The Music Never Stopped

Played live by Grateful Dead on 235 nights, 11% of shows.

First: August 13, 1975 at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California
Last: July 3, 2015 at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Nights per year

1975: 2 · 1976: 30 · 1977: 29 · 1978: 22 · 1979: 15 · 1980: 13 · 1981: 8 · 1982: 4 · 1983: 6 · 1984: 7 · 1985: 8 · 1986: 6 · 1987: 12 · 1988: 13 · 1989: 7 · 1990: 6 · 1991: 12 · 1992: 7 · 1993: 10 · 1994: 11 · 1995: 6 · 2015: 1

Most in 1976: 30 nights.

Next

  1. Scarlet Begonias: 31 times
  2. China Cat Sunflower: 22 times
  3. Bertha: 19 times
  4. Don't Ease Me In: 18 times
  5. Samson and Delilah: 14 times
  6. Sugaree: 12 times

Before

  1. Tennessee Jed: 27 times
  2. Brown-Eyed Women: 13 times
  3. Peggy-O: 12 times
  4. Big Railroad Blues: 12 times
  5. Bird Song: 11 times
  6. Loser: 10 times

Latest nights

  1. July 3, 2015: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
  2. June 28, 1995: The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan
  3. June 22, 1995: Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
  4. May 29, 1995: Portland Meadows, Portland, Oregon
  5. April 5, 1995: Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum, Birmingham, Alabama
  6. March 22, 1995: Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
  7. February 21, 1995: Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
  8. December 9, 1994: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
  9. October 7, 1994: CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  10. September 18, 1994: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California

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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  1. Pick your band. Every song they’ve played live is a point of light on the dial: the brighter, the more often played.
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  3. Get your Setprint. A free 16 × 20 poster of the night, ready to print and frame.

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