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