dark star jubilee 2020

Today, the torch-bearing Grateful Dead tribute act Dark Star Orchestra announces the lineup for their ninth annual Dark Star Jubilee music festiva. Produced by All Good Presents, the event was created as a band-curated continuation of the ongoing celebration of the music of the Grateful Dead, the Dark Star Jubilee has become a Midwest tradition for kicking off the summer season with three-nights of music, camping and community. Happening May 22 – 24, 2020 at Legend Valley Concert Venue and Campground in Thornville, Ohio, approximately 30 miles east of Columbus, Ohio.


Anchored by three headlining shows of two sets each, Dark Star Orchestra creates space to let music fill the air.


The band is thrilled to present the 2020 Dark Star Jubilee artist lineup featuring:

3 nights of Dark Star Orchestra (6 sets)

Oteil & Friends

Galactic featuring Anjelika Jelly Joseph

Zero featuring Steve Kimock, Bobby Vega, Greg Anton, & Melvin Seals

The Infamous Stringdusters

Jorma Kaukonen

Keller Williams

Marco Benevento

Jeff Mattson and Friends

Holly Bowling

Rumpke Mountain Boys

Mystic Bowie’s Talking Dreads

Dino English & The Progfusionals

Katie Henry Band


Dark Star Orchestra finishes off the year with their Cosmic New Year’s Run with two shows at Albany’s Palace Theatre Dec. 28 & 29 (29th will feature a 1977 show), and December 30 & New Year’s Eve at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ. The band resumes touring on the West Coast in February, after their 8th annual Jam in the Sand festival in Runaway Bay, Jamaica, which is now sold out. Complete festival details & tickets available at DarkStarJubilee.com