This fall, New Jersey Deadheads have plenty of reasons to be grateful.

The sound of iconic West Coast jam band the Grateful Dead is alive and well in our part of the country all season long. Every surviving member of the Dead will be playing these parts, and some of the best tribute acts around have very special evenings planned for the faithful.

Here are just seven reasons this fall is a great time to love the Grateful Dead here in New Jersey.

Splintered Sunlight at the Paramount Theatre

This weekend, Splintered Sunlight is turning back the clock in Asbury Park.

The band, a favorite Grateful Dead tribute act here at the Jersey Shore, headlines at the historic Paramount Theatre on the Asbury Park Boardwalk on Friday, Sept. 29, and they’ll be using the prestigious occasion to re-create the sprawling, three-act set list from Sept. 29, 1980, at the Warfield in San Francisco.

(For a look at Deadheads at the Paramount Theatre, check out the video above from the screening of "The Grateful Dead Movie" at the Asbury Park Music and Film Festival in April.)

Reflecting on that period in Dead history, Splintered Sunlight singer/guitarist Butchy Sochorow said, “During that time, they came out with the acoustic sets. It was kind of just a refreshing take. They played a bunch of different songs and just kind of expanded the whole repertoire.”

The 1980 Warfield performance kicked off with an acoustic set that included unplugged runs through classics like “Dire Wolf,” “Bird Song” and “Cassidy,” followed by two electric sets, with a particularly potent pass through the epic “Terrapin Station” in set two.

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That performance also came during the early tenure of influential Grateful Dead singer and keyboard player Brent Mydland. He joined the band in 1979 and played a key role in the band’s mid-’80s commercial peak before his death in 1990.

“They just went through the whole ’80s with Brent and it kind of changed the sound because in the ’70s they had Donna and Keith (Godchaux), and once Brent came in he just changed their whole sound completely. He took over the high vocals and the keyboard then was more dominated by organ sounds and stuff, too, rather than being dominated by piano all the time. … He tried to modernize their sound a lot, and I think he did it at the time.”

Friday’s show, also featuring the Juggling Suns duo, will serve as a birthday celebration for both Sochrow and Stone Pony house promoter Kyle Brendle, currently recovering from a spinal infection health scare.

“We’re all pulling for him,” Sochorow said of Brendle.

Splintered Sunlight, 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, The Paramount Theatre, 1300 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park, $16 in advance and $20 at the door, 732-502-0600, stoneponyonline.com.

DEAD ON LIVE AT THE BASIE

There must be something in the water – just a month after Splintered Sunlight’s Paramount Theatre show, the Grateful Dead’s 1980 sound will be on display at the Jersey Shore once again.

Dead On Live, guitarist Marc Muller’s effort to present note-perfect recreations of Dead music in concert, will return to the Asbury Park Press Stage at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank on Saturday, Oct. 28, to salute the band’s October 1980 three-set shows at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, immortalized on the 1981 double live album “Reckoning.”

Dead On Live, 8 p.m. Satuday, Oct. 28, at the Asbury Park Press Stage at the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank, $20 to $39, 732-842-9000, www.countbasietheatre.org.

MELVIN SEALS AT DEBONAIR MUSIC HALL

Keyboard master Melvin Seals, a member of the Jerry Garcia Band with the founding Grateful Dead singer/guitarist from 1980 until Garcia’s 1995 death, is keeping the music alive.

Seals and his Hammond B3 organ are still on the road, backed by a funky and soulful quintet known as JGB. Together, they will play Debonair Music Hall (formerly Mexlicali Live) in Teaneck on Saturday, Oct. 14.

Melvin Seals and JGB, 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, Debonair Music Hall, 1409 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck, $25 to $30, 201-833-0011, debonairmusichall.showare.com, www.melvinsealsandjgb.com.

PHIL LESH IN ASBURY PARK, CAMDEN

Phil Lesh, the iconic bassist of the Grateful Dead, is coming back to New Jersey.

Lesh and his Terrapin Family Band — featuring Jason Crosby, Ross James, Alex Koford and Grahame Lesh — as well as Nicky Bluhm and Orange native guitar hero Robert Randolph, play Convention Hall, 1300 Ocean Avenue on the Asbury Park Boardwalk, Thursday, Oct. 26, and the BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, Friday, Oct. 27.

Lesh last performed in Asbury Park in 2009 as a member of Furthur, and he hung out in town as recently as last summer, when he was spotted in the crowd at a performance by his son Grahame's band Midnight North at the Asbury Festhalle and Biergarten.

Phil Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, at Convention Hall, 1300 Ocean Ave., $67 to $87, and 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, tickets available via Ticketmaster.

DEAD AND COMPANY IN NEW YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA

Dead and Company, the Grateful Dead legacy act featuring original singer/guitarist Bob Weir with drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, is back on the road for area shows this fall.

They play Manhattan's Madison Square Garden Sunday, Nov. 12, and Tuesday, Nov. 14, as well as the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Thursday, Nov. 16.

Dead and Company has rapidly grown into a must-see live act in its own right, also featuring singer/guitarist John Mayer, bassist Oteil Burbridge and keyboard player Jeff Chimenti.

Dead and Company, 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, and Tuesday, Nov. 14, Madison Square Garden, Seventh Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets, New York City, $75 to $150, and 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Wells Fargo Center, 3601 South Broad St., Philadelphia, $50 to $150. Tickets and VIP packages via www.deadandcompany.com.

'RED ROSES, GREEN GOLD' IN NEW YORK CITY

“Red Roses, Green Gold,” the new musical built around the works of Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, is set for an open-ended run at the Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane in New York City's Greenwich Village.

Previews begin Wednesday, Oct. 11, with opening night of Sunday, Oct. 29.

In addition to selections from the Garcia/Hunter catalog, "Red Roses, Green Gold" also will feature music and lyrics by Weir, Lesh, Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, with music supervision and arrangements by Dead and Company keyboard player Jeff Chimenti.

"Red Roses, Green Gold" is directed and choreographed by Rachel Klein, with a book by Michael Norman Mann.

“Red Roses, Green Gold,” starting Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane, New York City; 7:30 pm. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2:30 and 7 p.m. Sundays; $58 to $88, premium tickets $125, available through Ticketmaster, redrosesgreengold.com.

WONDER JAM AT THE WONDER BAR

Jersey Shore harmonica maestro Sandy Mack is ready to help you kick-start your long Thanksgiving weekend.

Mack and his crew of top-shelf musician friends are set to return to the stage of the Wonder Bar, Fifth and Ocean Avenues in Asbury Park, to deliver a special Black Wednesday edition of their storied Wonder Jam Wednesday, Nov. 22. The three sets of fun start around 7 p.m., and there’s no cover charge.

Wonder Jam with Sandy Mack and friends, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22 at the Wonder Bar, Fifth and Ocean Avenues, Asbury Park, free, 732-502-8886, wonderbarasburypark.com.