The Garcia Project books Ventura Music Hall for March

The band that recreates full Jerry Garcia Band shows, set list and all, plays Ventura Music Hall on Saturday, March 6, 2027.

Every Deadhead has a show they wish they’d been at. The Garcia Project’s whole premise is to take you to one. On a Saturday night in March, they set up the time machine in Ventura.

The Garcia Project plays Ventura Music Hall on Saturday, March 6, 2027, at 9 p.m. The show was announced Oct. 28, tickets run $10 to $59.50 through Tixr, and the room holds about 635.

If you haven’t seen them, the idea is simple and a little obsessive in the best way. The Garcia Project recreates full Jerry Garcia Band sets from 1976 to 1995, built on the actual set lists the Jerry Garcia Band played. Each night has a different set list, so a show is less a greatest-hits tribute than a recreation of one specific evening, with all its deep cuts and long, unhurried jams.

That approach has made them a steady draw on the circuit. The band kicked off its annual Days Between tour this summer with two nights at The Kate on July 29 and 30, a run that lands around the dates fans mark for Garcia every year, and it has announced runs through Northern California and Colorado in recent seasons. Its tour listings already stretch into 2027, with Ventura among the dates on the books.

A Garcia Project show is less a greatest-hits tribute than a recreation of one specific evening.

Why this room works: the Jerry Garcia Band was never a stadium act in the way the Grateful Dead became one. Its music was looser and more intimate, built on covers, slow-burning ballads and gospel-tinged jams that bloom in a room where you can hear every note of the keys. A 635-capacity hall with a dance floor is about the right scale for that sound, and it gives the crowd room to do what Garcia crowds do: sway, spin and settle in for the long version.

The 9 p.m. start makes this a full Saturday night. Jerry Garcia Band sets run long, and a show built from a real set list will follow that shape, so plan for a late finish and comfortable shoes.

On tickets: the price range, from $10 up to $59.50, suggests tiers from general admission upward, and it is worth checking the Tixr page for what each one covers before you buy. With the date four months out, there is no need to rush tonight, but rooms like this tend to fill as a Saturday show draws near, and Deadheads are famously good at planning their weekends around the music.

Pick your favorite year and hope it’s the one they play. Whatever night they choose, you’ll get the whole thing, start to finish, the way it went down.

Sources: Recreating Jerry Garcia Band Shows — CTvisit (ctvisit.com); The Garcia Project Days Between tour — Grateful Web (gratefulweb.com); The Garcia Project Announce Northern California Tour — Grateful Web (gratefulweb.com); Experience the Spirit of Jerry Garcia: The Garcia Project’s 2025 Colorado Tour — Grateful Web (gratefulweb.com); The Garcia Project — tour listing (concerts.hypebot.com); The Garcia Project at Ventura Music Hall — JamBase (jambase.com); Tickets — Tixr (tixr.com)