Calling all West Michigan Deadheads!  Raising the Dead returns to the Park Theater in Holland on October 12, 2024.  Join us for a real good time, show is a single set from 8-10pm. Advance tickets are just $15.  ..read more

8-30-24 Midland Street Concert Series, Bay City, MIGot the band back together for our first gig in Bay City, thanks to Charles for awesome sound reproduction. Our second set started at 8:55 and ended with the encore at 11! SET I: Scarlet Begonias, Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told, West LA Fadeaway, Dancing In The Street, Brown Eyed Women, Cumberland Blues, Tennessee Jed, The Music Never StoppedSET II: Feel Like A Stranger, Shakedown St ..read more

We are beyond excited to return to Little Caesars Arena for 2024's Grateful Dead Night!  Join us for an afternoon and evening of Grateful Dead music and the best damn hockey team around.  SPECIAL EVENT TICKETS ONLY will admit you to the show at 4pm, the game at 7pm, and that sweet sweet special Dead.net licensed Grateful Dead-Red Wings jersey!  Act quickly, event tickets have sold out every year.  In the mean time, check out our performance from last year's RWGD night ..read more

Join Raising The Dead this Friday, August 30 in Bay City for a Grateful Dead revue of epic proportions!  Our full lineup of Bill Butler, Matthew Cole, Alex Gauthier, Dave Martin, and Chaim Tolwin will surely leave a smoking crater where the stage is.   ..read more

Come on, children, come Downriver to Wyandotte to see the RTD Acoustic Quartet of Bill, Matt, Dave, and Chaim perform two sets of Grateful Dead in Wyandotte.  We will be joined by Dave Martin's ShinyHeadMusic.com Rock School band Alyse Lyph, teenagers performing classic alternative hits from Oasis, The Killers, Paramore, and more!  This outdoor event is free, so bring your dancing shoes (and maybe a lawn chair).  ..read more

photo: Kelly Starkey It was another joyful Saturday afternoon at the Sardine Room.  Bill, Matt, and Dave were joined by frequent skin-flicker Joseph Waldecker for 2 sets of Deadly shenanigans.  A Grateful day was enjoyed by all.  See you again August 31!7-26-2024 The Sardine Room, Plymouth, MII: Friend of the Devil (slow), Mexicali Blues > Cumberland Blues, Alabama Getaway, Bird Song, Men Smart Women Smarter, Box of Rain, Foolish HeartII: Friend of the Devil (fast), Truck ..read more

Come eat delicious brunch with mimosas while grooving to the music of Raising The Dead at The Sardine Room in Plymouth, MI the last Saturday of every month.  This month, see Matt, Dave, Bill, and Joseph Waldecker work out your favorite American music.  Come enjoy black licorice (IYKYK) along with your brunch ..read more

Bill and Dave were joined by Mike Bush (Dead At The Winery), Joseph Waldecker (Flying Caterpillar), and Dave Levy (Dead Again) for a fantastic 65th birthday party in Franklin, MI.  We were joined by our favorite ex-Colin Hay roadie Joe Giese running the sound.  We are happy to play your party too, contact Dave at 734-673-0307 to book Raising The Dead.  See you Saturday, 7/27 at The Sardine Room.  7-20-2024 Franklin, MIHappy Birthday To You, Birthday (Beatles) > Sugar Magnolia, Sugaree, Brown Eyed Women, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Shakedown ..read more

What a perfect night for a birthday celebration!  Mark and Elizabeth Dizik both celebrate decade birthdays on July 15, and they chose to have Raising The Dead come party with them!  Their back porch made a perfect stage and a great time was had by all.  They found us at the Sardine Room playing as an acoustic quartet, so that's the show they wanted.  Thanks for a magical night, we wish you many more decades to rock that "Touch of Grey." Next weekend, we play another private birthday party in Franklin.  7-13-2024 Mark & Elizabeth's Birthday Party, Lathrup Village ..read more

Southwest Michigan (and Chicago, South Bend, Indianapolis...) Deadheads, rejoice!  We will return to the Park Theater in Holland on Saturday, October 12 for an evening of the best American music.  You can get advance tickets for $15 here or $20 tickets the day of at the box office.  Here's a look back at our last gig at the park on 9-12-2022:  This gig was a nod to 1971 Dead, a year when they consistently played without a keyboard player, as documented on the Skull & Roses album.  We exclusively played repertoire from that year.  Highlights included Loser, o ..read more