Shakedown Sunday at the 443 Social Club
Artwork by Dee Densmore Studio. Top photo by Neil Daley.
Never miss a Sunday show.
Shakedown Sunday is a monthly series at Syracuse’s 443 Social Club, hosted by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers and members of Dead to the Core with special guests, that celebrates the Grateful Dead.
The music spans not only the Dead’s originals but songs from across the roots and rock worlds they made their own, plus selections from Jerry Garcia Band, Garcia and Grisman, and Old and in the Way—and a sampling of original songs by the Shakedown Sunday performers. All delivered with the creative acoustic arrangements and lush vocal harmonies that are the hallmark of Dead to the Core.
Guest artists include an array of top-shelf singers, songwriters, and instrumentalists from Central New York and beyond, digging into their favorite tunes.
Expect deep cuts, fresh collaborations, old favorites reimagined. Only at Shakedown Sunday, only at the 443.
Never miss a Sunday show.
Coming next
August 16, 2026
with special guest Jes Sheldon
Jes Sheldon started singing in church when she was just three. She won CNY Radio Group's ultimate idol contest in 2010. She was the lead vocalist of Thistle Dew, a blues/rock band out of Chenango County, as well as a founding member of the Lightkeepers, winners of the 2016 Brian Bourke Award for Best New Artist at the Syracuse Area Music Awards. Her current projects include Transient Kicks and Jes Sheldon and the Stewards of Sol.
Past guest artists
Liz Ingersoll
Chris Eves
José Lopez
Pete Heitzman
Liz Strodel
Jessica Brown
Maureen Henesey
George Newton
Jason Fridley
Jenny O'Hara
Jefferson Hamer
Brendan Gosson
Heather Kubacki
Joey Arcuri
Little Georgie
Phil Grajko
Andy Dru Rodgers
Tim Herron
Joe Henson
Photos by Neil Daley, Herman Schlimmer, and Lori Newcomb