Trey Anastasio of Phish, Billy Strings and Sturgill Simpson were among the special guests to join the band over three nights of concert and amid a city-wide celebration.

San Francisco welcomed Grateful Dead offshoot Dead & Co. back Friday night for a hell of a birthday party. The first night of a three-night Grateful Dead 60th anniversary residency took over the Polo Fields of Golden Gate Park,

Fans of the Grateful Dead are pouring into San Francisco for three days of concerts and festivities marking the 60th anniversary of the scruffy jam band that came to embody a city where people wore flowers in their hair and made love,

While only two of the original Grateful Dead band members are in Dead & Company, that didn't matter to the 60,000 thrilled fans in Golden Gate Park.

A fan died while dancing in the crowd at Grateful Dead offshoot band Dead & Company’s concert at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park over the weekend, reports say.

Fred Cothard, 54, a carpenter from Michigan, was attending the Grateful Dead concert with his girlfriend, when he suddenly collapsed while dancing.

Fred Cothard, who owned a construction business since the 1990s, collapsed at Golden Gate Park while attending the show with his partner.

W hen Dead & Company announced the site for the celebration of the Grateful Dead's 60th anniversary, fans were delighted. Golden Gate Park played a defining role in the Dead's history, hosting performances that ranged from impromptu concerts to full-scale events.

A Grateful Dead fan suffered a medical emergency while he was dancing at a Dead & Company concert in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park and died, according to his friends and family. The fan was identified by the San Francisco Chief Medical Examiner as Fred Cothard,