JPEG image of the entrance to Dead Forever Experience

The Dead Forever Experience is now closed.
Thank you to all of the fans who came to visit, connect and enjoy.

The Dead Forever Experience is now closed.
Thank you to all of the fans who came to visit, connect and enjoy.

Fans will be able to immerse themselves at Dead & Company’s “Dead Forever Experience,” a centralized hub for fans to come together and celebrate, shop, view exclusive Dead & Company content and explore the Grateful Dead’s unparalleled legacy. The Dead Forever Experience will be open for the duration of Dead & Company’s “Dead Forever - Live at Sphere” residency and will be open to the public at no charge. Visitors can explore more than 22,000 square feet of interactive exhibit space across two floors, which will be located at The Venetian® Resort Las Vegas.  


The Dead Forever Experience is created in partnership with Vibee, the Live Nation-founded destination experience company and VIP Concert and Hotel Package partner for the band’s residency. Vibee packages, including 3-Concert Bundles, can be purchased at deadforever.vibee.com.


Hours of Operation:
Wednesday to Sunday: 10 am to 6 pm
Please note: The Experience will be closed from Monday, July 15 to Wednesday, July 31


Free admission - open to the public

Dancing Bears statues in the Waterfall Atrium

Participation Row

Fans can visit the Participation Row Pop-Up to get involved with causes important to the band, support nonprofit groups, collect a free VOTE pin, bid on charity auctions, and reflect on the incredible positive impact that Dead & Company fans have made over the years.  Participation Row, the partnership between Dead & Company, HeadCount and REVERB, has inspired fans to gather and take action for people and the planet since 2015. 

A non-profit activation in Participation Row at Dead Forever Experience
A non-profit activation in Participation Row at Dead Forever Experience
T-Shirt Merchandise display
T-Shirt Merchandise display

Merchandise

A unique retail store will be located inside the Dead Forever Experience where fans will have the opportunity to explore a diverse selection of items. It will feature collector-worthy and exclusive Dead & Company merchandise, including show posters, apparel and accessories. The store will also feature Grateful Dead vinyl and merchandise from James Perse, Teton Gravity Research, and more. Additional exclusive shopping time and areas will be available for Vibee VIP Pass holders.

Wall Of Sound

Wall Of Sound

Wall Of Sound

On display inside the Dead Forever Experience will be a 1:4 scale functioning recreation of the infamous Wall of Sound: The massive and revolutionary sound system with stacked speakers was originally designed by audio engineer Owsley Stanley specifically for the Grateful Dead’s concerts in 1974.  This 500-speaker, 7,000-watt multichannel wall was built by Anthony Coscia of “Le Petit Mur De Son.” Fans can enter a sweepstakes to win the Wall of Sound and proceeds will benefit Hope for the City and MusiCares.

Enter To Win Here

Wall Of Sound scale model
Wall Of Sound scale model
KidSuper painting
KidSuper painting
KidSuper painting

KidSuper Studios x Dead & Company Benefit Auction

“Touch of Color”
By Colm Dillane | KidSuper Studios

KidSuper Studios and Dead & Company come together for a 1 of a kind artwork, showcasing the energy and history of Dead & Company through the enthusiastic eyes of KidSuper.  This unique piece will be on display at the Dead Forever Experience in Las Vegas for the last two weekends of Dead & Company’s shows at Sphere in August.

Colm Dillane is the world-renowned multimedia artist, designer, and entertainer behind KidSuper Studios: a hybrid fashion and art brand with a storefront and studio in Brooklyn, NY. Beyond his work at KidSuper, Colm is also the only guest Menswear designer in the history of Louis Vuitton, debuting his awe inspiring collection in Paris in January 2023.

As a painter, Colm’s work has been shown and sold in galleries around the world, with his pieces selling for upwards of $200,000.

Colm and KidSuper Studios are honored to contribute to Dead & Company history through this 1 of 1 painting. A portion of proceeds will benefit the Dead Family Organizations.

Cheers to the winning bidder! Bidding for this auction will begin to close on Friday, August 16, 2024 at 12:00 pm ET.

Register To Bid

Guitar Displays

Guitar Displays

Guitar Displays

On display at the entrance of the Dead Forever Experience are the Deluxe Bobby Weir 3 and the John Mayer’s PRS “Dead Spec” Silver Sky. 

Stage-tested with Dead & Company for years and designed to offer the perfect balance of airy warmth and Weir's long-sought “clang of cold steel”, the Bobby Weir 3 is an undeniable tonal powerhouse. 

A significantly modded PRS Silver Sky that pays homage to Jerry Garcia’s iconic “Alligator” guitar tones, only 1,000 “Dead Spec” Silver Sky Limited Edition instruments will be sold worldwide. 

