With another successful Thanksgiving in the books, families across America find themselves rushing department stores for the new post-Thanksgiving tradition:Â Black Friday. We’re having our own Black Friday special at L4LM, serving up some of the best day-after-Thanksgiving performances throughout the years. And it’s totally free!
If that’s not the best deal around, we don’t know what is. Enjoy some Black Friday jams…
Black Friday, 1978: Grateful Dead at The Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ
Black Friday, 1980: Grateful Dead at Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, FL
Black Friday, 1994: Phish at The UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL
Black Friday, 1994: Widespread Panic at National Guard Armory, Chattanooga, TN
Black Friday, 1997: moe. at the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
Black Friday, 2000: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at Beacon Theatre, New York, NY
Black Friday, 2002: The Other Ones at Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
Black Friday, 2004: Railroad Earth (opening for SCI) at Tweeter Center, Camden, NJ
Black Friday, 2008: Derek Trucks Band at The McGlohon Theater, Charlotte, NC
Black Friday, 2008: Greensky Bluegrass at Bell’s Brewery, Kalamazoo, MI
Black Friday, 2009: The Disco Biscuits at Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
Black Friday, 2010: Papadosio at the Rex Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
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Black Friday, 2011: Umphrey’s McGee at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
Black Friday, 2011: String Cheese Incident at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC
Black Friday, 2012: Leftover Salmon at Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO
Black Friday, 2013: Pearl Jam at Moda Center, Portland, OR
Black Friday, 2014: Foo Fighters at Showbox Seattle, WA
[All credit belongs to the individual tapers of each show. For more information, click the Archive/YouTube embed to find out who captured each of these beautiful concert moments in time. We’re thankful for you!]