Today, veteran Grateful Dead tribute project Dark Star Orchestra announced a string of 2018 Spring Tour dates. The 14-date tour Southeast tour will feature performances in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina before closing out with their previously announced slot at April’s Wanee Festival.
The Spring Tour announcement comes on the heels of a big year for the band, which saw them celebrate its 20th anniversary in November at Albany, NY’s historic Palace Theatre. The band also just announced both their 7th Annual Dark Star Jubilee festival over this coming Memorial Day weekend (featuring Los Lobos, Hot Tuna, The Infamous Stringdusters, Melvin Seals & DSO performing a Jerry Garcia Band set, The Nth Power, Rumpke Mountain Boys, California Kind, Jeff Mattson & Friends, The Lil’ Smokies, Holly Bowling, Dino English Quintet featuring James Poole, and more) as well as their very special debut at Red Rocks in July of 2018, where they will recreate the Grateful Dead’s own storied Red Rocks show from July 8th, 1978–exactly 40 years later to the day.
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You can read the full list of newly announced Spring tour dates below. To purchase tickets to any of the Dark Star Orchestra Spring 2018 tour dates, or to check out a full list of upcoming performances, head to the band website.
Dark Star Orchestra Upcoming Tour Dates
3/30 : The Jefferson Theater : Charlottesville, VA
3/31 : Rams Head Live : Baltimore, MD
4/3 : The Hamilton : Washington, D.C.
4/4 : Harvester Performance Center : Rocky Mount, VA
4/6 : Buckhead Theatre : Atlanta, GA
4/7 : Buckhead Theatre : Atlanta, GA
4/8 : Avondale Brewing Company : Birmingham, AL
4/10 : The Orange Peel : Asheville, NC
4/12 : Charleston Music Hall : Charleston, SC
4/13 : The Fillmore Charlotte : Charlotte, NC
4/14 : Ritz Raleigh : Raleigh, NC
4/15 : Greenfield Lake Amphitheater : Greenfield, NC
4/17 : The Stage On Bay : Savannah, GA
4/19 : Wanee Festival : Live Oak, FL
[Cover photo via Mark Raker/DSO Facebook]