D&C 60th Anniversary Shows in GG Park

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Free shows in the park sounds fun.  Would be a latter era Wook-fest.

Free? LOL

The ship sailed last October when Phil died.

I've only seen D&C once back in 2015 and am not interested in them at all, but I just booked a room at the Seal Rock Inn just because 1) it could serve as wife's bday present / our anniversary present, 2) I used to live in the Richmond district for many years and love that neighborhood, 3) I was at Bill Graham memorial and Jerry's wake, 4) it will get me out of ever going to the Sphere, and 5) I can always cancel. 

A friend who has been to exactly one D$C show at the Sphere texted me last week about these shows and I told her there was no way they were happening because if they were I would have heard about them here. 

This has more potential to be Highgate than Summer of Love. 

Parking is going to be terrible.  

>>>I just booked a room at the Seal Rock Inn 

you have dates?  

>>>This has more potential to be Highgate than Summer of Love. 

Yes!!!

>>>>Parking is going to be terrible.  

Public Transportation.  Plenty of parkingn in the neighborhoods

SF Mayor Insta said 1,2,3 of August

I've never been to an Outside Lands so I can't imagine how they will fence off the Polo Fields for D&C. Do they hire an army of security guards? 

Right now as we speak, some dudes are probably out there in the middle of the field burying an NO2 tank.

(Maybe Lance will come out of retirement for this one and let us sneak in thru a hole in the fence.)

Zang yes the mayor's announcement in that link had those dates.

Someone said it''s the week before Outside Lands so maybe they figure they can share infrastructure.

" Dead & Company are planning a concert in Golden Gate Park to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead forming in 1965. The San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission will vote on issuing a permit for the anniversary concert this Thursday (May 15), paving the way for Another Planet Entertainment to promote the historic concert 10 years after the band celebrated their 50th anniversary with the Fare Thee Well concerts at Soldier Field in Chicago and Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.

Little is known about the concert outside a line item on a Thursday commission agenda which schedules time for a “Discussion and possible action to authorize staff to issue a permit to Another Planet Entertainment, to hold three ticketed concerts to honor the 60th Anniversary in 2025 of the Grateful Dead featuring Dead & Company in the Golden Gate Park and Polo Fields.”

The Aug. 1-3 concert would take place one week before Another Planet stages the Outside Lands Festival, Aug. 8-10.

The concerts are expected to be attended by 60,000 fans per day. A formal announcement of the concert is expected after the commission votes on the permit on May 15."

https://www.billboard.com/music/concerts/grateful-dead-60th-anniversary-...

What total fucking BULLSHIT!!!!

Is there no end to the greed and stupidity that has taken over from the Grateful Dead? 

I'll be in Lindley Meadows selling bunk acid all weekend. Propeller hat. You'll see me. 

>Is there no end to the greed and stupidity that has taken over from the Grateful Dead? <

The Grift that Keeps on Grifting  ?

They start setting up for Outside Lands weeks in advance. The entire area is fenced in. That festival runs very smoothly and has a ton of infrastructure as fas as food and beverage goes. It's a brilliant ideal to leverage all that. It won't be a clusterfuck at all and they have an opportunity to put a really nice event on.

I just got back from my second weekend this year at Sphere. The shows have been stellar! I for one am psyched for these shows!

I've seen people at Outside Lands lift the fence while 20 of their friends sneak in and scatter in all directions. Didn't seem too hard.

>>>can't imagine how they will fence off the Polo Fields for D&C. Do they hire an army of security guards<<<

They will put up a fence all around the perimeter of the field, and yes.
 

>>>The concerts are expected to be attended by 60,000 fans per day<<<

The Polo Field can hold 300,000+ so if they only sell 60,000 tix it will be a very roomy scene, but I would expect them to put capacity somewhere between 75,000 - 100,000. Based on the popularity of that band and the current situation where it is now not only mainstream acceptable but super cool to be a dead head, they could easily sell out 75,000 tix a day at $300.
 

>>>Maybe Lance will come out of retirement for this one and let us sneak in thru a hole in the fence<<<

Not gonna' happen, but I wouldn't do that even if I did.
 

Personally, I'd love to be there but I doubt I'll be able to make any based on the hassles of getting in & out, but I think it's very cool that this is going to happen and I would expect the scene and the shows to be very good and very memorable.

To me it won't be a 60th anniversary deal, it will be a celebration of the ongoing legacy of the band, an honoring of the fact that they have now been gone as long as they existed and yet are still as popular (or more) today as they ever were, 30 years after they stopped.

That's fucking amazing, and pretty fucking great.

Long live the Grateful Dead!!!!!!!

Parking is going to be terrible.  

i had pretty easy times(relative to SF in general) parking in the surrounding streets when i used to go to hsbg back when hellman was alive. i always found something in the 10 blocks south of polo  fields

>I'll be in Lindley Meadows selling bunk acid all weekend. Propeller hat. You'll see me. <

I'll be looking for Tatters because bunk might sorta be considered the theme of the weekend.

Holy crap I can't believe it's been 10 years already since the 50th!

I agree with what MarkD said.

Isn't this the same date as Jerry Day?

'll be looking for Tatters because bunk might sorta be considered the theme of the weekend.<<

Alan from DOWNTOWN!

That's a wrap on this thread. :)

"Isn't this the same date as Jerry Day?"

Jerry Day is on August 2. Guaranteed to be fun and affordable. Melvin and Stu will deliver the goods. Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, McLaren Park, that's where I will be!

One more Saturday night!.

According to SF Examiner web site:

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-city/sf-hosting-3-free-grateful-dead-60th-anniversary-concerts/article_ef578e9a-22cb-409c-991b-04ccbe66cd1c.html

"San Francisco is keen on keeping the party going in Golden Gate Park this August, with a series of free concerts dedicated to arguably The City’s most iconic band.

Local officials want to honor the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary this year with a trio of Dead & Company concerts at the Polo Field. The proposal, which Mayor Daniel Lurie and The City’s Recreation and Park Department introduced Monday, calls for three ticketed Dead & Company shows at the Polo Field between Aug 1-3."

i forsee this being my last hoo-rah, not with gd music in general, but with what remains of the artifice of an official "dead show". theres lots of other great, and often better live music out there ATM, but its still a unique and singular experience and im pretty sure these will be my last.

goodbye old friends.

I said Fare Thee Well at Niners stadium.

that'd be to far from the actual end for me. this isnt some next phase of my life or swearing off of going to dead shows for some reason or another, i just doubt there will be any more bay area/norcal shows or lineups id really want to travel for before the jig is genuinely up and the last 3 retire or check out that really fit the bill of a "dead show" in any meaningful way. which isnt to say that there wont be some kind of dead related thing that's musically as good or better, but IME there's always been a pretty universal understanding among a majority of fans which tour or band at the time is the "main" one and IME those shows do provide a unique vibe and experience, for better or for worse. also for better or for worse, maybe for worse, that band ATM is deadco...and there probably wont be another.

i never really saw deadco much at all during their lifetime, and as of now aside from an ill fated experience in marysville that involved john mayer scat singing during hes gone, those shows at niners stadium were my last ones also. however its just never felt right to me to have some kind of end of the road experience while there's still like a decade of tours still to be had...even if those tours weren't really my thing. ive always expected to have at least a few more experiences with shows like that and since im not gonna fly to vegas to see john mayer, it seems like this is it. ill still see JRAD and while i vastly prefer their music, its very much not the same kind of thing. 

>>>I said Fare Thee Well at Niners stadium<<<

Fare Thee Well??? But, to quote so many knowledgeable "experienced" dead heads back in 2015, "What total fucking BULLSHIT!!!! Is there no end to the greed and stupidity that has taken over from the Grateful Dead?"

Which BTW is the same thing that many dead heads of certain ages were saying in the 70's, 80's & 90's.

I'd say that a fair response to that now in 2025, just as in all those other various times is......... they're just concerts folks. That's all they are. Just concerts. And probably/maybe these will be pretty good ones that many people will enjoy.

But either way, maybe some people should ask themselves why these particular concerts upset them so much.

The endless, often desperate human need to feel superior is a fascinating subject, something I've tripped on most of my life, something that because of endless examples from myself and others I'll continue to trip on until my time is done.

In this particular case, again folks, they're just concerts. Concerts that many, many, many people will enjoy, concerts that will to some real degree be connected to that place and a time from long ago, concerts that will make new memories, concerts that will bring needed money to the park, the neighborhood and the city. Concerts that won't affect anyone who doesn't go in any way.

So go and have fun. Or don't go and tell yourselves you know better.

But in the end they're just going to be concerts, which in my personal experience is at the very least a fun thing to participate in.

God forbid people use the Grateful Dead to have fun.

Go to the fuckin' show.

Free Shoes

The only member of the current band celebrating 60 years is Bobby.

I'm going for holo-Jerry. The technology should be convincing by now.  (As long as I don't have to put on those stupid Meta glasses.)

3/5 of Ratdog with a different bass player, an "extra" drummer who can barely drum anymore, and Mayernaise on guitar.

What's not to like?

Quite a bit.

Free, but ticketed?

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-city/sf-hosting-3-free-grateful-dead...

Will there be an artisanal cheese and wine tent? Need more info before committing. 

Free may change my mind and it's been a while since I visited the San Francisco area. 

It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air

I've only seen Furthur in the park. Missed both Bill Graham and Jerry Memorial for family obligations. I'm going for the party and to hang out with friends. I'm not expecting to have my face melted.

Seating chart and ticket prices just released

You left out the Zoner Meet-Up spot outside the perimeter where scoffing and snarky comments will be strictly enforced.

> Free, but ticketed?

Probably an attempt to limit the size of the crowd. It's like they don't know us....

Sounds like the system adopted the last few years for the Stern Grove Festival, which is still a mess, but not as much bong! cuckoo as it used to be.

Free is good.

I just don't see how this will be free, my guess is the "free" part of the headline is error/rumor/wishful thinking. The production costs of this are just huge and it's not like there's enough time to line up corporate sponsors and all that. I expect we'll pay to play.

its the weekend before outside lands, so im guessing lots of infrastructure will be set up for OL, used for these shows, and will then be left up for OL, which will absorb a lot of the cost of putting on the deadco shows.

probably wouldn't be viable on any other weekend, and its also likely that the OL vending infrastructure, or at least part of it, will be set up to sell food merch and trinkets to bring in some cash. then on top of that the city obviously has some amount of funds available to host free public events that increase foot traffic to local businesses and whatnot.

i can see those 3 factors coming together to cover a lot or all of the costs for these shows. infrastructure already paid for via a paid festival, festival style food/trinket vending, plus some city funds. maybe we'll see some other paid comfort services or something. maybe a ben-gay station or vending machine?

And you think D&C is going to play gratis 3x for all the h3tty pham? Right...

If it's true Daniel Donato is replacing John Mayer then I'm putting in for time off, otherwise? Maybe? 

Mayor Levi Strauss can afford to foot the bill...

I don't have interest in this band but have begging for a free show in SF for decades.   Hard to pass.  

No way it's free.

Holy crap I can't believe it's been 10 years already since the 50th!>>>

And 10 years ago today @ Merriweather, the Don Was produced Thank You Jerry

And 10 years on Halloween, the debut of Dead Co @ MSG, a free concert that you still needed tickets....

The stage is on the same end of the Polo where I first saw Grateful Dead on May 7 1969- with Jefferson Airplane.   How ironic.

Seal Rock Inn-  I used to catch the 38 Geary there back in those days also.  Glad they reopened it.

I shall not attend - but I do sorely miss that great city.

I don't think AlanR map is correct. The stage will be on the western end of polo fields. A few years back the city tore up that section of grass and soccer field to install a concrete load-in to accommodate future concerts...

concerts like the Ben & Jerry shows and Bill Grahamn memorial were staged in the middle of  northern end of the field

paved paradise...

>I don't think AlanR map is correct.<

Klondike - you can believe anything I post that starts with the words, "I once.....".  Or stuff about stone carving and holography,

Anything posted next to a picture is sketchy.  That map is from the 1983 Women's Lacrosse League Championships Afterparty. Good times.

In addition to DeadCo and Jerry Day in McClaren Park there's also a free but ticketed show at Stern Grove  Sunday with Michael Franti.

City's gonna be hopping...

DeadCo zombies will absolutely ruin the McLaren Park event. 

Pretty hard to "ruin" a half assesd event....

it's both ruined & half assed.

best to steer clear...

I can't afford it...

emotionally.

August 1, 2, 3 at GAMH

Well, it's official. JGB is now just another GD cover band. What a shame. 

Permits approved

https://x.com/RecParkSF/status/1923084825046523910?

Site map included

https://sfrecpark.org/DocumentCenter/View/25998/Item-7-Staff-Report-GGP-...

$894,000 Free Concert

Somehow I've got a Bill Graham tirade etched in my brain...

nothing comes for free

Don't forget the $2 million insurance policy.

And the Super VIP area

i think that is the "very impoverished persons" section where they make sure some of the best free tickets go to low income individuals.

<<And the Super VIP area>>

I totally thought you were joking until i zoomed in.  Stunning and a complete opposite of the Grateful Dead ethos, but this isn't Grateful Dead even though it's a 60 year anniversary?

Guess i'm going to need to just listen to the music play. 

I'm glad they drew in the sight lines from the VIP areas on the map so the City Council members can ensure their view of the band.

Instagram video of approval meeting: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJuhS67hof2/?igsh=MnZ6MDkwb2g3YW1w

rumor mill: plus three shows at Folsom Field, CO ? and three at Madison Square Garden?

  ~ plus three shows at Folsom Field, CO ? and three at Madison Square Garden? ~

No love for Chicago?

Every mean thing said about John Mayer makes Baby Jesus cry.

Dude asks where's the "Shakedown" Street gonna be.

Commissioners probably thought that was a trick question...

in the alleys behind City Hall?