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Ever since the Grateful Dead began its legendary career nearly 45 years ago, the band has supported worthy causes that serve to raise awareness, lend support, and make this world a better place.
Continuing this long-standing tradition of community service that has been a hallmark of the Dead and the Deadhead community, The Dead, known as one of the greatest touring bands of all time, has partnered with Charity Folks to auction a limited number of tickets to their 2009 shows.
All proceeds from the auctions will benefit longtime Grateful Dead-related nonprofits including: The Furthur Foundation, The Rex Foundation, and Unbroken Chain Foundation, among others. Each of these organizations have served and supported a wide range of organizations in the many areas where need exists.
All ticket packages will include band-signed limited edition show posters. Other packages will include VIP perks, such as access to the Loose Lucy's Lot Lounge. The Dead will also be auctioning special memorabilia from their vault that you won’t want to miss!
This is The Dead’s first tour in nearly five years and the band is excited to be on the road again. The lineup will be the same one that rocked the house last fall at the Obama benefit: The Core Four of Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, joined by guitar monster Warren Haynes and RatDog keyboard ace Jeff Chimenti - both veterans of the 2004 Dead "Wave That Flag" tour.
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* With Very Special Guests The Allman Brothers Band and The Doobie Brothers |
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The Furthur Foundation
For nearly 20 years, the Furthur Foundation has been giving money to progressive groups working on environmental and social change issues in the Bay Area and around the world. The foundation focuses on smart-thinking groups that are small and close to their target - groups that know their business, share our politics, and spend the money carefully, without a lot of bells and whistles, overhead, and wasted effort. Working capital is a series of donations from Bobby Weir, given over a decade ago, and donations from good and like-minded people that stream in. This allows the Board to grant anywhere from 30 to 60 thousand dollars a year. The Board of Directors is a great group of far-sighted volunteers, including Carolyn Garcia: Grateful Dead family member since the beginning; Andre Carothers, former Board member of Greenpeace USA and founder of the Rockwood Leadership Program; Chris Desser, environmentalist and lawyer; and of course, Bob Weir, musician, philanthropist and hot sauce vender. The foundation is managed and directed by Andre Carothers in Berkeley. |
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The Rex Foundation
In the fall of 1983, the Rex Foundation was established as a non-profit charitable organization by members of the Grateful Dead and friends. The Rex Foundation enabled the Grateful Dead to go beyond responding to multiple requests for contributions, and provide extensive community support to creative endeavors in the arts, sciences, and education. The first benefit concerts for the Rex Foundation were held in the spring of 1984 at the Marin Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium. The Rex Foundation mission is to help secure a healthy environment, promote individuality in the arts, provide support to critical and necessary social services, assist others less fortunate than ourselves, protect the rights of indigenous people and ensure their cultural survival, build a stronger community, and educate children and adults everywhere. Since 1984 the Rex Foundation has granted $8.4 million to over 1,000 grassroots programs across the United States and internationally, that might otherwise be overlooked by more mainstream funding entities, yet work in innovative and bold ways to bring about helpful solutions to challenging situations. |
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Unbroken Chain Foundation
Created in the spring of 1997 by Phil Lesh and friends, the Unbroken Chain Foundation is a nonprofit organization which seeks to perpetuate the long-standing tradition of community service that has been the hallmark of the remarkable three-decade relationship between the Grateful Dead and its audience. The foundation's mission is to generate support for, and public awareness of, groups and individuals that bring hope and inspiration to communities where great need exists, and to create partnerships of people working together for a common good, especially in such areas as the arts, education and the environment |
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Sea Sheppard Conservation Society
Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization. Our mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world's oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species. Sea Shepherd uses innovative direct-action tactics to investigate, document, and take action when necessary to expose and confront illegal activities on the high seas. By safeguarding the biodiversity of our delicately-balanced ocean ecosystems, Sea Shepherd works to ensure their survival for future generations.
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The Algalita Marine Research Foundation
The Algalita Marine Research Foundation is dedicated to the protection of the marine environment and its watersheds through research, education, and restoration.
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The Endangered Music Project
The Endangered Music Project was originally established to fund the artists featured on the series of five Endangered Music Project CDs. |
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