For more information visit: 

dangelicoguitars.com

prsguitars.com

Bob Weir guitar
Bob Weir guitar
Mickey Hart artworl exhibit
Mickey Hart artworl exhibit

Art On The Edge Of Magic

Mickey Hart’s new immersive art exhibition showcases his groundbreaking vibrational expressionism. This exhibit will be the first of its kind showcasing dozens of sensory-enhancing pieces touching on all of Hart’s art forms and mediums including a breathtaking blacklight immersion. 

Learn more at MickeyHart.com

An American Beauty: Grateful Dead Photography 1965-1995

A photography exhibit curated by Jay Blakesberg and his daughter Ricki will feature 145 images by 27 different photographers, including many rare and unseen photographs. The exhibition is capped off with a section devoted to the continuation of “The Long Strip Trip,” featuring Dead & Company images taken by Jay Blakesberg and Chloe Weir. 

American Beauty photgraphy exhibit
American Beauty photgraphy exhibit
Sirius XM radio hosts
Sirius XM radio hosts

SiriusXM Grateful Dead Channel Zone

Pre-show broadcasts hosted by Gary Lambert, David Gans, and Big Steve Parish will air throughout the opening weekend starting Thursday, May 16, and will continue every Thursday through the residency with the Big Steve Hour. Fans can also stop by Confessions of a Deadhead, the specially designed recording booth to record their favorite band memories. Sound bites from fans will be read on air on the SiriusXM Grateful Dead Channel! 

VW: Past & Present

VW: Past & Present

VW: Past & Present

Volkswagen is joining in on the fun with an immersive showcase of one of their legacy icons, the vintage Volkswagen bus, alongside the newest all-electric model, the ID. Buzz. Volkswagen and the Grateful Dead became symbols of counterculture in the United States during the 1960s, generating a cultural marriage between the two that continues today.

VW ID BUZZ electric bus
VW ID BUZZ electric bus
People watching a film in the VIP Cinema at the Dead Forever Experience
People watching a film in the VIP Cinema at the Dead Forever Experience

Cornell ‘23 At The Cinema

The Cinema, an exclusive Vibee VIP experience, will feature Dead & Company’s epic 2023 performance from Cornell University’s Barton Hall. The historic benefit concert for nearly 5,000 fans took place on May 8, 2023, the same date and venue as the Grateful Dead’s highly acclaimed performance at Cornell in 1977. Two screenings show daily, first-come, first-served. 

David Lemieux Tape Collection

In the days before CDs, digital file sharing, streaming, and downloading, Dead Heads collected their Grateful Dead music on cassette tapes, trading live concerts with one another through the mail. 

This cassette collection is a portion of Grateful Dead archivist and legacy manager David Lemieux's personal tape archive, which he acquired through tape trades with other Dead Heads from 1985-1993. In addition to the 600+ tapes you see here are two cassette decks used to make copies of tapes for trades, a Tascam and a Nakamichi. 

David was also a live concert taper at Grateful Dead shows 1989-1993, and his original Sony D-5 cassette recorder will be on display . He recorded dozens of live Grateful Dead shows during those years, using these Shure SM-94 microphones 1989-1990, later switching to Nakamichi 300 microphones.

David Lemieux Tape Collection exhibition at Dead Forever Experience
David Lemieux Tape Collection exhibition at Dead Forever Experience
People relaxing in the bar lounge area of the Dead Forever Experience
People relaxing in the bar lounge area of the Dead Forever Experience

Bar & Lounge

Fans can enjoy an atmospheric bar and lounge offering specialty cocktails and other beverages for sale and discover many additional surprises and interactive photo opportunities throughout the experience.

Grateful Dead
Dancing Bears

The Grateful Dead's early benefactor and sound man, Owsley Stanley, was known by the nickname "Bear." Bear was very strong for his size, and was very fitness-conscious. In 1973, when the Dead were releasing their final album with Warner Bros., they had Bear select live recordings from 1970, hence the name of the album: "History of the Grateful Dead Vol. 1: Bear's Choice," and the artwork by Bob Thomas was the first time the world saw the "dancing bears" (which Bear insisted were "marching bears"). From there the bears took off as a visual icon of the Grateful Dead, mostly perpetuated by Dead Heads on shirts, vans, and even costumes. Bear was an essential member of the Grateful Dead family, producing their live sound in 1966, 1968-1970, and was a prime mover in the development of the Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound in 1974.

The dancing bear statues outside of the Dead Forever Experience
The dancing bear statues outside of the Dead Forever Experience
Dead & Company artwork on the exterior of Sphere Las Vegas
Dead & Company artwork on the exterior of Sphere Las Vegas

Dead Forever: Live At Sphere Las Vegas

Additional shows added
August 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10

Vibee is the official VIP Concert & Hotel Package partner and the only way to access ticket bundles for all three weekend shows. Packages include special shopping hours at the Dead Forever Experience, exclusive commemorative keepsakes including different band posters each weekend, ACES BACK TO BACK: SUMMER 2023 - the first-ever physical release of live music by Dead & Company on vinyl - and more.

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