[Update 5/23/25]: This dude’s questions have been answered: Tickets for Dead & Company’s three-night run at Golden Gate Park featuring support from Billy StringsSturgill Simpson, and Trey Anastasio Band go on sale next Friday. But, like, where is Shakedown, though, man?


[5/16/25]: While San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie made the titillating announcement earlier this week that Dead & Company will play three nights at Golden Gate Park this summer to celebrate the Grateful Dead‘s 60th anniversary, it turned out there were still a few hoops to jump through. Since the concerts will be held at a city park, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission had to host a public forum and vote to approve the event’s permits during its monthly meeting at City Hall on Thursday.

Members of the community were encouraged to present comments and concerns about what is sure to be a massive celebration for one of San Francisco’s greatest cultural exports, but one Dead & Company fan who spoke during the forum was already thinking ahead. His concern: where can I get tickets?

In a clip from the publicly streamed proceedings, an engaged community member later identified as Johnny Greavu approaches the council to make his voice heard. “There’s gonna be massive demand for this, how are tickets gonna be distributed?” Greavu asked the commission. “Is there gonna be some sort of lottery, are tickets gonna go on sale at a certain date?”

One councilperson quickly informs Greavu that this public hearing was only to hear comments from the community, noting “The commissioners can’t answer your questions, but you can continue talking,” which would also make a pretty accurate boilerplate response for asking the same question in one of the infinite Grateful Dead Facebook fan groups.

Despite being told that the commission cannot answer questions, Greavu immediately followed up with, “Where is Shakedown gonna be?” He then gave the mayor-appointed officials a crash course in the traveling, free market bazaar that has followed members of the Grateful Dead from city to city for decades. Giving his expertise as an informed citizen, he cautioned the commission, “That should be planned.”

Once again, the officials informed Greavu that they could not answer any questions before he yielded the rest of his time.

The Commission eventually voted to approve the permits for the concerts. “It’s official,” the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department posted on its X account following the meeting, adding that an “official announcement” from Dead & Company is “coming soon.”

Watch Johnny Greavu ask the questions Dead & Company fans want to know about tickets to the band’s upcoming three-night run in San Francisco. The Grateful Dead offshoot has yet to announce any ticket details for the concerts or even acknowledge their existence. Dead & Company are at Sphere this weekend, wrapping up their 18-show Dead Forever residency in Las Vegas with a final three-night stand of shows. Tickets are available on Ticketmaster, and considering the Dead & Company San Francisco shows are co-presented by Live Nation, odds are tickets for those shows will be on Ticketmaster, as well.