Dark Star Orchestra has been a fan-favorite Grateful Dead-inspired act for decades. The group is a well-known road dog, extensively and regularly touring the country and bringing their exacting recreations of specific Grateful Dead shows to the masses. Today, the band has announced their plans to end 2018 with a four-date Cosmic New Year’s tour, ringing in 2019 at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, New Jersey, on December 30th and 31st. These newly announced dates pair with the band’s announcement of a 16-date second leg of their fall tour.

Focusing heavily on the East Coast, for their fall tour, Dark Star Orchestra will wind through New England’s familiar towns, including multiple-night stands in at Huntington, NY’s The Paramount; Richmond, VA’s The National; and Philadelphia, PA’s Electric Factory; as well as their return to Washington, D.C.’s The Anthem.

Additionally, Dark Star Orchestra has plans into 2019, highlighted by their seventh-annual Jamaican Jam in the Sand festival, happening January 15th through 19th in Runaway Bay, Jamaica. Featuring a beachside stage and located at an all-inclusive resort, the destination festival features four nights of Dark Star Orchestra, plus two sets of The Wailers, and three sets from Green Leaf Rustlers. Limited packages remain with complete information available here.

Check out the video below, of Dark Star Orchestra’s debut performance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, earlier this summer, where they took on recreating the Grateful Dead setlist from July 8th, 1978, 40 years to the day at the same stage the original set occurred.

For more information about ticketing or the group, head to their website here.

Dark Star Orchestra Fall 2018 Tour + Cosmic New Year’s Run: 

9/27 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
9/28 – Riverside Theatre – Milwaukee, WI
9/29 – The Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL
10/1 – Monarch Music Hall – Peoria, IL
10/3 – Mercury Ballroom – Louisville, KY
10/4 – The Pageant – St. Louis, MO
10/5 – Egyptian Room – Indianapolis, IN
10/6 – Majestic Theatre – Detroit, MI
10/8 – The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI
10/10 – The Clyde – Fort Wayne, IN
10/11 – House Of Blues – Cleveland, OH
10/12 – Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA
10/13 – Express Live – Columbus, OH
11/9 – Lowell, MA – Lowell Memorial Auditorium
11/10 – Ithaca, NY – State Theatre of Ithaca
11/11 – Northampton, MA – Calvin Theatre
11/13 – S. Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
11/15 – Portland, ME – State Theatre, Portland, Maine
11/16 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
11/17 – Albany, NY – Palace Theatre
11/18 – Peekskill, NY – Paramount Hudson Valley
11/20 – Concord, NH – Capitol Center for the Arts
11/21 – Jim Thorpe, PA – Penn’s Peak
11/23 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount
11/24 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount
11/28 – Richmond, VA – The National
11/29 – Richmond, VA – The National
11/30 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVA
12/1 – Washington, D.C. – The Anthem
12/28 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
12/29 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
12/30 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater
12/31 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater

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