Bands
318 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.
12 bands tagged Bluegrass
Bosco Jigs
4 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
8 upcomingMontclair, NJ · since 2015
Montclair string band exploring the life's work of Jerry Garcia.
BluegrassAcousticJerry Garcia BandGratefolk
3 upcomingPhiladelphia, PA · since 2013
A Philadelphia deadgrass five-piece with dobro, field drum and a monthly Mermaid Inn residency.
BluegrassAcousticResidencyNailed Shutt
23 upcomingWarwick, NY
Warwick's acoustic Dead — newgrass, Americana, and the Garcia songbook at Hudson Valley wineries.
AcousticBluegrassHudson ValleyShakedown Strings
6 upcomingKansas City, MO
A Kansas City acoustic trio of jazz players running the Dead songbook through fiddle, guitar and bass.
BluegrassAcousticImprov-heavyThe Deadgummits
1 upcomingTulsa, OK
A big Tulsa porch-pickin' band that plays the Dead on banjo, fiddle, mandolin and washboard.
BluegrassAcousticReinterpretationThe Deadly String Band
1 upcomingEast Lansing, MI
East Lansing string band playing the Dead catalog on mandolin, dobro, banjo and guitar.
AcousticBluegrassFull catalogThe Grass Is Dead
6 upcomingJacksonville, FL · since 1998
Florida's bluegrass Dead band since 1998, now touring nationally.
BluegrassAcousticNational touringThe Grateful String Band
2 upcomingChicago, IL
Chicago's deadicated bluegrass quintet, picking the Dead and Old & In The Way songbooks.
BluegrassAcousticGarcia/GrismanThe Storytellers
9 upcomingLos Angeles, CA · since 2017
LA bluegrass band that grasses the Dead, JGB and Old & In the Way instead of imitating them.
BluegrassReinterpretationLos AngelesGrateful Bluegrass Boys
No datesSan Francisco, CA
Bay Area pickers running the catalog through a bluegrass filter.
BluegrassAcousticBay Area