Bringing the spirit of the Grateful Dead to Manchester, VT, WEQX and Whirlygig Music will present the Dead of Summer Music Festival over July 11-13, 2025.

Come spend a little time in the mountains for the sixth installment of Dead of Summer Music Festival, taking place at Hunter Park, nestled on 25 grassy acres in the Green Mountains.
Deadheads of all ages will enjoy three days of live music across two stages, plus RV camping and tent camping options, as well as 20+ vendors including a 21+ cash bar, food trucks, clothing, art, jewelry and crafts.

Dead of Summer Music Festival is a family and kid friendly festival that also offers yoga, kids activities including tie-dying and puppet making, and a 18-hole on-site disc golf course.
And of course, there’s the music. The lineup features a who’s who of Grateful Dead tribute acts, headlined by Melvin Seals & JGB, The Wailers, Prince/Bowie and Dangermuffin. Other acts celebrating the Grateful Dead include: Steely Dead, Bearly Dead, Dead Man’s Waltz, Talking Dreads, Deadgrass, The Wheel- Performing Reckoning, Organ Fairchild-Plays Dead, The Rev Tor Band- Performing Graceland, Jatoba, The Marks Brothers, Bar Maids, Misty Blues Roadhouse Revival, Hilltop, Terrafunk, Krishna Guthrie and Bow Thayer, Heavy Nettles, Andy The Music Man-Kid’s Set, One World Puppetry, and more to be announced.

Gates open at 9am Friday July 11th This is a rain or shine event.
For additional lineup info, schedule, single day and early bird 3-day tickets, and all other info visit deadofsummermusicfestival.com.
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