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Dark Star Jubilee will feature host and headliner Dark Star Orchestra for six sets over May 22-24, 2020. Held in Thornville, OH, Dark Star Jubilee has evolved into a celebration of the music of the Grateful Dead, as well as a reunion of…

Phil Lesh announced on Monday that due to his recovery from recent back surgery, he has postponed his upcoming “Phil-O-Ween” run at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY, planned for October 31, November 1 and 2. Filling in for Phil…

Dark Star Orchestra, in the business of recreating the Grateful Dead experience for more than 2000 shows, has announced a pair of New Year's shows in Albany at The Palace Theatre, and additional Fall Tour dates. Celebrating the music of…

New York State is boasting with amazing talent and artists across all genres. Inevitably an overwhelming sea of music has drifted down the shorelines into Branford, CT. This coming Thursday, August 1, Dark Star Orchestra will find…

“Dark Star” was first performed, without lyrics, by the Grateful Dead in September 1967. The first version with lyrics was heard three months later. The tunes’ sole focus was improvisation. “Dark Star” was played regularly through the…

Despite an intense musical appetite, I have always struggled to understand the draw to major jam bands like Grateful Dead. So it was with an apprehensive but open mind that I ventured to Frontier Field Friday, August 3 to test the waters…

Saranac Brewery, in Utica NY, has two shows coming up you don’t want to miss. Dark Star Orchestra and Get the Led Out are both making stops at the brewery on their separate tours this summer. Dark Star Orchestra is a Grateful Dead…

On Nov. 12, Dark Star Orchestra traveled downstate from a show at the Palace Theater in Albany to Paramount Hudson Valley in Peekskill the next night to continue celebrating their 20th year of performing authentic Grateful Dead show…

To make it 20 years in any industry is quite a feat, especially when there were absolutely no expectations at the beginning. And the members of Dark Star Orchestra will tell you that making it that far as a cover band is even more…

It was a chilly night at Martyr's in Chicago on November 11, 1997, when a group of like-minded musicians got together to spin their takes on a band beloved by an intrinsic fan base -- one that is both fun loving and importunate at the…