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New 11-day festival to celebrate Grateful Dead’s music in Central New York

• Updated: May. 10, 2024, 1:40 p.m.|
  
• Published: May. 10, 2024, 1:08 p.m.
  

Wonderland Forest is a new campground and concert venue near LaFayette, just outside of Syracuse.Warren Linhart | Contributing photographer

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• Geoff Herbert | gherbert@syracuse.com
  

Calling all Deadheads: There’s a new music festival in Central New York for you.

“Grateful Getaway: An Enchanting Cosmic Odyssey Through the Grateful Dead’s Musical Wonderland,” is an 11-day event set to take place Aug. 1-11 at Wonderland Forest near LaFayette, N.Y. Each night will feature performances of the Grateful Dead’s music by tribute bands and artists with ties to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group, including the Sam Grisman Project and Melvin Seals & JGB.

Sam Grisman is the son of bluegrass musician David Grisman, also known as “Dawg,” who played mandolin on Grateful Dead’s “American Beauty” album and collaborated with bandleader Jerry Garcia many times. Seals was a longtime member of the Jerry Garcia Band and kept the music going as “JGB” after the death of Garcia in 1995 and bandmate John Kahn in 1996.

Other performers include Dark Star Orchestra, which has performed as a Grateful Dead tribute band for more than 25 years; Pink Talking Fish Are Dead, a “fusion of Pink Floyd, Talking Heads and Phish”; Steely Dead, which combines Steely Dan’s musical precision with the Grateful Dead’s free-flowing improvisation; and Grateful For Biggie, a live hip-hop mashup of the Grateful Dead’s music with Notorious B.I.G.’s raps.

“This captivating event promises to be a euphoric celebration of the band’s timeless tunes, where the melodies of the past intertwine with the boundless energy of the present,” an event description says. “Imagine yourself immersed in a veritable wonderland, where the soulful strums of the guitar and the hypnotic beats of the drums beckon you to lose yourself in the moment. From sunrise to sunset, the Grateful Getaway will transport you to a realm where time stands still, and the only thing that matters is the pure, unadulterated joy of experiencing live music in all its glory.”

Tickets are on sale via wonderlandforest.com; prices are $199 for admission to all 11 days of music (without camping), $420 for 11 days of music and camping at Wonderland Forest, and $1,999 for an all-inclusive package that includes an exclusive tent site, private porta potty, meals, drinks and more. Additional fees may apply.

Tickets are also available for individual shows, starting at $25 for Sam Grisman Project, $35 for Pink Talking Fish Are Dead, $25 for Steely Dead, $39.50 for Melvin Seals & JGB, and $49.50 for Dark Star Orchestra.

Grateful Getaway Schedule

Thursday, Aug. 1 - TBA

Friday, Aug. 2: Sam Grisman Project

Saturday, Aug. 3: Sam Grisman Project w/ Grateful For Biggie

Sunday, Aug. 4: Pink Talking Fish Are Dead

Monday, Aug. 5: TBA

Tuesday, Aug. 6: Steely Dead

Wednesday, Aug. 7: Melvin Seals & JGB

Thursday, Aug. 8: Melvin Seals & JGB

Friday, Aug. 9: Dark Star Orchestra

Saturday, Aug. 10: Dark Star Orchestra

Sunday, Aug. 11: TBA

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Wonderland Forest is a new campground and concert venue that opened last year with a 50th anniversary celebration of Summer Jam. The site is built on 400 acres of forest in the hills of Otisco, located about a 20-minute drive south of Syracuse.

Other upcoming events at Wonderland Forest include Trey Anastasio with Classic TAB on May 17, Dark Hollow (A Grateful Dead Tribute) on May 24-26, Papadosio Presents: Summer Sequence on June 21-22, Biscoland feat. Disco Biscuits on July 4-6, moe. on July 12-13, Greensky Bluegrass on July 18, and The Dave Matthews Tribute Band Presents – One Sweet World Festival on Aug. 16-17.

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