Red Sox will host Grateful Dead Night at Fenway Park
Sox fans will welcome Deadheads in honor of the band’s 50th anniversary.
While the playoffs may not be in their future, the Red Sox will instead celebrate 50 years of America’s original jamband, hosting Grateful Dead Night at Fenway on September 21 as the Sox take on the Tampa Bay Rays. With the purchase of each ticket, fans will also receive a Sox-themed Grateful Dead T-shirt and catch a performance by local Dead tribute band Fennario on Yawkey Way before game time.
Other baseball teams have hosted Grateful Dead nights this season, including the band’s hometown team, the San Francisco Giants. A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales for Fenway’s Grateful Dead Night will benefit the Rex Foundation, the official charity of the Grateful Dead.
This summer not only marked the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead, who played more than 60 Massachusetts shows, 24 of them at the Boston Garden. August 9 also marked 20 years since the passing of guitarist Jerry Garcia. While the remaining members of the Dead played their last shows together in July, several members will be touring with guitarist John Mayer under the name Dead & Company, and the band just announced a Worcester date on November 10.
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Grateful Dead Night is Monday, September 21. Tickets can be purchased on the Red Sox website.
A history of the Grateful Dead in Boston:
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