Ardmore Music Hall fixture.

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia-area five-piece, 20-plus years on Dead and Dylan, touring upstate NY as an acoustic duo.

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia mashup of the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead, drawn from the city's busiest players.

Denver, CO · since 2019

Denver's fusion of the Grateful Dead and Steely Dan, on the road nationally since 2019.

Melbourne, FL

Melbourne's Grateful Dead tribute — vintage psychedelic party nights on the Space Coast.

New York, NY · since 2009

Tri-state Dead tribute since 2009 and the band behind Free Dead in the Park.

San Rafael, CA

The Bay Area's house band for the Dead — deep jams and a fresh setlist every night.

Gloucester City, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Gloucester City, NJ.

Branchville, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Branchville, NJ.

Santa Cruz, CA

Santa Cruz's premier Grateful Dead tribute — the Bay Area's longest-running.

New Smyrna Beach, FL

New Smyrna Beach Dead and jam covers act with a recurring free Sunday gig in Daytona.

Holyoke, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Holyoke, MA.

Newbury Park, CA

Ventura County Dead tribute that turns up regularly on the Whisky a Go Go's tribute bills.

Melrose, FL

Melrose, FL quartet (sometimes a trio) playing Jerry- and Dead-inspired '60s and '70s rock.

Northampton, MA · since 2012

Complete Jerry Garcia Band setlists from 1976–1995, recreated night by night.

Jacksonville, FL · since 1998

Florida's bluegrass Dead band since 1998, now touring nationally.

Natick, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Natick, MA.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Boston, MA.

Westport, CT · since 2023

Connecticut's Jerry Garcia Band project, formed in 2023.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Boston, MA.

Plays DeadCenter at Garcia's at The Capitol Theatre.

Los Angeles, CA · since 2017

LA bluegrass band that grasses the Dead, JGB and Old & In the Way instead of imitating them.

Albany, NY

The Capital Region's Grateful Dead band, from Lark Hall to the Glove Theatre.

Stirling, NJ

Grateful Dead tribute out of Stirling, NJ.

Worcester, CT

Grateful Dead tribute out of Worcester, CT.

Westbury, NY

Nassau County's Dead band — the Nutty Irishman, the Warehouse, and Long Island's town parks.

High-energy Jersey five-piece: Dead greatest hits, deep cuts, and the covers the Dead loved.

Mendham, NJ · since 2014

Northern New Jersey trio playing the Dead and the music that grew out of it, since 2014.

Five North Jersey players who met answering a Deadhead call at Montclair's Meat Locker.

Clearwater, FL · since 1989

Florida's longest-running Dead tribute — Thursday-night church since 1989.

Warwick, NY · since 2011

Warwick's funky-fried Dead — horn-section arrangements of the Garcia songbook.

Miami, FL · since 2012

Miami's jazz-and-funk-leaning Dead band, monthly at Guanabanas.

Berkeley, CA · since 2000

The world's only Celtic all-star Grateful Dead jam band, since 2000.

Palos Verdes, CA

South Bay all-stars playing the big, high-energy 1980s Grateful Dead, named for the 1974 PA.

Caldwell, NJ

Caldwell, NJ jam band playing Grateful Dead at the Orange Lantern's Grateful Tuesday night.

New England seven-piece playing only primal Dead: 1965-72, Live/Dead through Europe '72.

Buffalo, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Buffalo, NY.

Oakland, CA

The Grateful Dead played in Afro-pop styles.

Mill Valley, CA

Host of Grateful Thursdays at Club Fox and the free Dead at the Junction hangs.

New Brunswick, NJ

New Brunswick six-piece playing Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band across NJ and Staten Island.

Boston, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Boston, MA.

Brooklyn, NY · since 2023

Chris Mackin's rotating collective of New York jam players, resident at Brooklyn Bowl.

Coastside jam collective on the Steal Your Labor Day bill.

Sebastopol, CA

Sonoma County Dead night built from the Terrapin Crossroads family.

Felton, CA

Santa Cruz Mountains Grateful Dead tribute at home in Felton.

Maynard, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Maynard, MA.

North Bay Grateful Dead tribute with a standing two-night run at the Mystic.

Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn jam collective playing Dead-leaning sets in Central Park and around the city, announced on Instagram.

Jupiter, FL

Jupiter all-stars playing the Dead as funk — two dance sets and a DJ at setbreak.

Hayward, CA · since 1992

Bay Area veterans since 1992 playing the Dead, the Airplane, and Quicksilver.

San Francisco, CA

Bay Area pickers running the catalog through a bluegrass filter.

Syracuse, NY

Grateful Dead tribute out of Syracuse, NY.

Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn band devoted to the Dead's 1965–1974 psychedelic years.

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Dead tribute playing free Valley dance nights, regularly at Studio City's Tuning Fork.

Brooklyn, NY · since 2022

Brooklyn five-piece Dead band, working NYC clubs, breweries, and Long Island bars since 2022.

Dead-and-JGB cover band seen at Scalia & Co. in Monroe, NY; little else is documented.

San Jose, CA · since 2018

San Jose jam band — medleys, hypnotic grooves, and a Dead-heavy songbook.

Six-piece Dead tribute working the NJ/NY border, built on vocal harmonies and jazzy jams.

Three Rivers, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Three Rivers, MA.

Worcester, MA · since 2017

Worcester five-piece digging through the whole Garcia solo book - JGB, Legion of Mary, Garcia & Saunders.

San Rafael, CA

Phil Lesh's keyboardist, hosting Dead nights and sitting in across the Bay.

Worcester, MA

Grateful Dead tribute out of Worcester, MA.

Hoboken, NJ

Hoboken Dead band with folk-bluegrass roots; first act to play inside the Liberty Science Center planetarium.

Pacifica, CA

Pacifica regulars playing the Dead catalog at Winters Tavern.

Newly listed North Jersey Dead tribute with almost no public footprint beyond a Facebook page.

San Rafael, CA

The Terrapin Crossroads house band, now touring as the Terrapin Roadshow.

Oak Bluffs, MA · since 2005

Dead tunes with a reggae groove, live from Martha's Vineyard for two decades.

Orlando, FL · since 2020

Orlando Dead band since 2020, a regular free-show fixture at Rockpit Brewing.

Peninsula act on the Steal Your Labor Day bill at Winters Tavern.

Flagler Beach, FL

Flagler Beach five-piece playing Grateful Dead-inspired sets at beachside bars.

Morristown, NJ · since 2018

Northern New Jersey's fast-rising Dead tribute, packing rooms since 2018.