Warren Haynes, John Medeski, Avett Brothers & More Tapped For Jerry Garcia Tribute Concerts

Follow last year’s successful Dear Jerry: Celebrating the Music of Jerry Garcia all-star tribute concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, organizers Blackbird Presents and the Jerry Garcia Family have announced another pair tributes to the late Grateful Dead guitarist. The two-night Dear Jerry: Let’s Play 2 event is slated for October 14 in Washington D.C. and October 15 in Fairfax, Virginia.

Billed as “Jerry Uncovered” the first all-star concert will be held at DAR Constitution Hall and will concentrate on the Jerry Garcia Band repertoire. Warren Haynes, John Medeski, Alison Krauss, Jamey Johnson, Don Was and Raymond Weber will appear in Washington D.C., with more acts to be revealed soon.

EagleBank Arena in Fairfax will host the second all-star tribute the following night featuring The Avett Brothers with special guest Warren Haynes joining them for a show billed “This Is 30!” That evening’s performance will feature a re-creation of a JGB concert from October 1986 in honor of Garcia’s return to the stage following a diabetic coma earlier that year.

Tickets go on sale this Thursday, September 1 at 10 a.m. ET. More information regarding Dear Jerry: Let’s Play 2 can be found via this link.

On October 14 – the day of the first Dear Jerry: Let’s Play 2 concert – the Dear Jerry: Celebrating The Music Of Jerry Garcia concert will be released on multiple formats including Blu-ray, DVD, CD and digital download. The show featured the Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, moe., the Disco Biscuits, Widespread Panic and more.

[Hat Tip – Rolling Stone]