Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland poster

Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland poster

Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland

Celebrate New Year's Eve at Winterland for One Final Night

1978 4h 16mMovie

MusicDocumentary

The Closing Of Winterland documents the Grateful Dead's landmark New Year's Eve 1978 concert that marked the end of the famed San Francisco Bay Area venue Winterland Aena. The Dead celebrated the closing as an approximately five-hour-long party (complete with breakfast with the audience at dawn) and invited some guests including guitarist John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service and Ken Kesey as well as actor Dan Aykroyd who provided the midnight countdown.

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Cynthia Sterne

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Roi Peers

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Haig Mackey

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Vincent Casalaina

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Top Cast

Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia

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Bob Weir

Bob Weir

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Bill Kreutzmann

Bill Kreutzmann

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Donna Godchaux

Donna Godchaux

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Phil Lesh

Phil Lesh

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Mickey Hart

Mickey Hart

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Keith Godchaux

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John Cipollina

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Ken Kesey

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Bill Graham

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Matthew Kelly

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Greg Errico

Greg Errico

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Lee Oskar

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Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

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