Grateful Dead Turn on Your Lovelight live versions: 290 shows
Explore 290 Grateful Dead performances of Turn on Your Lovelight from 1967-1995, with first and last dates, venues, setlists, and listening links.
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Start with these Turn on Your Lovelight versions
Best first listen: August 6, 1971 · Hollywood Palladium · Hollywood, CA, US
The Hollywood Palladium show is gritty, bluesy, and loaded with Pigpen-era fire. It is a strong character pick for listeners who do not need everything polished smooth.
Another strong choice: March 29, 1990 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · Uniondale, NY, US
Complete Nassau Coliseum show from spring 1990 with jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis, who was invited by bassist Phil Lesh and sat in on 'Bird Song' in the first set and the entire second set except 'Drums.'
Another strong choice: December 26, 1969 · McFarlin Auditorium, Southern Methodist University (SMU) · Dallas, TX, US
First catalog performance: October 22, 1967 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
Last catalog performance: June 19, 1995 · Giants Stadium · East Rutherford, NJ, US
Top shows featuring Turn on Your Lovelight
August 6, 1971 · Hollywood Palladium · Hollywood, CA, US
March 29, 1990 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · Uniondale, NY, US
December 26, 1969 · McFarlin Auditorium, Southern Methodist University (SMU) · Dallas, TX, US
May 7, 1970 · DuPont Gym, MIT · Cambridge, MA, US
January 18, 1969 · Playboy Club · Los Angeles, CA, US
March 14, 1990 · Capital Centre · Landover, MD, US
October 20, 1984 · Carrier Dome, Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY, US
June 16, 1985 · William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA, US
April 8, 1985 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
June 6, 1991 · Deer Creek Music Center · Noblesville, IN, US
March 3, 1968 · Haight Street · San Francisco, CA, US
July 19, 1989 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre · East Troy, WI, US
April 5, 1969 · Avalon Ballroom · San Francisco, CA, US
December 31, 1984 · San Francisco Civic Auditorium · San Francisco, CA, US
August 16, 1969 · Max Yasgur's Farm · Bethel, NY, US
February 20, 1971 · Capitol Theatre · Port Chester, NY, US
March 23, 1987 · Hampton Coliseum · Hampton, VA, US
April 4, 1985 · Providence Civic Center · Providence, RI, US
October 1, 1989 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
January 23, 1970 · Honolulu Civic Auditorium · Honolulu, HI, US
January 17, 1968 · Carousel Ballroom · San Francisco, CA, US
March 1, 1969 · Fillmore West · San Francisco, CA, US
October 22, 1967 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
April 17, 1971 · Dillon Gym, Princeton University · Princeton, NJ, US
April 2, 1989 · Pittsburgh Civic Arena · Pittsburgh, PA, US
February 24, 1971 · Capitol Theatre · Port Chester, NY, US
May 7, 1972 · Bickershaw Festival · Wigan, England
April 15, 1970 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
June 14, 1991 · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Washington, DC, US
October 3, 1987 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
August 18, 1989 · William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA, US
June 21, 1989 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
February 28, 1969 · Fillmore West · San Francisco, CA, US
February 26, 1990 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
July 7, 1989 · John F. Kennedy Stadium · Philadelphia, PA, US
June 6, 1970 · Fillmore West · San Francisco, CA, US
September 22, 1993 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
October 14, 1994 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
April 23, 1969 · The Ark · Boston, MA, US
December 31, 1982 · Oakland Auditorium · Oakland, CA, US
February 22, 1969 · Dream Bowl · Vallejo, CA, US
March 25, 1972 · Academy of Music · New York, NY, US
March 25, 1986 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
September 20, 1991 · Boston Garden · Boston, MA, US
April 3, 1970 · Armory Field House, University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH, US
June 17, 1990 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
April 22, 1969 · The Ark · Boston, MA, US
March 30, 1968 · Carousel Ballroom · San Francisco, CA, US
June 22, 1986 · William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA, US
July 7, 1984 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre · East Troy, WI, US
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