Jeff Mattson

Thanks again to Alex Jordan for having me out to recreate 8/1/73 - Alligator's last show - as part of his Grateful Thursdays residency at Redwood City's Club Fox, and to Andy Logan for his incredible generosity in sharing Alligator…

West Coast friends!  I'm thrilled to announce I'll be joining Alex Jordan & Friends for Grateful Thursdays at Club Fox in Redwood City, CA on 1/5!  Celebrate 2023 with an "Alligator" era show featuring the one and only "Alligator"!

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Thank you for an awesome Fall Tour! 

It's been an incredible ride on our 25th Anniversary Fall Tour, we can't wait to see you on the Dark Star Orchestra Cosmic New Year's Run in Portland, ME & Port Chester, NY…

DSO Fall Tour kicks off this week!

We'll celebrate a HUGE milestone on 11/11: 25 years since our first ever performance! Join us back where it all began on Friday, November 11 at The Vic Theatre in Chicago for a…

Dark Star Orchestra's Cosmic New Year's Run has been announced! Join the band for a pair of shows at the State Theatre in Portland, ME on December 28 & 29, and then ring in 2023 at The Capitol Theatre in…

Tickets for Dark Star Orchestra's 25th Anniversary Tour are on sale now! 

Thu, Nov 3​ - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN 

Fri, Nov 4 &​ Sat, Nov 5​ - Riverside Theater - Milwaukee, WI 

Thu, Nov 10 - Brown County…

Happening at one of the most beautiful and intimate venues in New Orleans and featuring some of the most well-known names in the extended Grateful Dead family, AXIAL TILT is an all-out party in honor of the music, life, harmony…

We're coming to the Catskills!  Catch Jeff Mattson & Friends featuring DSO bandmates Rob Barraco, Skip Vangelas, and Lisa Mackey with Tom Barraco Sunday, April 24 at Colony Woodstock!

Doors 6 / Show 8

$30 ADV / $35 DOS

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Announcing: Jeff Mattson & Friends Green Mountain Mini-Tour! 

We're thrilled to head up to Vermont for a few nights in April!  I'm bring DSO bandmates Rob Barraco, Skip Vangelas, and Lisa Mackey as well as Tom Barraco along with me…

Immense thanks to the Grateful Guitars Foundation for this custom Scarlet Fire Guitars “Woolly Mammoth” guitar lovingly built by luthier Leo Elliott in the Doug Irwin style akin to Garcia’s famous Rosebud Guitar. World-famous inlay artist Larry Robinson also worked…

Friends, I am please to announce the return of the long-running D-Jam, an annual event hosted by legendary Pittsburgh-area jamband theCause benefitting Pittsburgh's Just Harvest.  DSO bandmate Lisa Mackey and myself will be joining theCause for this special night…

Catch Me now on Part 1 of the "Playing Dead" episode of the Good Ol' Grateful Dead podcast hosted by Jesse Jarnow!

The Deadcast examines how the Grateful Dead became a genre and school of music unto themselves, tracing…