Where to watch Dead & Company's concert in IMAX: See list of locations
The band, led by Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, along with John Mayer, will perform three shows at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco this weekend Aug. 1-3 – timed to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead.
The good news for fans who can't celebrate in person: you can stream evening's show on subscription streaming service Nugs.net. The Aug. 3 concert will also be shown live in select IMAX theaters across the U.S. and Canada.
The 60th anniversary celebration continues later this month with a screening of "The Grateful Dead Movie" for the "Meet-Up At The Movies" event at theaters including some select IMAX locations.
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Dead & Company: Watch Aug. 3 Golden Gate Park concert in IMAX
Dead & Company's Sunday, Aug. 3 performance can be experienced on the immersive big screen at about 30 IMAX locations across the U.S. Attendees also get a mini-poster and concert lanyard at participating theaters. For more information, go to IMAX.com.
Here are IMAX locations streaming the Aug. 3 Dead & Company live concert:
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Dead & Company livestream of Aug. 1-3 San Francisco concerts
Rather watch one – or all – of the weekend's worth of concerts at home? You can stream one or all three concerts at home via Nugs.net. Single-night access is $39.99 for HD video or $49.99 for 4K video; three-night access, $99.99 (HD) or $129.99 (4K).
Each concert stream includes two full Dead & Company sets and the opening guest sets:
You can watch your pay-per-view purchases live and watch on-demand for up to 48 hours after the event ends. Live sound recordings of the Golden Gate Park concerts will also become available in Nugs.net's extensive Dead & Company recording archive.With your purchase, you also get a 60-day all access pass to Nugs.net to listen to those Aug. 1-3 concerts, plus you can also stream past sound and video recordings from many artists including Dead & Company, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros shows, Phil Lesh & Friends and more.
'The Grateful Dead Movie' Meet-Up at the Movies 2025
Beginning Aug. 13 and through Aug. 20, IMAX and standard theaters will be screening "The Grateful Dead Movie," a 1977 film co-directed by Jerry Garcia, which captures the band's five-night stand at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom in October 1974.
A bonus to watching the movie in the theater: a bonus live performance of "China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider," not included in the official film release. For more information, go to meetupatthemovies.com.
Re-release of Grateful Dead music never stops
Coming out Sept. 12 is a 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the Grateful Dead's album "Blues for Allah." Newly remastered, the new release – available as a 3-CD set and digital download – includes nearly two hours of unreleased recordings including live performances of five songs from the "Blues for Allah" album from from the June 21, 1976, show at the Tower Theatre in Pennsylvania.
Also to be released: "Blues for Allah" (50th Anniversary Remaster) on 180-gram black vinyl, on a picture disc – preorder here – and on a limited-edition "Midnight Fire" custom vinyl (available to order only on Dead.net. A Blu-ray Disc version with four new mixes – Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround, hi-resolution stereo, and an instrumental mix – from acclaimed spatial sound mixer Steven Wilson is available at Rhino.com.
You can listen to the newly remastered version of "The Music Never Stopped," the first single from the original album now on streaming services and YouTube. "This fanciful take of life on the road, the journey of Dead Heads, and the magic the Grateful Dead brought from town to town was a fan favorite every time it was played," said Grateful Dead legacy manager and archivist David Lemieux in a news release.
Mike Snider is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY. You can follow him on Threads, Bluesky, X and email him at mikegsnider & @mikegsnider.bsky.social & @mikesnider & msnider@usatoday.com
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