Joe Russo's Almost Dead performs a high‑energy concert at The Salt Shed Fairgrounds in Chicago, presenting long-form, improvisational takes on the Grateful Dead songbook and original jam‑band material. The show takes place in The Salt Shed’s outdoor Fairgrounds space, a festival‑style, open‑air venue adjacent to the Chicago River that is used for large contemporary music events. Fans attend for the band’s extended jams, tight musicianship, and Grateful Dead–inspired repertoire that make their live sets a focal point of the modern jamband scene.