Article Contributed by Missing Piece Group
Published on 2026-07-14
July 14, 2026 – Today, Jerry Garcia Band tribute experience Jerry’s Middle Finger has announced an extensive ten-show tour featuring stops in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and more. Known for breathing fresh life into the catalog that sounds as vital today as it did decades ago and for their synergistic relationship with their fans, known as the “Fingerheads,” the band will also be making their inaugural performances in the Southeast, including stops in Raleigh, NC, Tampa, FL, and St. Augustine, FL. The East Coast tour will follow a twelve-show West Coast run through Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, and more. For a full list of tour dates, please see below or visit jerrysmiddlefinger.com.
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The announcement follows the release of Halloween Live at Felton Music Hall, October 31, 2025, their fifth release in a recurring series. With each album capturing the depth of the band’s live experience in a different light, the album follows their double-sided full-length debut, Live at the Chapel, San Francisco, May 30, 2025, a powerful, immersive introduction to the Jerry’s Middle Finger live experience; Live at Lark Hall Albany, May 10th, 2024; Jerry Day Live at Sweetwater, August 1, 2024, a celebration of the jamband icon’s birthday; and Live At Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, Denver, November 22, 2025. Each release further shines a light on JMF’s striking ability to virtuosically play Jerry Garcia Band’s music — a blend of blues, reggae, Motown, gospel, and psychedelic rock, performed from the early 1970s up until his passing in 1995 — with sincere reverence for the original material.
Three decades after the loss of Jerry Garcia, the close-knit band of musicians are carrying the torch for his distinctive sound and broadcasting it to a new generation, upholding Garcia’s dedication to camaraderie and community-building by creating their own family-like experience onstage. Naming their fans the "Fingerheads," they have a special way of connecting with their audience nationwide, making them feel like family when they're at a JMF show.
Beyond the honoring of the legend, the band is known to bring their own flair to the music, using their own influences to push themselves deeper into the material. Lead guitarist and singer Garrett Deloian is a seasoned veteran of the blues circuit, having toured heavily with GRAMMY-winning blues artists as a versatile guitarist capable of replicating other players’ tone, and keyboardist Jon Gold has collaborated with musicians like Danny Elfman. Drummer Rodney Newman has also released indie-folk music as a solo artist, while vocalists Halina Janusz and Lisa Malsberger, affectionately known as “The Ladyfingers,” take the audience to church with their striking, gospel-inspired harmonies. Whether audiences have seen Jerry Garcia perform hundreds of times or were born after his time on earth, this much is true: JMF makes you feel like he’s still here.
Tour Dates:
July 17-18 – Half Moon Bay, CA – Old Princeton Landing
August 6 – Bend, OR – Tower Theatre
August 7 – Seattle, WA – Hidden Hall
August 8 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
August 9 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
August 29 – South Lake Tahoe, CA – The Hanger
August 30 – Nicasio, CA – Rancho Nicasio
September 4 – Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether
September 5 – San Diego, CA – Music Box
September 18 – Laytonville, CA – The Hog Farm Celebration
September 19 – Orinda, CA – Siesta Valley Bowl
October 14 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl
October 15 – Ardmore, PA – Ardmore Music Hall
October 16 – Albany, NY – Lark Hall
October 17 – Red Bank, NJ – The Vogel
October 18 – Washington D.C. – The Hamilton
October 20 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
October 21 – Asheville, NC – Third Room
October 23 – Stuart, FL – Terra Fermata
October 24 – Tampa, FL – Zodiac Live
October 25 – St. Augustine, FL – Colonial Oak Music Park
