Grateful Dead Venues

Oakland Coliseum Arena

Oakland, CA

66 shows1979–1995

Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0 · source

Madison Square Garden

New York City, NY

52 shows1979–1994

Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source

The Spectrum

Philadelphia, PA

52 shows1972–1995

Bruce C. Cooper (uploader) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

No photo found

No freely licensed photo of the Winterland Arena/Ballroom building was found on Wikimedia Commons, Flickr (CC BY/BY-SA/CC0/PDM), Openverse, or the Internet Archive. The building was demolished in 1985; available images are concert performances, posters, or all-rights-reserved historic photos.

Winterland Arena

San Francisco, CA

52 shows1966–1978

Nassau Coliseum

Uniondale, NY

42 shows1973–1994

Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Shoreline Amphitheatre

Mountain View, CA

38 shows1987–1995

Coolcaesar at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Greek Theater, University Of California

Berkeley, CA

28 shows1968–1989

Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

27 shows1968–1971

Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center

Oakland, CA

27 shows1985–1989

Cheney Photo Advertising Co. · Public domain · source

Capital Centre

Landover, MD

26 shows1974–1993

Photograph: NASA · Public domain · source

No photo found

No freely licensed photo that clearly shows the Cal Expo Amphitheater was found on Wikimedia Commons, Flickr CC, Openverse, or the Internet Archive. Available Cal Expo images show fairgrounds rides, levees, or other buildings on the site, not the amphitheater.

Cal Expo Amphitheater

Sacramento, CA

25 shows1984–1994

Fillmore East

New York City, NY

25 shows1968–1971

Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Boston Garden

Boston, MA

24 shows1973–1994

Troy Parla · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

The Omni

Atlanta, GA

24 shows1973–1995

Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Berkeley Community Theater

Berkeley, CA

23 shows1968–1994

Daniella Thompson · CC BY-SA 1.0 · source

Oakland Auditorium Arena

Oakland, CA

22 shows1979–1982

Cheney Photo Advertising Co. · Public domain · source

Hampton Coliseum

Hampton, VA

21 shows1979–1992

Mobilus In Mobili · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Warfield Theater

San Francisco, CA

21 shows1980–1983

Photo: Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0 · source

No photo found

No freely licensed photo that shows the Alpine Valley Music Theatre amphitheater (pavilion or bowl) was found on Wikimedia Commons, Flickr CC, Openverse, or the Internet Archive. Available images are performer close-ups, parking-lot/crowd shots, or unrelated landscapes.

Alpine Valley Music Theater

East Troy, WI

20 shows1980–1989

Red Rocks Amphitheater

Morrison, CO

20 shows1978–1987

Jesse Goodier · Public domain · source

Providence Civic Center

Providence, RI

19 shows1973–1987

Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Hartford Civic Center

Hartford, CT

18 shows1977–1990

Chris Rutsch / TheAHL · CC BY 2.0 · source

Uptown Theater

Chicago, IL

16 shows1978–1981

IvoShandor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Boston Music Hall

Boston, MA

15 shows1971–1978

Tim Pierce · CC BY 3.0 · source

Irvine Meadows Ampitheatre

Irvine, CA

15 shows1983–1989

Lhegner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Robert F. Kennedy Stadium

Washington DC, DC

15 shows1973–1995

MSGT KEN HAMMOND · Public domain · source

No photo found

No freely licensed photo that clearly shows the Deer Creek / Klipsch / Ruoff amphitheater was found on Wikimedia Commons, Flickr CC, Openverse, or the Internet Archive. Available images are on-stage performer shots or sign close-ups, not a bowl or pavilion establishing view.

Deer Creek Amphitheater

Noblesville, IN

14 shows1989–1995

Frost Amphitheater, Stanford University

Palo Alto, CA

14 shows1982–1989

Bob Aronson from Monterey, CA, US · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Giants Stadium

East Rutherford, NJ

14 shows1978–1995

flickr user dsearls · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Sam Boyd Silver Bowl

Las Vegas, NV

14 shows1991–1995

Craig Butz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Capitol Theater

Port Chester, NY

13 shows1970–1971

Koskenart · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

No photo found

No freely licensed photo of the Family Dog / Edgewater Ballroom at the Great Highway in San Francisco was found on Wikimedia Commons, Flickr CC, Openverse, or the Internet Archive.

Family Dog at The Great Highway

San Francisco, CA

13 shows1969–1970

Knickerbocker Arena

Albany, NY

13 shows1990–1995

Bill Stiner, Tim Herman · Public domain · source

Long Beach Arena

Long Beach, CA

13 shows1972–1988

mark6mauno · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

McNichols Sports Arena

Denver, CO

13 shows1977–1994

Drive-In Mike from Independence, MO, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source

Richfield Coliseum

Richfield, OH

13 shows1990–1994

Frank John Aleksandrowicz · Public domain · source

Rosemont Horizon

Rosemont, IL

13 shows1981–1994

SecretName101 · CC BY 4.0 · source

Charlotte Coliseum

Charlotte, NC

12 shows1973–1995

Miller17CU94 at English Wikipedia · Public domain · source

The Centrum

Worcester, MA

12 shows1983–1988

Jlahair · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA

11 shows1966–1969

HaeB · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Brendan Byrne Arena

East Rutherford, NJ

11 shows1983–1989

Heath Brandon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Fillmore Auditorium

San Francisco, CA

11 shows1966–1969

total13 · CC BY 2.0 · source

Ventura County Fairgrounds

Ventura, CA

11 shows1982–1987

Fettlemap · CC0 · source

Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

New Haven, CT

11 shows1977–1984

Daniel Hartwig from San Jose, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source

Auditorium Theater

Chicago, IL

10 shows1971–1977

Warren LeMay from Chicago, IL, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Autzen Stadium (University Of Oregon)

Eugene, OR

10 shows1978–1994

Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

No photo found

The Capitol Theatre in Passaic was demolished in 1991. No freely licensed photo of the building was found on Wikimedia Commons, Flickr CC, Openverse, or the Internet Archive (Commons has only a facade-relief close-up).