David Gans

Here is a great opportunity to support young people keeping the Grateful Dead Songbook alive and well! The Barton Hills Choir is thrilled to travel to Berkeley, CA from their hometown of Austin, TX to perform music of the Grateful Dead and other choir classics with the incomparable David Gans and friends at the Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center THIS Saturday, July 22nd

TWO ALL AGES SHOWS at 2pm and 7pm

GARCIA SONGBOOK LIVE featuring JOE CRAVEN & DAVID GANS leading a full band in exploring Jerry’s songbook is back by popular demand, and this time they will be joined by MOOKIE SIEGEL for a special ALL AGES Sunday show at the Arthouse Gallery in Berkeley. 6 pm dinner show at a unique bohemian art gallery space!

Born out of a love for the Grateful Dead songbook and the jam band culture, the inaugural Dead Ends Live thrilled fans of this broad musical canvas last spring, just as things were shifting to some sort of normalcy.

KPFA’s annual Grateful Dead Marathon is this Saturday! Hosted by Tim Lynch and David Gans, the day's lineup will feature unreleased Grateful Dead music, a live performance by Peter Rowan, and lots more.

Tune in via the free nugs.net radio in the app, Saturday from 9am to 1am PT. To help keep the music going, pledge your support to KPFA.

Born out of a love for the Grateful Dead songbook and the jam band culture, the inaugural Dead Ends Live thrilled fans of this broad musical canvas last spring, just as things were shifting to some sort of normalcy.

Back by popular demand, we are excited to announce the return of GARCIA SONGBOOK LIVE to Ivy Room in the East Bay on Sunday January 22nd. JOE CRAVEN & DAVID GANS will lead an all-star band interpreting the Jerry Garcia Songbook like you have never heard it before. This will be an early dinner show and will feature a yummy gourmet wood-fired pizza pop-up from our friends at Hearth & Soul Pizza, or feel free to bring in dinner from your favorite neighborhood spot.

When it comes to the Grateful Dead family, the old saying, “The  whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” is epitomized by Deadheads the world over. Yet we would be remiss if we didn’t understand that this is due to the quality of the parts, and their relationship with one another. The whole cannot be greater than its parts if the parts do not serve the whole. And in the end, this is why the Grateful Dead survives. We come for the music, and stay for the family. And what a family we have become.

After two years of planning and working through the COVID pandemic, two Edmonton promoters have joined forces to present a new music festival in Edmonton, Dead Ends Live.

On the weekend of March 18 and 19, 2022, Edmontonians will be able to enjoy the first hotel-based indoor festival as Dead Ends Live presents a weekend based on music inspired by The Grateful Dead and the spirit of the Jam Band Scene.

The inaugural Days Between Festival, celebrating the legacy of late-Grateful Dead patriarch Jerry Garcia and the musical score he left embedded in our soul, was upbeat and a resounding success in northern Mendocino County, California on August 6 and 7, even amidst the rage of north-state wildfires and Covid-19 pandemic 2.0. Proof of vaccination or a negative, very-recent Covid test were required for entry.

Acclaimed guitarist Joe Marcinek and singer-songwriter David Gans, host of the Grateful Dead Hour and the Grateful Dead SiriusXM channel will play an evening of Bob Dylan and Grateful Dead tunes at the Fox Theatre in Boulder on Thursday, March 26 with drummer Adam Perry (Gasoline Lollipops, Yawpers) and surprise Colorado guests.

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