Half Step Grateful Dead Tribute featuring David Gans

Get It Right the First Time in association with Murmrr Presents is thrilled to present special performance of Half Step – Long Island’s premier Grateful Dead tribute act with special guest opening act David Gans!

This will be a very special 3-set show with David performing an opening acoustic solo set followed by two full sets of Half Step!

The venue is located in an open-air courtyard featuring a full concert sound stage. Fans can order Hometown BBQ. Additional food and drinks made at Industry City will be available for purchase. Concert is rain or shine.

Event Info

Date: June 21, 2025

Doors: 4pm

Showtime: 4:15pm

Show ends: 8:00pm

Address: Industry City Bandshell Stage, Courtyard 1/2 at Industry City in Brooklyn New York between 36th and 37th street and 2nd and 3rd Avenues.

ENTER 238 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY on your GPS device

How to get here:

Take the D, N, R lines to 36th street station in Brooklyn and walk west one block to Industry City. 2 stops from Manhattan.

From Long Island, take the LIRR to Atlantic Terminal then take the D, N, or R train from Atlantic Terminal to 36th Street! It’s 8 minutes on the subway.

More on David Gans:

David Gans delivers literate, improvisational folk-rock with looping in a “solo electric” setting. A solo Gans show is likely to consist of several elements: country-blues-style fingerpicking; loop-based improvisations created live in the moment; sweetly-sung ballads, original or borrowed; Grateful Dead songs reinterpreted to suit his voice and guitar; wry observations of the music-festival subculture and the larger world; soulful and passionate political commentary; favorites from the folk-rock canon of the last 50 years. Mix and match – it’s never the same show twice, but it’s always worth a listen.

More on Half Step:

Half Step is a group of dedicated fans & students of the Grateful Dead, capturing the spirit, improvisation, sound & complexity of Grateful Dead music.

Established in 2004 on Long Island, Half Step has been mastering their craft while winning over crowds of veteran Deadheads, newcomers and non-Dead fans alike.

What makes Half Step stand out from the rest?

Like the Grateful Dead themselves, the band is constantly pushing the envelope, growing together as musicians and performers. Only true fans that have experienced and studied the music with an extreme level of dedication and passion can accurately represent the superb body of work that the Grateful Dead have to offer.

When seeing Half Step live, one can clearly see the attention to detail that the band has in putting on a viable Grateful Dead experience. They stay true to the traditional show format and play sets of tunes in a sequence that could likely have been performed by the Dead themselves years ago. The members of Half Step also use similar instruments, amplifiers and effects to further authenticate the Grateful Dead sound.

In the band’s long history, they have undergone and overcome numerous incarnations. With each new member they come closer to refining their approach while consistently raising their standards. Half Step’s current line up is by far the most seasoned and prepared to bring their show to the next level.

As musicians, Half Step has what it takes to present the Dead’s music to even the most critical of fans. Anyone who has experienced the Grateful Dead in one way or another have formed a unique impression of their music. Half Step has the rare privilege to be in the position to share their collective impression with you.