The Heart of Town, Grahame Lesh & Friends‘ all-star celebration of the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary, has teamed up with nugs to give Deadheads not making the trip to San Francisco a chance to take part in the celebration with a series of full-show streams.
On Thursday, July 31st, when The Heart of Town kicks off at Mission Rock at Pier 48 with an 8:00 p.m. PT show, nugs will livestream the festivities in real-time. For the Friday, August 1st and Saturday, August 2nd shows, which will start late after Dead & Company at Golden Gate Park, nugs will capture the action and air the stream the full videos as delayed premieres on Tuesday, August 5th and Wednesday August 6th at 8:00 p.m. ET. Read more about the three-day event here.
All three The Heart of Town streams are available for nugs All Access subscribers to watch at no additional cost. Not a subscriber yet? Get started with nugs All Access here to access theses streams as well as the rest of nugs’ vast audio and video archives and nightly livestreams from various other artists and events for no additional cost. Pro tip: To mark 60 years of the Grateful Dead’s music, nugs is throwing in a free 60-day All Access subscription with the purchase of any Dead & Company Golden Gate Park pay-per-view livestream. Order your Dead & Company Golden Gate Park pay-per-view livestreams here and get access to the three The Heart of Town streams and much more free for 60 days. [Editor’s note: Live For Live Music is a nugs affiliate. Purchasing your pay-per-view livestreams or subscribing to nugs All Access via the links on this page helps support our work covering the Dead and the rest of the live music universe. Thank you for reading!]
The Heart of Town, presented by the San Francisco Giants and Relix, will begin on Thursday night with Grahame Lesh & Friends featuring Al Schnier, Alex Koford, Andy Frasco, Bill Nershi, Elliott Peck, Eric Krasno, Garrett Deloian, Griffin Goldsmith, Holly Bowling, Ivan Neville, Jeremy Hoenig, John Kadlecik, John Molo, JP McLean, Maggie Rose, Melvin Seals, Nathan Graham, Nicki Bluhm, Pete Sears, Peter Rowan, Roger McNamee, Sam Grisman, Stephen Stills, Taylor Goldsmith, and Tony Hall. Tune in live beginning at 8:00 p.m. PT on July 31st here.
Friday’s The Heart of Town lineup will feature Grahame Lesh alongside another group of talented friends including Alex Koford, Aron Magner, Cody Dickinson, Duane Betts, Elliott Peck, Jake Brownstein, Jason Crosby, Kanika Moore, Karl Denson, Leslie Mendelson, Luther Dickinson, Nathan Graham, Neal Francis, Nicki Bluhm, Reed Mathis, Scott Law, Tom Hamilton, Trevor Weekz, and members of BERTHA: Grateful Drag. Tune in to the premiere of the Friday, August 1st show on nugs on Tuesday, August 5th at 8:00 p.m. ET here.
Finally, the party will come to a climax with one more Saturday night of collaboration and celebration featuring Lesh alongside Adam Deitch, Alex Koford, Cotter Ellis, Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz, Elliott Peck, Eric Krasno, Erick “Jesus” Coomes, Jackie Greene, Jennifer Hartswick, John Lee Shannon, John Medeski, Kanika Moore, Karina Rykman, Mikaela Davis, Natalie Cressman, Nathan Graham, Robert Randolph, Steve Molitz, Stuart Bogie, and Zion Godchaux. Tune in to the premiere of the Saturday, August 2nd show on nugs on Wednesday, August 6th at 8:00 p.m. ET here.
