Phil Lesh & Friends Added To Lockn’ Festival & Announces 2016 – 2017 New Year’s Run

Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh has performed at the first three Lockn’ Festivals in Arrington, Virginia and will return once again for the 2016 installment of the festival. It has also been revealed Phil Lesh & Friends will make their first-ever appearances in Hawaii as this year’s New Year’s Run.

News of Phil Lesh & Friends’ return to Lockn’ was announced on today’s episode of Tales From The Golden Road on SiriusXM. The hosts did not reveal the lineup as of yet, but the band will play on Saturday and Sunday of this year’s festival. Expect more details from the Lockn’ team soon.

In other news, as per Deadheadland, Phil Lesh & Friends featuring Phil along with guitarists Grahame Lesh, Ross James and Scott Law plus keyboardist Jason Crosby and drummer Alex Koford will ring in 2017 with a pair of shows in Hawaii. On December 29 the band will play Castle Theater in Maui, while they will perform at the Hawaii Theatre in Honolulu on New Year’s Eve. Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 1.