Grahame Lesh Announces West Coast Unbroken Chain Phil Lesh Celebrations In San Francisco

By Scott Bernstein Jan 14, 2026 • 1:09 pm PST

Grahame Lesh will bring his series of all-star concerts celebrating his dad and late Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh home this spring. “Unbroken Chain: A Celebration Of The Life And Music Of Phil Lesh” expands westward with a three-night stand at the historic San Francisco venue The Fillmore March 20 – 22.

Each show will feature a rotating cast of special guests joining hosts Grahame Lesh & Friends for performances of songs from the Grateful Dead songbook. Grahame Lesh enlisted Eric Krasno, Barry Sless, Benmont Tench, Jason Crosby, Don Was, John Molo, Elliott Peck, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman and Dawes co-founders Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith to form the lineup for the first night, March 20.

On March 21, Grahame Lesh & Friends will perform with Nels Cline, Tom Hamilton, Jackie Greene, Oteil Burbridge Jay Lane, Cody Dickinson, Jason Crosby, Nicki Bluhm, Elliott Peck, Natalie Cressman and Jennifer Hartswick. The inaugural West Coast edition of “Unbroken Chain” will end on March 22 with Eric Krasno, Stu Allen, Oteil Burbridge, Jay Lane, Alex Koford, Rob Barraco, Holly Bowling, Karl Denson, Nicki Bluhm and Elliott Peck among those set to share the stage with Grahame Lesh.

The Fillmore shows will follow the second annual “Unbroken Chain: A Celebration of the Life & Music of Phil Lesh” concerts at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York from March 12 through what would have been Phil Lesh’s 86th birthday on March 15.

Tickets go on sale Friday, January 16 at 10 a.m. PT. The Lesh family will donate proceeds from the San Francisco concerts to the Canal Alliance, their neighbors in the canal district of San Rafael, California when Terrapin Crossroads was open.

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Grahame Lesh posted an announcement of the shows and lineups on social media. His statement mentioned the recent death of Grateful Dead co-founding guitarist Bob Weir. Read the note from Grahame below:

The Lesh Family are so thrilled to celebrate Phil Lesh, our dad, husband, grandpa, and so much more, in San Francisco with our Bay Area Deadhead family. We are excited to announce Unbroken Chain: a Celebration of the Life & Music of Phil Lesh, hosted by Grahame Lesh & Friends, on 3/20-22 at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

Of course, we are all saddened to announce this just days after our dear Bobby reascended back through the planetary spheres. The fact is, we cannot celebrate Phil without celebrating Bob – or Jerry, or Pigpen, or Donna, or Keith, or Hunter, or Brent, or Vince, or Bear, or Barlow, any of the Grateful Dead family we’ve lost over the 60+ years of this music. Their lives as bandmates, friends, & family are all too entwined to celebrate any one without the others.

I’m so happy to bring together an insane lineup of amazing musicians to perform at the Fillmore for these shows. I am so thankful to every single one of them – my dad’s friends, collaborators, inspirations, and more – for joining me in pushing the music of these titans forward into the future.

We believe that people need this music more than ever, will continue to beyond our time here on earth. Bob spoke of the three-hundred-year legacy of the Grateful Dead songbook, and Phil talked about the Grateful Dead as a huge old Grandfather Oak tree, its roots deep in the earth of America’s musical history, its trunk is the original members of the band, & its branches & leaves are all the musicians who continue to be inspired by the music of the Dead. Those concepts are intertwined, and all of us who continue to play this music will honor their intentions and the legacy of their music every time we step onstage.

Tickets on-sale at 10am PT on Friday, 1/16

Proceeds from these shows going to the Canal Alliance, our neighbors in the Canal District of San Rafael, CA, when Terrapin Crossroads was open. The Canal Alliance partners with Latino immigrants and their families in our home of Marin County to best meet their needs and support their goals, helping to build a Marin where everyone can live, learn, work, and succeed.