Grateful Dead setlist, May 3, 1986

Cal Expo Amphitheatre
Sacramento, California

Why it’s special: The Race Is On busted out after 303 shows.

17 songs in two sets. Night 25 of 1986’s 46.

Set one

  1. Cold Rain and Snow
  2. The Race Is On (bust-out: first in 303 shows, since 10/16/81)
  3. They Love Each Other
  4. See See Rider Blues
  5. High Time
  6. Beat It on Down the Line
  7. Promised Land
  8. Deal

Set two

  1. Scarlet Begonias
  2. Fire on the Mountain
  3. Man Smart, Woman Smarter
  4. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
  5. Drums
  6. Space
  7. The Other One
  8. Comes a Time
  9. Sugar Magnolia

Previous night: April 22, 1986, Berkeley Community Theatre
Next night: May 4, 1986, Cal Expo Amphitheatre

Every night of 1986 · All of Grateful Dead

With scripts on, this page draws it as a star chart: every song a point of light, a night traced as a constellation, and a free 16 × 20 Setprint poster of your night. Setlists from setlist.fm. An independent fan project, not affiliated with Grateful Dead. Privacy & credits

Setprint

Relive your favorite set

Every song your band played that night, drawn as a constellation. Find the show you were at, watch the set play back song by song, and keep it as a print.

How it works

  1. Pick your band. Every song they’ve played live is a point of light on the dial: the brighter, the more often played.
  2. Find your night. Search a date, venue or city, and watch that night’s setlist draw itself, song by song, with its debuts, liberations and guests.
  3. Get your Setprint. A free 16 × 20 poster of the night, ready to print and frame.

Privacy & credits

magnitudes, in nights played

Setting the plate…

Get my Setprint

This night as a 16 × 20 in poster, ready to print.

It downloads right away. Now and then we’ll write when a new band lands; unsubscribe anytime.