BERTHA: Grateful Drag at the Great American Music Hall

Photos by Mike Kirschner

BERTHA: Grateful Drag—born in 2023 as a protest to the Nashville drag ban—performed on November 21 and 22 at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Both Sister Roma and Kochina Rude served as hosts for the shows, respectively. The unique Grateful Dead cover band that raises money for various nonprofits draws, as Roma puts it, “dead heads, hippies, drag fans, queer folkx and allies.” San Francisco Bay Times contributing photographer Mike Kirschner (https://mikek.photography/)
spotted friend and Grateful Dead publicist Dennis McNally at the Friday night concert with his wife Susana Millman. Kirschner asked, “What do you think?” McNally replied, “I loved them, and I think Jerry Garcia would have loved them too.” https://www.gratefuldrag.com/

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Published on December 4, 2025