Dead Shows: Grateful Dead
Stream every live concert
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Stream every Grateful Dead show. Today in GD History delivers a fresh concert every day. Search shows, find what's trending, or download shows for offline listening.
I built Dead Shows for myself, for the way I listen to the Grateful Dead.
Most days I don't want to pick a show. I just want something fresh. So the app opens to Today in Grateful Dead History: every concert the band played on this date, going back to 1965. Tap one and you're listening. It's the easiest way I've found to hear something different every day, and it never runs out.
Some days I do want to nerd out. Track down a specific MSG, chase a particular Scarlet > Fire, see who sat in on a given night. So there's real search too, by date, venue, city, song, or guest. Expand any show to read its full setlist without leaving the list, and compare setlists side by side.
Everything streams free from the Internet Archive's Grateful Dead collection, the same tapes traders have passed around for decades. For each show you can pick your recording, soundboard, matrix, or audience, or let the app choose the best-rated one. Playback is gapless, so the segues stay intact. It runs in the background with lock-screen controls, and you can download shows to listen offline.
Favorite the shows and songs you keep coming back to. Whatever you played last is always a tap away.
Dead Shows is an independent app. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Grateful Dead or the Internet Archive. Recordings stream from the Internet Archive under the band's longstanding taping policy.
CarPlay is here! Plug in and the whole catalog is on the car screen: Today in Grateful Dead history, your recents and favorites, trending shows, and a new Browse tab for every year. Tap a show for the setlist, tap a song to play. Anything you've downloaded plays with no signal, so the dead zones on the drive stay full of the Dead.
Plus a round of playback and reliability fixes.
The developer, Christopher Johnston, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Christopher Johnston
- Size
- 32.6 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026, Dead Shows App