Red Rocks To Host Symphonic Concert Honoring Jerry Garcia’s 80th Birthday

Late Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia‘s 80th birthday will be feted with a symphonic concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside Denver on Wednesday, June 29. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday, March 25 at 10 a.m. MT following a presale using the code JERRY80 on Thursday, March 24 from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. MT. Buy tickets for the Jerry Garcia 80th Birthday Symphonic Celebration via AXS.

The concert at the famed Morrison, Colorado venue will find a 65-piece orchestra performing songs from the Jerry Garcia songbook. Longtime Jerry Garcia Band members Melvin Seals and Jacklyn LaBranch are also aboard as special guests along with Ghost Light/Joe Russo’s Almost Dead guitarist Tom Hamilton and Widespread Panic drummer Duane Trucks and bassist Dave Schools.

Jerry Garcia was born on August 1, 1942. “Some birthdays are just too big to wait to celebrate! With the world set to celebrate Jerry’s 80th in August, we’ve decided to let the good times roll a little bit early this year,” reads a note posted on Jerry Garcia social feeds.

“On June 29th, the Jerry Garcia 80th Birthday Symphonic Celebration will return to Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado with a new cast of characters trading licks (and smiles) with the Colorado Symphony,” added the Garcia Estate. “The band will explore the Garcia songbook in a unique way with the full force of a 65-piece orchestra thundering the ‘walls’ of this historic venue. Join these world-class musicians as they explore and interpret the Garcia Songbook in new and wondrous ways.” Previous Jerry Garcia celebrations at Red Rocks featured Warren Haynes, the Jerry Garcia Birthday Band and others.