WTMD’s Saturday Morning Tunes presents Grateful Dead for Kids feat. Ed Hough’s Dead Collective Feb. 16 at the Gordon Center for the Performing Arts. Illustrations by Kevin Sherry.
WTMD’s Saturday Morning Tunes is excited to bring our Grateful Dead for Kids show with Ed Hough’s Dead Collective to the Gordon Center for Performing Arts on Feb. 16 for a special Sunday morning show.
Tickets are available now.
If you’re a Grateful Dead fan with young kids, you’ve probably wanted to bring them with you to share your love of this incredible band. Now you can — at the Gordon Center — with Ed Hough’s Dead Collective, featuring some of Baltimore’s best roots and Americana musicians.
***UPDATE: The first set sold out, and we just announced a SECOND SET the same morning! Doors open at 11:15 a.m. and the music starts at 11:30 a.m.***
Check out the band lineup for this show:
Ed Hough, drums and vocals
As a founding member of Smooth Kentucky, Ed Hough has been an influential part of the Baltimore music scene for decades. He and Cris Jacobs are longtime friends who have performed the music of Smooth Kentucky, The Grateful Dead and many other bands over the years.
Cris Jacobs, guitar and vocals
A star of Baltimore’s roots and jam scenes, Cris Jacobs rose to prominence as the singer and guitarist from the popular Baltimore band The Bridge before branching out as a solo artist. He has performed with Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh & Friends on several occasions, toured with Steve Winwood and recorded with Ivan Neville. Earlier this year, he released “Painted Roads,” his latest solo album.
Mookie Siegel, keyboards
A veteran keyboardist, Mookie has played with Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh & Friends as well as Grateful Dead singer/guitarist Bob Weir and his band Rat Dog.
David Markowitz, bass
Dave is also a member of Baltimore roots rock/Americana mainstays The Bridge.
Tim Pruitt, guitar
Tim has performed with a long list of D.C.- and Baltimore-based musicians over more than three decades.
About the series
Since Saturday Morning Tunes launched in January 2017, more than 7,000 different parents and kids from all across Maryland and beyond have come to one of our concerts for the whole family. These are shows that parents and kids can all enjoy together. We had 1,200 parents and kids at our Phish show alone!
**Family Four Packs are good for any combination of four people.**
This show is sponsored by Race Pace Bicycles, Garrison Forest School, The B&O Railroad Museum and (cool) progeny. Illustrations are by the Baltimore artist and children’s book author Kevin Sherry.
