Grateful Dead Sunrise live versions: 30 shows
Explore 30 Grateful Dead performances of Sunrise from 1977-1978, with first and last dates, venues, setlists, and listening links.
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Start with these Sunrise versions
Best first listen: June 9, 1977 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
Polished late-spring 1977 phrasing meets a second set that still takes chances. The result is both approachable and structurally unusual.
Another strong choice: May 9, 1977 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium · Buffalo, NY, US
Buffalo opens with one of the sharpest Help Slip Franklin entries of the month and stays taut deep into the second set. It feels slightly less mythic than Cornell on reputation alone, but not by execution.
Another strong choice: May 17, 1977 · University of Alabama, Memorial Coliseum · Tuscaloosa, AL, US
Tuscaloosa pairs a sturdy first set with a polished major-suite second set. It carries the warmth and ease of late-tour playing without sounding sleepy.
First catalog performance: May 1, 1977 · The Palladium · New York, NY, US
Last catalog performance: September 16, 1978 · Gizah Sound and Light Theater · Cairo, Egypt
Top shows featuring Sunrise
June 9, 1977 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
May 9, 1977 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium · Buffalo, NY, US
May 17, 1977 · University of Alabama, Memorial Coliseum · Tuscaloosa, AL, US
November 4, 1977 · Cotterell Gym, Colgate University · Hamilton, NY, US
May 26, 1977 · Baltimore Civic Center · Baltimore, MD, US
November 6, 1977 · Broome County Arena · Binghamton, NY, US
January 11, 1978 · Shrine Auditorium · Los Angeles, CA, US
October 11, 1977 · Lloyd Noble Center, University of Oklahoma · Norman, OK, US
June 8, 1977 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
October 16, 1977 · Assembly Center, Louisiana State University · Baton Rouge, LA, US
September 16, 1978 · Gizah Sound and Light Theater · Cairo, Egypt
April 15, 1978 · William and Mary Hall, College Of William and Mary · Williamsburg, VA, US
January 7, 1978 · Community Concourse Golden Hall · San Diego, CA, US
May 12, 1977 · Auditorium Theatre · Chicago, IL, US
February 5, 1978 · Uni-Dome, University of Northern Iowa · Cedar Falls, IA, US
January 13, 1978 · Arlington Theatre · Santa Barbara, CA, US
May 6, 1978 · Patrick Gymnasium, University of Vermont · Burlington, VT, US
October 2, 1977 · Paramount Theatre · Portland, OR, US
January 8, 1978 · Community Concourse Golden Hall · San Diego, CA, US
May 22, 1977 · Sportatorium · Pembroke Pines, FL, US
December 29, 1977 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
May 1, 1977 · The Palladium · New York, NY, US
April 11, 1978 · Fox Theatre · Atlanta, GA, US
January 10, 1978 · Shrine Auditorium · Los Angeles, CA, US
October 7, 1977 · University Arena, University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM, US
October 28, 1977 · Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall · Kansas City, KS, US
October 15, 1977 · Moody Coliseum, Southern Methodist University (SMU) · Dallas, TX, US
November 2, 1977 · Field House, Seneca College · Toronto, Canada
February 1, 1978 · Uptown Theatre · Chicago, IL, US
January 15, 1978 · Selland Arena · Fresno, CA, US
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