Freebies From The Vault: Grateful Dead Kicks Off 2024 ’30 Days Of Dead’ Live Audio Series
Guess the date, venue and city where each daily track was played for a chance to win prizes from the Grateful Dead.
By Scott Bernstein Nov 4, 2024 • 11:24 am PST
November is an exciting time for Deadheads as the Grateful Dead unveils a previously unreleased track from the vault each day this month. 30 Days Of Dead is underway now via Dead.net.
GD archivist/legacy manager David Lemieux curates the series and picks the cuts from the vault every November. The tradition started in 2010 and has continued each November since. Each track can be streamed and downloaded in MP3 format for free.
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30 Days Of Dead gives fans a chance to win prizes. Each of the tracks is shared without the date, city and venue. Fans can fill in a form at the bottom of the 30 Days Of Dead page and one correct entry will picked each day to take home the daily prize of a 2025 Grateful Dead wall calendar. A copy of the limited, numbered Friend Of The Devils: April ’78 boxed set will be given away at the end of the month as the grand prize.
This year’s 30 Days Of Dead began with the “Space > Playin’ Reprise > The Wheel” from March 2, 1981 at the Cleveland Music Hall. On Saturday, the track was “Candyman” from October 20, 1989 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. Yesterday’s track was a version of “Black-Throated Wind” played at Chicago’s International Amphitheatre on July 25, 1974.
Stream a +27-minute “Dark Star” shared today below and head here to guess the date and venue:
