Santa Clara County Fairgrounds – Northern California Folk-Rock Festivals
For many years, the Fairgrounds Grandstand Arena held huge concerts with famous …
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Tag: Big Brother and the Holding Company
The Winterland Ballroom – The Last Waltz
The Winterland Ballroom was an old ice skating rink in San Francisco, it was located…
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The Polo Fields At Golden Gate Park
On January 14, 1967 a Human Be-In called the Gathering of the Tribes was held…
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Straight Theater – Grateful Dead Rehearsal Hall
The Grateful Dead used this location as a rehearsal hall before its official opening…
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Monterey County Fairgrounds, Home Of The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival
The Monterey County Fairgrounds has hosted the world renowned Monterey…
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Pauley Ballroom
In 1965 as part of the “Berkeley Folk Festival” The Jefferson Airplane and Country…
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The Fillmore Auditorium
The Fillmore Auditorium is a legendary music venue in San Francisco made famous…
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The I-Beam
The I-Beam was a famous gay disco for years, in 1980 they started to have special…
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Rose Bowl Stadium
In June 1988, Depeche Mode played a famous concert here, Thomas Dolby, and…
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The Country Club
This site, which first opened in 1974, had been up and down constantly since its inception…
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Avalon Ballroom – Janis Joplin’s First Public Appearance With Big Brother
On June 10, 1966, Janis Joplin made her first public appearance with Big Brother and the…
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Funky Features
What originally started as a home recording studio quickly became a favorite recording…
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Fairmont Hotel – I Left My Heart In San Francisco First Sang Here
Famous as the home the Venetian Room, the first place that Tony Bennett…
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Albin Rooming House – Big Brother And The Holding Company Began Here
Rod Albin started managing the property in 1964, allowing his brother Peter and other students from San Francisco State …
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