Grateful Dead Sunshine Daydream live versions: 31 shows
Explore 31 Grateful Dead performances of Sunshine Daydream from 1973-1994, with first and last dates, venues, setlists, and listening links.
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Best first listen: June 28, 1974 · Boston Garden · Boston, MA, US
A big-room 1974 show that balances songcraft and abstraction. The Weather Report sequence is the center of gravity, but the whole second set keeps widening.
Another strong choice: August 6, 1974 · Roosevelt Stadium · Jersey City, NJ, US
The first set already stretches, then the closing suite turns into a full summer-74 panorama. It is one of those shows where the band sounds both loose and highly coordinated.
Another strong choice: December 31, 1979 · Oakland Auditorium · Oakland, CA, US
This New Year's Eve show stretches across three sets, with Jack Straw > Franklin's Tower early and Sugar Magnolia > China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider after the midnight break. John Cipollina guests on the late Not Fade Away > Stella Blue > Sunshine Daydream run.
First catalog performance: December 10, 1973 · Charlotte Coliseum · Charlotte, NC, US
Last catalog performance: June 10, 1994 · Cal Expo Amphitheatre · Sacramento, CA, US
Top shows featuring Sunshine Daydream
June 28, 1974 · Boston Garden · Boston, MA, US
August 6, 1974 · Roosevelt Stadium · Jersey City, NJ, US
December 31, 1979 · Oakland Auditorium · Oakland, CA, US
December 31, 1978 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
December 31, 1980 · Oakland Auditorium · Oakland, CA, US
October 19, 1974 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
April 28, 1991 · Sam Boyd Silver Bowl · Las Vegas, NV, US
June 11, 1976 · Music Hall · Boston, MA, US
December 31, 1982 · Oakland Auditorium · Oakland, CA, US
December 31, 1989 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
March 27, 1988 · Hampton Coliseum · Hampton, VA, US
October 6, 1981 · Rainbow Theatre · London, England
June 12, 1976 · Music Hall · Boston, MA, US
March 22, 1987 · Hampton Coliseum · Hampton, VA, US
September 25, 1981 · Stabler Arena, Lehigh University · Bethlehem, PA, US
April 7, 1988 · Centrum · Worcester, MA, US
November 3, 1991 · Polo Field, Golden Gate Park · San Francisco, CA, US
April 18, 1982 · Hartford Civic Center · Hartford, CT, US
July 18, 1989 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre · East Troy, WI, US
June 15, 1976 · Beacon Theatre · New York, NY, US
April 13, 1988 · Rosemont Horizon · Rosemont, IL, US
May 9, 1987 · Laguna Seca Raceway · Salinas, CA, US
July 16, 1990 · Rich Stadium · Buffalo, NY, US
September 12, 1991 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
June 10, 1994 · Cal Expo Amphitheatre · Sacramento, CA, US
October 13, 1981 · Walter K�bel Halle · R�sselsheim, Germany
December 31, 1988 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
July 13, 1976 · Orpheum Theatre · San Francisco, CA, US
December 6, 1989 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
December 10, 1973 · Charlotte Coliseum · Charlotte, NC, US
September 11, 1987 · Capital Centre · Landover, MD, US
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