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Dead & Company Concerts Kick Off Three-Weekend Golden Gate Park Music Series

City officials have closed roads and restricted paths to control crowds of about 60,000 per night and pave the way for two more weekends of events projected to generate $150 million.

From left, organist/vocalist Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, lead guitarist/vocalist Jerry Garcia, bassist Phil Lesh, drummer Bill Kreutzmann and rhythm guitarist/vocalist Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead perform their brand of psychedelic rock at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco in 1967.
Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead plays in front of a large crowd at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on May 7, 1969.
In an aerial view, an SF Muni N Judah train is seen wrapped in tie-dye colors on July 28, 2025, in San Francisco.
Hippies of the Haight-Ashbury celebrate the summer solstice in Golden Gate Park on June 21, 1967.

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