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Words can barely describe the joy and love I felt over the three days at jubilee. Everyone in attendance smiling and happy, the common thread running through all of us the love of the music of the Grateful Dead. In the world we presently live in, what a blessing that there is a place to go once a year to completely lose yourself in song. Much thanks to the band, crew, and all involved in pulling off this event each year, it is heaven on earth. I was lucky enough to spend the weekend with a group of friends that have become loved family members over the past few years. All you guys and girls hold a special place in my heart and the jubilee wouldn't have been the epic event it was without your presence. Love you all. Let the Red Rocks countdown begin. Praise DSO.

We are of very aware of the presence of the Amazing Giants. They are a Jubilee staple and have participated in a few NYE celebrations as well. Personally, I love watching them while I play and it has the ability to give me a spark of energy. Did you see the energy they gave to Salmon when they were on stage with them? Perfect example there. Seeing the crowd enjoying it contributes too. Great people when they are not performing, as well. I understand and respect not everything is everyone's cup of tea. Just wanted to share my perspective. As for the other concerns people have, we hear about them and try to rectify them moving forward.

The giants are fine with me. I enjoy the festive atmosphere they bring. I didn’t like the fire spinners so close to the stage. We had a fantastic group getting down and then they put up gates and chains and boot us out. They booted us out 20 minutes before they even were fire spinning which made no sense. They also created a bottleneck that only allowed 3 feet of room between people in chairs and the fence which caused chaos for people returning from camp. They used to be closer to merch but this year they were 20 feet from the left PA. That’s way too close to the stage and taking up 600 sq ft of prime dance area.

This was our second Jubilee. What a wonderful time. We were kind of expecting the worst with the weather forecast. Apparently the Robs control the weather too. For me, the highlights were Jeff on Tangled, and of course that transcendent Playin. Marcus King is a damn beast. That trade off between him and the keyboard player was really fun to watch. Very good times. To see Vince bite into that cake on his birthday was kinda fun too. That, and the Amazing Giants coming out to dance. I thought that was really nice and I also thought that the band was really on point. Andy Thorn continues to be a monster. So, no compaints. Other than the I70 cops and roadkill. Lolz. Already miss you guys. PS - Forgot to mention Skip bombs. That Other One!!

Hey. I thought the kids were awesome at redrocks. I Took a seat further back during drums at jubilee and saw a few kids so figured it was the same group. I just assumed in the last 8 months they were all home getting ready for their next stage appearance and were honing their craft bevause it was definitely was a higher level at jubilee. I still have a wave of bliss rolling through my body. Jubilee usually results in a full week of that happy glow. It really is the best place on the planet during Memorial Day. 90% of attendees would give you the shirt off their back. Every camp of strangers id walk by and say hello would say have a seat and hang out. The love and sharing is really unequalled. My buddy who did his 1st jubilee said every person he locked eyes with would flash a huge smile. He was blown away by the love shown. I mean if you go to jubilee and don’t have the ultimate time you may be incapable of being happy at all.

I uploaded a handful of videos to youtube. Most are short clips, but got a nice long pull from Watchtower and Black Peter. Youtube Jubilee 2019 playlist

Saw the giants in Philly NYE a few years back. They got in the way of me being able to see the stage. That’s as bad as it got for me. Agreed, the band can stand alone. They don’t need to accessorize, IMHO. Drummer Rob just made it 20 years? I remember walking up to you and Kevin on the boardwalk in OCNJ after my first show and giving you guys a great big Thank You, my face full of joy.

It's not about banning...but like you said, you don't like spilled booze on the dance floor so you don't carry it 😉 Additionally, since music and dancing are synonymous, I've always been in support of a designated dance section. The ideal section is up front for two reasons. The first is so that there is no traffic through the dancers. The second is so the band can see!

There’s manny things I don’t like. I don’t like people spilling booze on the dance floor or on me but both have happened a lot I don’t dance with booze. I’m not saying it should banned. I move away from Scottie when having a cig. I know it bothers him. I’ll move away from you when I have one as well even though I only take a smoke break during a ballad. I get things are annoying, but the health danger is minimal outdoors, and I’m not for banning anything that has to do with peoples personal freedom. It’s a slippery slope. Many people burn other things and that annoys people too but this is a dead show. It’s not a library. The good outweighs the bad. Now all Ticketmaster owned amphitheater’s ban smoking even if no ones near you. I guarantee you there are people mad at every show that we stand up to dance and block others view too. I had Ticketmaster security at van Morrison in the lawn ask me to sit down because other people couldn’t see. I refused. Once we start down this road eventually you will be negatively impacted. I always turn my cigarette into my palm so it won’t touch anyone while dancing and in packed smoking areas hold it over my head.

Hey, I have a complaint. I didn’t go. I worked all weekend. Be grateful. It could have been worse. You could have been in my shoes.

What a great weekend and I enjoyed seeing all my friends so much at times I was at a complete loss of words. I’ll be back in 2021. By night 3 I’d loosened my load and it was a beautiful day. The feel of this first set was cruising on a Sunday drive in a three on a tree classic Ford truck with 4 people packed in on the bench seat. Of course we were rocking. During Let It Grow the sky opened as the sky turned purple pink with the setting sun. The crowd got super happy to hear Pocky Way and good dancing. All the dancers stayed and we threw down on the dance floor and ended up cooled off by nature. I love some watchtower! Black Peter was amazing and delicately delivered. What a night! The encores about sum it up. Grate show! Grate band! Grate crew! Grate People all around!!

This is a freedom fest and people are talking about banning snoke? What’s next making people wear deodorant or requiring a collared shirt? It’s free air. If cigs are banned I’m out out of principal. I could smoke a vape but are u wanting this to be a Ticketmaster outdoor venue where everything is banned? I’ll move a few steps away from you but there are non smokers who at times need a smoke because of the intensity of jubilee. I’m all with you on the fire dancers roping off our space but you aren’t breathing the smoke outdoors you are just smelling it. I smell lots of things I don’t want to smell but it’s camping. I want nothing banned but roping off dance area. The smell of the chemicals the fire spinners use is worse than any smoke there is.

I used to have a Dupree’s Diamond News issue from the late 80’s where the writer essentially blamed all the problems with the late 80s scene- crowds, prices, parking lot, vendors- all of it- on venues allowing beer sales during Grateful Dead concerts. He tried hard to convince all who would listen that booze was killing the scene, but...hard to tell Dead fans what to do. When I drank some beer at this years Jubilee, I thought of him and gave him a toast.

I Can almost guarantee the summer Cincinnati show is going to be a summer 85 or the second night of Red Rocks 83 leading up to the third at Red Rocks 1983

Consider this Rude. Freedom has many angles. I think i have the right to be free of cigarette smoke. I don't smoke so why should i have to be exposed to it? If you want to poison yourself it's your choice but I'm not choosing it. I've also been burnt by people's cigarettes on multiple occasions. It's just inconsiderate. If you weren't biased by the addiction I'm pretty sure you'd be in agreement. And i do breath it in. Is it as bad as the fire spinners? No, but that is not a fair basis for argument.