Dark Star

Played live by Grateful Dead on 248 nights, 12% of shows.

First: January 17, 1968 at Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California
Last: June 27, 2015 at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California

Nights per year

1968: 42 · 1969: 69 · 1970: 29 · 1971: 12 · 1972: 31 · 1973: 19 · 1974: 6 · 1978: 1 · 1979: 2 · 1981: 1 · 1984: 1 · 1989: 4 · 1990: 8 · 1991: 9 · 1992: 7 · 1993: 4 · 1994: 2 · 2015: 1

Most in 1969: 69 nights.

Next

  1. St. Stephen: 94 times
  2. Drums: 29 times
  3. Morning Dew: 14 times
  4. China Cat Sunflower: 11 times
  5. Eyes of the World: 10 times
  6. Sugar Magnolia: 8 times

Before

  1. Morning Dew: 12 times
  2. Good Morning, School Girl: 11 times
  3. That's It for the Other One: 10 times
  4. Mountains of the Moon: 10 times
  5. Me and My Uncle: 9 times
  6. Big River: 9 times

Latest nights

  1. June 27, 2015: Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
  2. March 30, 1994: The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia
  3. March 16, 1994: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois
  4. September 22, 1993: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
  5. September 13, 1993: Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  6. June 23, 1993: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana
  7. March 17, 1993: Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland
  8. December 16, 1992: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
  9. December 12, 1992: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
  10. June 22, 1992: Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater, Burgettstown, Pennsylvania

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

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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.

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