Overview

• Dead & Company closed its sold-out Golden Gate Park residency on August 3, drawing an estimated 180,000 fans to mark six decades of the Grateful Dead.
• San Francisco’s hotel industry reported full bookings at properties including the Hilton and Fairmont, while Haight-Ashbury shops and restaurants said it was their busiest weekend of the year.
• Each night featured unique setlists and surprise guest spots from Sturgill Simpson, Billy Strings, Trey Anastasio and Grahame Lesh, underscoring the event’s musical variety.
• Fans of all ages—from grandparents who saw the original band to children born after Jerry Garcia’s death—gathered under the Summer of Love–era ethos amid citywide art installations and preregistration tributes like Jerry Day.
• Citing the weekend’s surge, city leaders are lining up follow-on concerts including next week’s Outside Lands festival, a free Shaboozey show at Civic Center Plaza and October’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.