Grateful Dead 60th Anniversary Concert Planned For Golden Gate Park

Dead & Company are planning a concert in Golden Gate Park to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead forming in 1965. The San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission will vote on issuing a permit for the anniversary concert this Thursday (May 15), paving the way for Another Planet Entertainment to promote the historic concert 10 years after the band celebrated their 50th anniversary with the Fare Thee Well concerts at Soldier Field in Chicago and Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.

Little is known about the concert outside a line item on a Thursday commission agenda which schedules time for a “Discussion and possible action to authorize staff to issue a permit to Another Planet Entertainment, to hold three ticketed concerts to honor the 60th Anniversary in 2025 of the Grateful Dead featuring Dead & Company in the Golden Gate Park and Polo Fields.”

The Aug. 1-3 concert would take place one week before Another Planet stages the Outside Lands Festival, Aug. 8-10. The concert would feature surviving members of the Grateful Dead Bob Weir and Mickey Hart. Bassist Phil Lesh passed away in October at the age of 84. 

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced the concert on X on Monday (May 12) morning, noting that San Francisco is “the home of the Grateful Dead – what better way to celebrate.” Lurie also issued a statement on the concerts, writing “From Haight-Ashbury and the Grateful Dead house to Ingleside, where Jerry Garcia grew up, the Grateful Dead is embedded in San Francisco’s history. Sixty years later, we’re still enjoying their music — and this summer, we get to enjoy the music of Dead & Company once again. The weekend will celebrate our city’s creative spirit, boost our local economy, and bring generations of fans together. This is more than just a concert — it’s a San Francisco homecoming.”  

The concerts are expected to be attended by 60,000 fans per day. A formal announcement of the concert is expected after the commission votes on the permit on May 15.