An immersive four-day retreat built around the music, history, culture and enduring spirit of the Grateful Dead. Classes during the day. Music at night. Community that lasts a lifetime.

August 6–10, 2026 | Nichols College | Dudley, Massachusetts

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Bob Weir didn’t mince words. He said it is our responsibility — all of ours — to keep this music, this spirit, and this community alive for the next 300 years.

Not the next few years. Not until the last original member is gone. For Three hundred years.

The Next 300 was built as the first answer to that call. A place where the people who were a part of building this world pass everything they know to the community who will become its guardian.

This is not a festival. This is not a concert. This is the start of the next 300 years.

Think of it as the semester you always wished existed — compressed into one extraordinary long weekend on a college campus in Massachusetts all to ourselves.

Learn

Four classes a day taught by 20+ professors collected from our own dead head community. Historians, musicians, sociologists, producers, archivists, and executives who have studied and cherished the culture of the Grateful Dead.

Listen

Every afternoon the quad opens up. Every evening the auditorium comes alive. Live music, screenings of films no one else has ever seen, sing alongs, dance parties and pure celebration. Together.

Live

Real dorm rooms. Real meals together. A real campus that becomes ours for four days. Decorate your room. Meet your neighbors. Stay up late and hang out until the sun rises, because you just don’t want to miss a beat.

Connect

You arrive not knowing most of the 300 people on campus. By Monday morning you can’t imagine having to leave. This is the community the we have always had, we just gave it a campus.

The Daily Schedule

Thursday arrival includes check-in, room setup, orientation, a full campus mixer, dinner and your first evening concert. Monday is checkout. But nothing really ends that Monday morning, it is just the beginning.

Time	Activity
7:15am	Breakfast
9:15am	Class 1
10:15am	Class 2
11:15am	Class 3
12:15pm	Lunch
1:25pm	Class 4
2:25pm	Sport & Recreation
3:20pm	Free Time
4:15pm	Quad Concert
6:15pm	Dinner
7:30pm	Community Gathering Event
11:30pm	After Hours