[UPDATED] Grateful Dead’s Chicago Soldier Field Debut Coming To Cinemas Worldwide

UPDATE: Tickets for Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies 2023 are on sale now via meetupatthemovies.com. A clip of the “Hell In A Bucket” opener from the Grateful Dead’s June 22, 1991 show at Soldier Field has been shared. View the video below:

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On June 22, 1991 the Grateful Dead made their debut at Soldier Field in Chicago. Footage from the concert will be screened as this year’s Meet-Up At The Movies selection at theaters around the world on June 22 and 24.

The Grateful Dead’s lineup at the time of their first concert at Soldier Field featured guitarists Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, bassist Phil Lesh, drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart as well as keyboardists Bruce Hornsby and Vince Welnick. Highlights from the Summer 1991 show included “Dark Star,” “Shakedown Street,” “Playing In The Band,” “Terrapin Station” and more.

Soldier Field would host the Dead each of the following four summers. The band’s final concerts before Jerry Garcia’s death took place at the Chicago stadium on July 8 and 9, 1995.

Presented by Trafalgar Releasing and Rhino Entertainment, Soldier Field 6/22/91 pairs the original six-camera stadium video feed with pristine soundboard audio. Tickets for the screenings are on sale now. Purchase Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies 2023 tickets via meetupatthemovies.com.

Watch a trailer for Soldier Field 6/22/91 below:

Setlist (via JerryBase.com)

Set One: Hell In A Bucket, Shakedown Street [1], Wang Dang Doodle, Friend Of The Devil > When I Paint My Masterpiece, Brown Eyed Women, Let It Grow

Set Two: Foolish Heart > Looks Like Rain > Jam > Crazy Fingers > Playing In The Band > Terrapin Station > Drums > Space > Dark Star Jam > Playing In The Band > Black Peter > One More Saturday Night

Encore: The Weight