Dead & Company – Live in Golden Gate Park
August 1, 2, & 3, 2025 – San Francisco, CA
This summer, the music plays the band — and it plays right back where it all began.
Dead & Company return to Golden Gate Park for three unforgettable nights, August 1–3, bringing the spirit of the Grateful Dead home to San Francisco. Fresh off a second high-tech, mind-bending run at the Las Vegas Sphere, the band is trading LED immersion for redwoods and the warm soul of the Bay.
Each night features a 75-minute set from a different heavyweight opener, and the curation is no less than cosmic:
- August 1: Billy Strings, the face-melting space-grass prodigy, spins tradition into astral jams.
- August 2: Sturgill Simpson, the enigmatic, psychonautical outlaw, returns to the stage with rare, fire-tested fervor.
- August 3: Trey Anastasio Band, ready to rain down 75 minutes of phresh jams and phunk for all.
That’s three nights, three musical worlds, all orbiting around the gravitational pull of Dead & Company.
San Francisco and the Dead are inseparable. From Tupac’s collaboration with Bruce Hornsby, Robin Williams emceeing Jerry Day in Golden Gate Park, and the unerasable, painted imprint of Haight-Ashbury and the Panhandle, this city is part of the Dead’s DNA.
Though the lineup continues to evolve, the mission remains the same. As Jerry Garcia said, “The goal is for the music to outlive us all.” Dead & Company embodies that legacy, not just recreating it but evolving it in real time.
Dead & Company lineup:
- Bob Weir (Grateful Dead, Wolf Bros) – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead, Planet Drum) – drums, cosmic energy
- Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band, Aquarium Rescue Unit) – bass, vocals
- Jeff Chimenti (RatDog, Bob Weir & Wolf Bros) – keyboards
- Jay Lane (Primus, RatDog, Wolf Bros) – drums
- John Mayer (solo artist, Continuum, Born and Raised) – lead guitar, vocals
These are players in the band, yes — but the spirit of the Dead is bigger than any one of them. It’s in the songs. It’s in the sky above the park. It’s in the people.
Come early. Stay late. Pack water, snacks, and your weirdest shirt. This is history — one that only San Francisco could host.
