Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland (1978)

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

• Music
• Documentary

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.

Release date

December 31, 1978

Runtime

4h 16m

Language

English

Director

Cynthia Sterne, Roi Peers, Haig Mackey, Vincent Casalaina

Status

Released