| 1952 |
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The Fillmore opens |
| 1962 |
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Pigpen meets Jerry on the San Mateo Peninsula coffeehouse circuit |
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Bill hears Jerry, Pigpen, & Hunter play at the Tangent in Palo Alto |
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Phil hears Jerry play at a party at the Chateau |
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10/?? |
Bobby meets Jerry backstage at the Tangent in Palo Alto |
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12/31 |
Bobby jams with Jerry at Dana Morgan's music store |
| 1965 |
5/05 |
Magoo's Pizza Parlor first paid Warlocks gig |
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10/16 |
A Tribute to Dr. Strange first psychedelic dance in San Francisco, first Family Dog dance |
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11/06 |
Warlocks meet Bill Graham at a Family Dog benefit for the Mime Troupe |
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12/01 |
Acid Tests organizer Ken Kesey enlists Warlocks as house band |
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12/04 |
San Jose Acid Test first Grateful Dead show |
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12/10 |
The Fillmore venue's first Dead show, produced by Bill Graham |
| 1966 |
1/07 |
The Matrix venue's first Dead show |
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1/21 |
Trips Festival |
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2/04 |
The Fillmore's first non-benefit concert, produced by Bill Graham |
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5/19 |
Avalon Ballroom venue's first Dead show |
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5/27 |
Family Dog organizer's first Dead show |
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6/03 |
Golden Gate Park venue's first Dead show |
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7/29 |
Vancouver first Dead show outside US |
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9/04 |
The Fillmore venue's first headline by Grateful Dead |
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10/06 |
Love Pageant Rally protests illegalization of LSD in California |
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10/07 |
Winterland Arena venue's first Dead show |
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12/31 |
The Fillmore first New Years Eve Dead show |
| 1967 |
1/14 |
The Great Human Be-In at Polo Field |
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6/01 |
Tompkins Square Park first East Coast Dead show |
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6/18 |
Monterey Pop Festival |
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8/06 |
Expo 67 |
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9/29 |
Mickey joins the band on drums & percussion  |
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12/13 |
Dark Star performed live first time, at the Shrine Auditorium |
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12/26 |
Village Theater venues' first Dead show, later renamed the Fillmore East |
| 1968 |
2/14 |
Carousel Ballroom opens with the Grateful Dead |
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6/14 |
Fillmore East venue's first Dead show |
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6/19 |
Carousel Ballroom venue's last Dead show |
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7/01 |
Fillmore West formerly the Carousel Ballroom, renamed by Bill Graham |
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12/06 |
The Spectrum venue's first show at home base for NY/NJ/PA Deadheads |
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12/31 |
Winterland Arena venue's first New Years Eve Dead show |
| 1969 |
4/06 |
Avalon Ballroom venue's last Dead show |
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6/22 |
Central Park |
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8/15 |
Woodstock Festival |
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12/06 |
Altamont Music Festival |
| 1970 |
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Great Canadian Train Ride first TV broadcast of live concert with FM simulcast |
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5/01 |
An Evening with the Grateful Dead (and NRPS) concert format debuts |
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5/02 |
Harpur College |
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5/24 |
Hollywood Festival first European Dead audience, England |
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9/20 |
David Grisman sits in with the Dead at the Fillmore East |
| 1971 |
4/?? |
Winterland Arena is almost closed down when Electric Kool Aid is distributed |
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4/17 |
Princeton University |
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4/29 |
Fillmore East venue's last Dead show |
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7/02 |
Fillmore West venue's last Dead show |
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8/06 |
Hollywood Palladium |
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12/05 |
Felt Forum |
| 1973 |
6/09 |
RFK Stadium |
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7/27 |
Watkins Glen |
| 1974 |
3/23 |
Wall of Sound full system debuts |
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10/20 |
Tour hiatus begins following Winterland farewell |
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8/06 |
Roosevelt Stadium |
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10/16 |
Winterland Arena 5 night Dead farewell series |
| 1976 |
6/03 |
Grateful Dead touring resumes |
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Drumz debut |
| 1977 |
9/03 |
Englishtown |
| 1978 |
1/22 |
McArthur Court |
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7/07 |
Red Rocks venue's first Dead show |
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9/14 |
Egypt 3 day series at the pyramids |
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11/17 |
First acoustic set performed in 8 years |
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12/31 |
Winterland Arena venue's last Dead show |
| 1979 |
1/07 |
Madison Square Garden venue's first Dead show |
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2/17 |
Oakland Coliseum venue's first Dead show |
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The Beast percussion set becomes a concert standard |
| 1980 |
9/25 |
Warfield Theater 15 night series |
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9/25 |
One acoustic/two electric sets concert format debuts |
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10/22 |
Radio City Music Hall 8 night series |
| 1981 |
10/15 |
Milky Way Amsterdam 2 night series |
| 1982 |
9/05 |
US Festival |
| 1983 |
3/29 |
Grateful Dead Ticket Sales first mail order concert |
| 1984 |
10/27 |
Taping Section established |
| 1986 |
7/~ |
The Dead tour with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty |
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7/10 |
Jerry lapses into a near-fatal diabetic coma for 5 days |
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12/15 |
Grateful Dead return to performing 5 months after Jerry emerges from coma |
| 1987 |
7/10 |
Bob Dylan tours with Grateful Dead |
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8/13 |
Red Rocks venue's last Dead show |
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10/15 |
Lunt-Fontanne Theater sell-out shows by Garcia bands |
| 1988 |
6/25 |
Bruce opens for and jams with Grateful Dead in Ohio |
| 1989 |
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Grateful Dead third in concert grosses behind the Rolling Stones and The Who |
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10/08 |
Formerly the Warlocks play 2 nights at Hampton Coliseum, VA |
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10/1? |
Fan dies after breaking his neck outside of a show at the NJ Meadowlands |
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12/0? |
Fan dies while in police custody at the Los Angeles Forum |
| 1991 |
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Grateful Dead become the top-grossing band in the US, with 79 concerts |
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11/03 |
Bill Graham Memorial Concert |
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12/31 |
Last New Years Eve Dead show - in honor of Bill Graham |
| 1994 |
5/15 |
Phil guest conducts the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra |
| 1995 |
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Grateful Dead among top-grossing artists in North American venues |
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Grateful Dead among top-grossing artists in North American tours 1985-1995 |
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6/15 |
Tour from Hell begins |
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6/2? |
2 fans fall from the upper tier at RFK |
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6/25 |
Lightning strikes 3 fans before a show |
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7/02 |
Venue destruction causes a show cancellation the following night |
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7/06 |
Collapsed structure injures 108 fans, 2 others OD |
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7/09 |
Soldier Field last Grateful Dead show ever |
| 1996 |
6/20 |
Furthur Festival debut |
| 2001 |
12/31 |
Bob, Phil, Bill & Mickey play together for the first time since 1995 |
