In my course on "The Grateful Dead: Music, Lyrics, Culture" this semester at the English Department of the University of Basel, the students and I are hoping to "get shown the light" about the band's music (composing and improvising), lyrics (songwriting and literary traditions), and culture (Deadheads and sociohistorical context). But as the music of the Grateful Dead has to be heard live, I have organized, with the support of the English Department, a concert by the Lucern-based Grateful Dead cover band AoxoToxoA, who will be performing two sets of Grateful Dead music at the Rockfact Music Club in Münchenstein on Friday, 8 May 2026. Tickets are available through Event Frog. (Andrew Shields, #111words, 9 March 2026)