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Wednesday, December 16, 2026 · 8:00 PM

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Play Grateful Dead Acoustic Reckoning

Bearsville Theater · 291 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY

Welch and Rawlings, partners since they met at Berklee, building a full Grateful Dead set around the band's 1981 acoustic live album Reckoning rather than playing it track by track. She sings and plays rhythm guitar, he sings and plays lead. The tour started at Brooklyn Bowl Nashville in April 2026. Their tenth album, Woodland, won the 2025 Grammy for Best Folk Album.

Why Bearsville Theater: Part of the original Bearsville studio complex where Dylan, The Band, Janis Joplin and countless legends recorded, stayed and played, set on 16 wooded acres with an album walk of historic records and an outdoor music park on the stream.

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