About Jam Band Graveyard
Our community has always had a way with loss. Not formally—but practically. We feel our dead at shows. In the empty space next to us, in the songs that were ours together, in everyone around us who feels it without being told. We hold space in the lot. A song gets played and everyone who needs to know, knows. We come back year after year, carrying who we’ve lost alongside who we still have. For decades, across generations of bands and runs, this has been happening—not because anyone organized it, but because this is how this community works.
What it didn’t have was a place built to hold it.
The memories, the rights, the prompts to plan ahead—they exist in fragments, scattered across conversations, social media, and pages that weren’t built to hold them together. JBG is the place built to hold them—for this community, and the people who love them.
Somewhere that holds the memories of people who’ve died—their stories, their songs, their presence in the community—so the people who loved them can find their way back. Education about the rights that disappear if you don’t know to ask for them, at the moment when our loved ones are suddenly asked to make expensive and irreversible decisions while overwhelmed. A prompt—and a place—to make a plan before the people you love are left to guess.
That’s what Jam Band Graveyard was built to hold. Three things that belong together, because this community’s experience of death doesn’t separate them neatly—and because the people who need one often need the others, even if they don’t know it yet. Before a death, during arrangements, and in the long aftermath.
We’re accountable to this community, not to investors. JBG is ad-free by design and a 501(c)(3) public charity—our Transparency page shows exactly how we’re funded and governed. This work is community-built—in person, not just online.
What You’ll Find Here
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The Graveyard
A place to honor people who’ve died, keep their stories and songs alive, and return to who you miss
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Know Your Rights
Plain-language funeral rights education, grounded in the FTC Funeral Rule
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Resources
Curated resources for grief, remembrance, practical next steps, and planning ahead
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What Remains
Our blog—writing about grief, loss, rights, and what it means to carry all of it in this community
What JBG Isn’t
JBG isn’t therapy, a crisis service, a funeral home, or a replacement for legal advice.
If you need immediate support, start with Get Help Now.
The Story Behind This
There’s a personal story behind why JBG exists—why August 9, 2023, and why this community.
In Person
JBG shows up at festivals and concerts, not just online. If you want to connect in person or bring JBG to your community, we’d love to hear from you.
This Work Runs on Community
When you give to JBG, you help keep tribute spaces, funeral rights education, and grief resources free and available to this community—and the people who love them.
Keep This FreeBest for one-time or larger gifts. PayPal covers processing fees, so 100% of your gift reaches JBG. Your gift is tax-deductible.
If you’d like to talk with us about another kind of gift, please reach out directly.
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Make It a Habit
This helps us plan ahead—just like we encourage everyone else to do.