SETLIST

SETLIST FOR returns the full setlist for one show: every song, in order, broken into sets, with segue markers and lengths where they’re known. Use it whenever you want the what happened that night answer.

Synopsis#

SETLIST FOR date_spec;

date_spec is a specific date (5/8/77 or 1977-05-08), a year (1977), or a named show ("Cornell 1977"). The FOR keyword is optional — SETLIST 1977-05-08; works too.

How it works#

SETLIST FOR looks up a single show, then expands it into ordered performances grouped by set. The default output is a readable text setlist with segue arrows; switch to AS JSON for structured data, or AS TABLE for a one-row-per-song view.

Date forms#

Examples#

Specific dates#

SETLIST FOR 5/8/77;  -- Cornell
SETLIST FOR 8/27/72;  -- Veneta
SETLIST FOR 3/29/90;  -- Nassau
SETLIST FOR 12/31/78;  -- Winterland NYE
SETLIST 1974-10-19;  -- YYYY-MM-DD, no FOR needed

Compare two consecutive nights#

SETLIST FOR 5/7/77;
SETLIST FOR 5/8/77;
SETLIST FOR 5/9/77;

The CLI runs each statement in order and prints the results back-to-back — perfect for diffing nights of a run.

Get the data, not the rendering#

SETLIST FOR 5/8/77 AS JSON;
SETLIST FOR 5/8/77 AS CSV;

What you get back#

The default text rendering looks like this:

Grateful Dead — May 8, 1977 — Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Set 1:
  1. New Minglewood Blues
  2. Loser
  ...

Set 2:
  1. Scarlet Begonias
  2. Fire on the Mountain
  ...

Encore:
  1. One More Saturday Night

Each song is listed in order within its set. JSON output exposes set number and position for each performance.

Tips#

• Two-digit years are unambiguous — the Dead were active 1965–1995, so 77 always means 1977.
• Don’t know the exact date? Combine SHOWS AT and LIMIT 1 to find a candidate, then SETLIST FOR that date.
• For multiple shows in one go, use semicolons: SETLIST FOR 5/7/77; SETLIST FOR 5/8/77;.

5/8/77 · Cornell 1977