Believe me when I say the most important part of the Grateful Dead is… family. And that idea lives on in the northeast’s premier family-friendly festival celebrating the life and music of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia, known simply as Jerry Jam. Family is what the music creates and family is what this intimate festival full of music and kid friendly activities will create July 21st through the 23rd.

East Coast folks, mark your calendars for this incredible three-day weekend! A Rex Foundation Fundraiser.

Dylan Muhlberg of Grateful Web here with guitarist, singer, and songwriter Grahame Lesh, who cofounded Bay Area based folk rock band Midnight North five years ago.

Hey now! Don't miss the chance to attend a special one-night screening of Long Strange Trip in a theater near you on Thursday, May 25^th. L.A. and Tri-State area Heads can also pick up tickets for the limited theatrical run, Thursday, May 25 - Thursday, June 1st.

Grateful Web is throwing a party at The Lounge at The Boulder Theater! Join us every Tuesday leading up to Dead & Company at Folsom Field in Boulder, CO to enjoy specially curated shows in their entirety. In celebration of the Dead & Company shows, The Fox Theatre and Boulder Theater are hosting events from June 7th through June 11th – click here for more details!

It's an understatement to say improvisational guitar icon Steve Kimock has been keeping busy. He’s approaching an East Coast tour with his newest band KIMOCK featuring his son John Morgan Kimock on drums and frequent collaborator Leslie Mendelson on guitar and vocals.  He just wrapped up a successful yet unprecedented mini-tour of Japan.

The Grateful Dead played more than 2,000 concerts, but maybe none continues to spark interest and provoke discussion quite like the band's performance at Cornell University's Barton Hall on May 8, 1977. It is one of the most collected, traded, and debated concerts by any band ever, has topped numerous fan polls through the years, and was a favorite of the group's longtime archivist Dick Latvala, who stated: Enough can't be said about this superb show.

The most celebrated Grateful Dead show in history is finally getting its official release! The forces aligned for the Dead on May 8, 1977, at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; for what many hail the pinnacle performance of their 30-year career. So revered is the performance, that an audience recording of this show joined Prince’s Purple Rain and Dolly Parton’s Coat Of Many Colors as 2012’s inductees into the National Recording Registry of the U.S.

Head on out to your local record store this weekend to hear every note from CORNELL 5/8/77. There will also be grateful giveaways including Cornell prints, composition notebooks, tape-reel patches, and double-headed stealie stickers, while supplies last. Check with your retailer for full details including exact dates and times.

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Continuing the Grateful Dead concert experience in its 20th year, Dark Star Orchestra today announces special plans for The 40th Anniversary Shows as a celebration of the Dead’s infamous May 1977 tour.