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Grateful Dead: Meet-Up At The Movies

Meet-Up At The Movies is an annual event at which the same Grateful Dead concert video or movie is screened at movie theaters in many locations on the same day. The first meet-up was in 2011 and from that year through to 2018 the meet-up took place at movie theaters throughout the United States. In 2017, in addition to the regular Meet-Up, a special "bonus" Meet-Up took place to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of the Grateful Dead Movie.

a In 2019 the meet-up was international with screenings in the United States and in countries in Europe and Australasia. The event did not take place in 2020.

2011 Meet-Up


Date: April 20, 2011

Feature: The Grateful Dead Movie

The Grateful Dead Movie is centered on the Winterland shows in October 1974. It comprises performance footage, band interviews and pre-1974 archive material. the movie was first released in 1977.

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2012 Meet-Up


Date: April 19, 2012

Feature: July 18, 1989 Alpine Valley show

The main feature at the 2012 screening was the complete Grateful Dead show from July 18, 1989 at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre near East Troy, Wisconsin. This show has not been released in any format. Most of the show from the previous evening at Alpine Valley (July 17, 1989) was released on the 1997 video Downhill From Here.

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2013 Meet-Up


Date: August 1, 2013

Feature: Sunshine Daydream documentary

This music documentary is centered around the Grateful Dead show on August 27, 1972 at the Old Renaissance Faire Grounds in Veneta, Oregon. A DVD/CD package of the show was released later in 2013.

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2014 Meet-Up


Date: July 17, 2014

Feature: April 21, 1972, Beat Club, Bremen show

The main feature at the 2014 Meet-Up was the complete April 21, 1972 Grateful Dead show which was recorded live in studio at the Beat Club television studio in Bremen, West Germany. Parts of this show had previously been released on video but the whole show had never before been screened.

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2015 Meet-Up


Date: May 4, 2015

Feature: July 19, 1989 Alpine Valley show

The main feature at the 2015 Meet-Up was the complete Grateful Dead show from July 19, 1989 at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre near East Troy, Wisconsin. This show has not been released in any format. The July 18, 1989 show was screened at the 2012 Meet-Up At The Movies.

See more details about the July 19, 1989 show

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2016 Meet-Up


Date: May 11, 2016

Feature: July 2, 1989 show in Foxborough

The main feature at the Meet-Up in 2016 was the complete Grateful Dead show from July 2, 1989 at the Sullivan Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. This full show has not been released in any format.

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2017 Meet-Up


Date: August 1, 2017

Feature: July 12, 1989 at the RFK Stadium in Washington

The main feature at the Meet-Up in 2017 was the complete Grateful Dead show from July 12, 1989 at the RFK Stadium in Washington. The full show was released on CD later in 2017.

August 1, 2017 was the 75th anniversary of the birth of Jerry Garcia.

See more details about the July 12, 1989 show

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2017 40th anniversary of the Grateful Dead Movie


Date: April 20, 2017

Feature: The Grateful Dead Movie

This was an additional meet-up event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of the Grateful Dead Movie. The Grateful Dead Movie was the main feature of the screening.

See more details about the Grateful Dead Movie

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2018 Meet-Up


Date: August 1, 2018

Feature: July 7, 1989 Philadelphia

The main feature at the Meet-Up in 2018 was the complete Grateful Dead show from July 7, 1989 at the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. This show had previously been released on the CD and DVD set Crimson, White and Indigo in 2010.

See more details about the July 7, 1989 show

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2019 Meet-Up


Date: August 1, 2019

Feature: June 17, 1991 East Rutherford

The main feature at the Meet-Up in 2019 was the complete Grateful Dead show from June 17, 1991 concert at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This show was also released on the Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 and Saint of Circumstance sets in 2019.

The 2019 event was the first international Meet-Up AT The Movies with screenings in Europe and Australasia in addition to the usual US screenings.

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2020 Meet-Up


There was no Meet-Up At The Movies event in 2020

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Last updated March 2021