Over the previous couple many years, the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY grew to become a form 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 Effectively exhibits, and Lesh carried out on the venue 106 between 2012 and his demise final yr. 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. At present, to kick off the proceedings, the nook of Westchester Avenue and Broad Avenue, proper outdoors the theatre, has formally been renamed Phil Lesh Lane. Broad Avenue is residence to the Cap’s “Door 12” stage door, which Lesh entered via for his many performances on the venue. His tour bus was commonly parked alongside the stretch of road that can now bear his title.
A press release from Shapiro:
Phil was like a father to the Capitol, and carried out there extra occasions than another musician within the theater’s historical past. We’re thrilled that he’ll now be with us, on the identical road, for each present the theater has shifting ahead, eternally.
And one from Grahame Lesh:
The Lesh Household is so honored that the various magical nights that Phil spent at The Cap might be commemorated with Phil Lesh Lane. Phil cherished The Cap and the whole group that got here to his exhibits right here, and our complete household will at all times 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 revealing befell 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