Jerry’s birthday brings sweet news for Front Range Deadheads: Melvin Seals & JGB return to the Boulder Theater for two nights, Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1, 2025, with an immersive Halloween light experience by Liquid JPEG turning the room into a swirling, analog-meets-digital dream. Presented by 97.3 KBCO, doors open at 7:00 pm and the show starts at 8:00 pm both nights. General admission (limited seating) and tickets for both nights are available now.

Lucius have dropped a five-song EP, Live From World Cafe, as a pay-what-you-can release on Bandcamp, with 100% of proceeds pledged to WXPN and its widely syndicated music program, World Cafe. Recorded at WXPN in Philadelphia on May 22, 2025, the EP is available now through Sunday, August 3.

This fall, Autzen Stadium will once again look a little more like Shakedown Street than your typical Pac-12 (make that Big Ten) Saturday. When the Oregon Ducks host the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday, October 25, 2025, the university is inviting fans to stage a full-stadium tie-dye out—a one-of-a-kind “Grateful Ducks” celebration that nods to Eugene’s deep bond with the Grateful Dead.

Why Oregon + the Dead makes perfect sense

Wild Honey Foundation and the Zevon Family will present Meet Me in L.A.; The Songs of Warren Zevon on October 24, 2025 at 8 p.m. at the United Theater, 929 S. Broadway, in Downtown Los Angeles. Tickets will be placed on pre-sale Tuesday August 5th at 10 a.m., and on public sale August 8 at 10 a.m.

Crucial Reggae Sundays returns to the historic Bandshell at the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park with free, family‑friendly reggae every Sunday from 4:20 to 7:30 pm, running through mid‑November.

Revered folk duo The Milk Carton Kids—Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale—return to Colorado this fall with Sad Songs for the Off Season at the Boulder Theater on Sunday, October 19, 2025. Doors open at 7:00 pm; show at 8:00 pm.

Dogfish Head is raising a can to 60 years of Grateful Dead history. Just in time for Dead & Company’s three-night stand in Golden Gate Park, August 1–3, the Delaware craft-brew pioneers are dropping a limited‑edition Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale 60th Anniversary can—a colorful, collectible nod to the band’s enduring legacy and the community that’s kept the music (and the dancing) alive.

From coast to coast, Kerouac’s vision of the American highway rolls onto the big screen—with more cities to be announced soon.

Acclaimed Santa Cruz, California string-band AJ Lee & Blue Summit have announced their highly-anticipated EP, Cover To Cover V1 will be released digitally October 17th via Signature Sounds. Cover To Cover V1 is available for pre-save here.  An extensive tour is underway including RockyGrass, Bluegrass in La Roche, Bourbon and Beyond, and Pickin’ in the Pines festivals. The band will also unite with East Nash Grass for a co-headlining tour in November.

Ella Feingold was a kid in the late ’90s when she slipped into the Regatta Bar and watched Charlie Hunter and Leon Parker bend time. She left with her brain rewired, certain of one thing: that kind of feel was rare air. What she couldn’t have imagined then is the full‑circle moment that fuels Different Strokes for Different Folks—a raw, two‑guitar dialogue where Feingold and Hunter meet as peers, friends, and fearless explorers of groove.