The Grateful Dead’s 20th Anniversary at the Greek

From June 14 through 16, 1985, the Grateful Dead opened their summer-long 20th-anniversary celebration with three nights at Berkeley’s Greek Theatre.

Robert Hunter’s 20th Anniversary Rag was handed to fans at the gates, and a press conference framed the milestone. Across the weekend, the music moved from a first “Keep On Growing” to “Morning Dew,” “China Cat Sunflower” into “I Know You Rider,” and a revived “Comes a Time.”

In 2026, the complete weekend became a centerpiece of the official Summer Magic 1985 archive. For The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley, those shows connect the open-air room to a specific turning point: the start of a summer when the band paused to mark twenty years together.

Sources: Dead.net Deadcast and official Summer Magic 1985 release