Bands

Stamford, CT

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

Boston, MA · since 2015

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

Los Angeles, CA · since 2023

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

St. Cloud, MN · since 2015

St. Cloud five-piece named for the Dead's most famous segue, onstage since 2016.

Boca Raton, FL · since 1990

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

Los Angeles, CA · since 1987

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

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.

St. Petersburg, FL

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

St. Petersburg, FL · since 2017

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

Bozeman, MT · since 2019

A Bozeman six-piece built on three-part harmonies, born from a one-off Dead night at the Filling Station.

Neptune, NJ

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

Allentown, PA

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

Nantucket, MA · since 2024

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

Cleveland, OH

A six-piece Cleveland mainstay playing the Dead somewhere in Northeast Ohio nearly every week.

San Diego, CA · since 1989

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

Jacksonville, FL · since 1989

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

Minneapolis, MN

Three Twin Cities frontwomen trading leads on the Dead catalog over a crack backing band.

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.

Lynbrook, NY · since 2004

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

Baltimore, MD

A Baltimore Dead tribute that has held down York Road bars and Maryland theaters for fifteen years.

St. Louis, MO · since 1976

St. Louis institution and, at fifty years running, the longest-lived Dead tribute in the country.

Queens, NY

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

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.

Bay Shore, NY · since 1990

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

Portland, OR

Portland's tribute to Jerry Garcia, named for a Cats Under the Stars deep cut.

Denver, CO · since 1987

Colorado's longest-running Dead tribute, playing the catalog continuously since February 1987.

Minneapolis, MN · since 2011

Minneapolis lifers who have played Grateful Dead music every single Sunday since 2011, past show 750.

Peekskill, NY

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

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.

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.

Chicago, IL · since 1999

Chicago's premier Dead act, with a long history of touring alongside Melvin Seals and Tom Constanten.

Santa Cruz, CA

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

Chelsea, MI

A Washtenaw County band playing Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia classics on free-music nights.

Nashville, TN · since 2014

Nashville's Dead institution, holding down Grateful Monday at Acme Feed & Seed since 2014.

Albany, NY

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

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.

Flagler Beach, FL

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

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.

Akron, OH

Akron's only Grateful Dead tribute, and it has already graduated to the Civic Theatre stage.

Tempe, AZ · since 1994

Arizona's longest-running Dead band, going since 1994 and stocked with JGB players.

Media, PA

A Philadelphia-suburb Dead cover band that posts a full setlist and recording after every show.

New Brunswick, NJ

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

Felton, CA

Santa Cruz Mountains Grateful Dead tribute at home in Felton.

Philadelphia, PA

A six-piece Philadelphia-area Dead tribute working the suburban brewery and tavern circuit.

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

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.

Pacifica, CA

Pacifica regulars playing the Dead catalog at Winters Tavern.

Orlando, FL · since 2020

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

Omaha, NE

An Omaha five-piece that works the small-town Iowa and Nebraska circuit playing mostly Dead.

Morristown, NJ · since 2018

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