Charitable eBay Auction For Fare Thee Well Tickets Announced
By Andy Kahn Jun 8, 2015 • 11:50 am PDT
UPDATE 6/8 11:45 a.m.: The #ParticipationRow charity auction for Grateful Dead shows now includes “Pit” tickets right in front of the stage. Head here to bid or for more info. 
The eBay auctions will feature a pair of tickets for each show, including GA floor and reserved seating with bids beginning at face value. Every two days until the end of June will see a new pair of tickets up for auction. Proceeds from the sales will be split among the selected charities such as The Rex Foundation, The Unbroken Chain Foundation, The Rainforest Action Network, SEVA and HeadCount.
In addition to the auctions, the Fare Thee Well concerts will also included a dedicated area called Participation Row featuring each of the band-selected charities for fans to interact with. Other activities in Participation Row will include a silent auction for a one-of-a-kind D’Angelico commemorative guitar signed by all the performers, a food drive from the hunger organization Conscious Alliance, and the distribution of free, limited edition Fare Thee Well postcards illustrated by longtime Grateful Dead poster artists.
Participation Row is being organized by HeadCount and will host such organizations as Surfrider, The Owsley Stanley Foundation, The Hidden Wings School, Love Hope, Strength, REVERB, Oxfam, Represent.US, The Multidisciplinary Association for the Study of Psychedelics and Rock the Earth. More information on Participation Row can be found here.
Grateful Dead original members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, will be joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti for the Fare Thee Well concerts in Santa Clara on June 27 and 28 and in Chicago on July 3, 4 and 5. All five shows are sold out.
Watch a YouTube playlist for our video series celebrating 50 years of Grateful Dead – Songs Of Their Own -featuring Anders Osborne, Luther Dickinson, Yonder Mountain String Band, Alex Bleeker & The Freaks, Leftover Salmon and others:
Grateful Dead original members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir have selected 16 charities to benefit from an eBay auction of over 300 tickets to their upcoming of their upcoming Fare Thee Well 50th anniversary concerts in Santa Clara, California and Chicago. The auctions begin today, Wednesday, May 27 at 9 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. ET.
The eBay auctions will feature a pair of tickets for each show, including GA floor and reserved seating with bids beginning at face value. Every two days until the end of June will see a new pair of tickets up for auction. Proceeds from the sales will be split among the selected charities such as The Rex Foundation, The Unbroken Chain Foundation, The Rainforest Action Network, SEVA and HeadCount.
In addition to the auctions, the Fare Thee Well concerts will also included a dedicated area called Participation Row featuring each of the band-selected charities for fans to interact with. Other activities in Participation Row will include a silent auction for a one-of-a-kind D’Angelico commemorative guitar signed by all the performers, a food drive from the hunger organization Conscious Alliance, and the distribution of free, limited edition Fare Thee Well postcards illustrated by longtime Grateful Dead poster artists.
Participation Row is being organized by HeadCount and will host such organizations as Surfrider, The Owsley Stanley Foundation, The Hidden Wings School, Love Hope, Strength, REVERB, Oxfam, Represent.US, The Multidisciplinary Association for the Study of Psychedelics and Rock the Earth. More information on Participation Row can be found here.
Grateful Dead original members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, will be joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti for the Fare Thee Well concerts in Santa Clara on June 27 and 28 and in Chicago on July 3, 4 and 5. All five shows are sold out.
Watch a YouTube playlist for our video series celebrating 50 years of Grateful Dead – Songs Of Their Own -featuring Anders Osborne, Luther Dickinson, Yonder Mountain String Band, Alex Bleeker & The Freaks, Leftover Salmon and others:
