The Fillmore Auditorium is a legendary music venue in San Francisco made famous by Bill Graham and is named for its location at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard.
Opened in 1966, it became the focal point for psychedelic music as well as counterculture, with local acts such as Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Janis Joplin getting their start here.
As the popularity of The Fillmore grew, major acts from around the globe came here to play such as Pink Floyd, Traffic, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Cream and Jimi Hendrix.
In July 1968, after a few years at this location and due to a deteriorating neighborhood, Graham moved from the original Fillmore to the Carousel Ballroom at the corner of Market and South Van Ness Avenue and renamed it Fillmore West to differentiate it from Graham’s Fillmore East auditorium in New York City.
After Bill Graham died in a helicopter crash in 1991, those close to him decided to carry out his final wish and reopen the original Fillmore. The Fillmore has once again become a San Francisco hotspot with shows almost every night.
The Fillmore is also well known for its psychedelic concert posters by designers including Wes Wilson and Rick Griffin. Copies of these posters where given to fans for free as they left some shows. A large collection of these posters dating back to the early days is on display in the upper level of the auditorium today.
Other Notable Concerts At The Fillmore Auditorium Include:
6/30/1968 – Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks
6/23/1968 – Sly & the Family Stone
6/16/1968 – Big Brother & the Holding Company
6/6/1968 – The Mothers of Invention
5/25/1968 – The Yardbirds
5/3/1968 – Country Joe and the Fish
4/25/1968 – The Electric Flag
2/22/1968 – The Who
2/15/1968 – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
2/9/1968 – John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
2/4/1968 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
1/25/1968 – The Youngbloods
12/7/1967 – The Byrds
11/16/1967- The Doors
11/9/1967 – Pink Floyd
10/29/1967 – Jefferson Airplane
10/21/1967 – Eric Burdon & The Animals
5/27/1967 – Steve Miller Band
5/6/1967 – Grateful Dead
6/8/1967 – The Young Rascals
10/30/1966 – Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
9/11/1966 – The Great Society
8/7/1966 – The Grass Roots
6/18/1966 – The Wailers
5/27/1966 – The Velvet Underground
2/21/1965 – Little Richard
11/6/1960 – Ike & Tina Turner
The Fillmore Auditorium
1805 Geary Street
San Francisco CA 94115
The Fillmore was reopened by Bill Graham himself in 1987. It had to be closed again because of the 1989 earthquake. It was after THAT that his company re-opened the Fillmore in 1991 after his death. Your statement makes it sound like the first re-opening since 1968 was after Bill’s death.
Also, you say Bill moved to the Fillmore West, but the Fillmore Auditorium at Geary and Fillmore remained the Fillmore Auditorium during that whole time. Bill occasionally still did shows there, as did other promoters. The Fillmore did not “move” to Market and Van Ness, it was just Bill moving his shows around. He did shows at Winterland and other places as well.