The Deadwood Jam is a first class multi-genre music festival in a great setting - one mile high in the beautiful South Dakota Black Hills.
Now in its 17th year, The Deadwood Jam continues to evolve as the Black Hills premiere multi-genre music festival. Conceived by Jon McEuen of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1990, the festival has continually grown, and has presented national and world-reknowned acts such as Koko Taylor, Robert Cray, Leon Russell, Johnny Winter, Big & Rich, Jerry Jeff Walker, Asleep at the Wheel, Michael Martin Murphey, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang, George Clinton & P-Funk, Leftover Salmon, The Young Dubliners, John Hiatt, Keller Williams, Taj Mahal, Wilson Pickett, and many others.
The Deadwood Jam is known as the hottest music event in the Black Hills. Save time at the gate … avoid the line by buying your tickets online.

Deadwood is an historic mining camp nearly a mile above sea level in the beautiful South Dakota Black Hills. The entire town is on the National Historic Register.

Deadwood, 1887
The hit HBO series “Deadwood” has been shining a particularly bright spotlight on our history recently. If you don’t watch HBO and haven’t heard of Deadwood, or the Black Hills, surely you’ve heard of Mount Rushmore. It’s about an hour’s drive from here. And who hasn’t heard of the world-famous Sturgis Motorcycle Rally?! Sturgis is right down the road. Click on the gold “Deadwood” image to get info about dining, lodging and gaming and to learn more about our community.