Over the previous couple a long time, the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY turned a type of East Coast residence base for the late Phil Lesh and a few of his fellow Grateful Useless alums. Peter Shapiro, the venue’s proprietor, was the promoter behind the Useless’s fiftieth anniversary Fare Thee Properly reveals, and Lesh carried out on the venue 106 between 2012 and his demise final 12 months. So it’s becoming that the Capitol Theatre and the Village of Port Chester have put in a tribute to Lesh.
Saturday marks 85 years since Lesh’s start. In honor of that, the Capitol is internet hosting a four-day celebration of Lesh that includes his son Grahame Lesh, his grandson Levi, and different performers together with Rick Mitarotonda, Eric Krasno, Oteil Burbridge, Jason Crosby, John Molo, Jennifer Hartswick, Jackie Greene, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, Steve Molitz, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, and Rob Barraco. As we speak, to kick off the proceedings, the nook of Westchester Avenue and Broad Road, proper exterior the theatre, has formally been renamed Phil Lesh Lane. Broad Road is residence to the Cap’s “Door 12” stage door, which Lesh entered by means of for his many performances on the venue. His tour bus was frequently parked alongside the stretch of avenue that can now bear his identify.
An announcement from Shapiro:
Phil was like a father to the Capitol, and carried out there extra occasions than every other musician within the theater’s historical past. We’re thrilled that he’ll now be with us, on the identical avenue, for each present the theater has shifting ahead, perpetually.
And one from Grahame Lesh:
The Lesh Household is so honored that the numerous magical nights that Phil spent at The Cap will probably be commemorated with Phil Lesh Lane. Phil liked The Cap and your entire group that got here to his reveals right here, and our entire household will all the time really feel the love that mirrored again to him and all of us. It’s further particular for this commemoration to occur on his eighty fifth Birthday weekend, as all of us spent so a lot of his birthdays with Deadheads who traveled from close to and much to rejoice with him and our household.
The disclosing happened immediately at 4:20 p.m. (haha). Watch footage beneath.
Phil Lesh Lane is formally right here! 🚏✨ Watch as Phil’s grandson, Levon, unveils the road signal honoring a particular tribute to his grandfather. An unbelievable second for the Lesh household and all Deadheads! 💀⚡ pic.twitter.com/7mxm3cgOlQ
— The Capitol Theatre 🐿 (@capitoltheatre) March 14, 2025
