January
1st January
Giant Freakout at the Roundhouse, London.
5th January
Pink Floyd play at the Marquee Club, London.
6th January
Dica Productions present Freak Out Ethel at the Seymour Hall, London with Pink Floyd, Ginger Johnsons African Drum Band, Waygood Ellis & The Zone, Rich St. John, Alexandra Trocchi, Karma-Sigma, plus light shows, films and slides.
6th/13th/14th January
The Golden Sheaf Bakery present Country Joe and The Fish, The Wildflower and John Fahey with lights by Bill Ham, at the Finnish Brotherhood Hall, Berkeley.
7th January
Soft Machine play at The Zebra Club, Soho.
8th January
Pink Floyd play at the Uppercut Club, London.
11th January
Soft Machine play at The Zebra Club, Soho.
13th January
CNP (Community for New Politics) present a Peace Fest at the Ligure Hall, Oakland with Maybe Tomorrow and The Loading Zone.
13th January
Pink Floyd and Giant Sun Trolley play at the UFO, London.
13th January
Ralph & Al Pepe present Big Brother and the Holding Company, Moby Grape and The Morning Glory at the Santa Venetia Armory, San Rafael.
14th January
The first Human Be-In is held at the Polo Field in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. This event was seen as a turning point in the new psychedelic scene. On the bill were Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, Allen Ginsberg, Laurence Ferlingetti, Gary Snyder, Michael McClure and amongst others playing were The Jefferson Airplane.
14th January
Pink Floyd play at Reading University, Berkshire, England.
16th January
Pink Floyd play at the ICA, Dover Street, London
17th January
Pink Floyd play at the Commonwealth Institute, Kensington, London.
17th & 22nd January
Big Brother and the Holding Company play the Matrix Club.
19th January
Pink Floyd and Marmalade play at at the Marquee Club, London.
20th January
Pink Floyd play at the UFO, London.
21st January
Pink Floyd play at Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
21st January
Amboy Dukes play at The Dungeon Club, Nottingham.
24th January
Jimi Hendrix makes his first appearance at The Marquee Club in Wardour Street, London, supported by Syn.
26th/27th January
Womb and The Santana Blues Band play at The Ark, Sausalito.
27th January
Pink Floyd play at the UFO, London.
27th/28th January
A Cinema Dance Concert at the Golden Sheaf Bakery, Berkeley with Lee Michaels, Melvyn Q. Watchpocket and The Justice League.
27th January
The Move play at The Dungeon Club, Nottingham.
28th January
Pink Floyd play at the University of Essex, Essex, England.
28th January
A Million Volt Rave at the Round House, Chalk Farm, London, with lights by Binder Edwards-Vaughan and Ray Anderson of Holy See.
Bands playing: Soft Machine, Electric Poets, New Vaudeville Band, The Tonicks, Sam Gopal
29th January
Sunday At The Saville with The Koobas, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and The Who.
Click HERE for the cover of the programme.
Click HERE for the inside of the programme, autographed by Jimi Hendrix
29th January
Krishna Consciousness event at the Avalon Ballroom featuring Swami Bhaktivedenta, Allen Ginsberg, The Grateful Dead, Moby Grape, Big Brother and the Holding Company. Billed as a 'Mantra and Rock Dance'.
February
1st February
Jefferson Airplane release Surrrealistic Pillow.
The first edition of Oz hits the streets of London.
2nd February
Pink Floyd play at Cadenna's, Guildford, Surrey.
3rd February
The Hells Angels M.C present a Benefit for Hairy Harry with Big Brother and the Holding Company and Blue Cheer with lights by Head Lights at the California Hall, San Francisco.
3rd February
Pink Floyd play at the Queens Hall, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Soft Machine play at UFO
4th February
Buffalo Springfield release For What It's Worth.
Soft Machine play at The Roundhouse
9th February
Pink Floyd play at the Addington Hotel, Croydon, Surrey.
10th February
The Transaction, in association with Bob McKendrick present A Tribute to J. Edgar Hoover at the California Hall with The Jook Savages, The Congress of Wonders, Blue Cheer and The Mojo Men, with lights by Head Lights.
10th February
The Funny Co. presents a Dance Concert with The Sparrow, The Wildflower, The Living Children and The Immediate Family at the Regency Ballroom, Leamington Hotel, Oakland.
10th February
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at the Newbury Plaza, Berkshire.
11th February
Pink Floyd play at the Sussex University, Brighton, Sussex
12th February
Bill Graham presents 'Abe Lincolns Birthday Party' benefit for the Council for Civic Unity at the Fillmore Auditorium. On the bill are the Grateful Dead, Moby Grape, Sly and the Family Stone, Salvation and New Army.
12th February
KMPX-FM launch the first underground radio show, hosted by Larry Miller. It ran from midnight to 6am on weekdays.
12th February
Police raid Keith Richard's house in Sussex, England.
14th February
The Love Conspiracy Commune present The Peanut Butter Conspiracy and The Doors at the Whisky A-Go-Go, San Francisco.
16th February
Pink Floyd play at the Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire.
17th February
The Beatles release Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever in Britain.
Soft Machine play at UFO 'Love Festival' with Light Show by Mark Boyle.
17th February
Pink Floyd play at a St Valentines Ball at the Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with Bob Kidman, Alexis Corner Blues Inc and the Pearl Hawaiians.
18th February
Pink Floyd play at the California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
Soft Machine play at Chelmsford Corn Exchange.
18th February
The Mo-Jo Men, Harpers Bizarre and The Chocolate Watch Band play at the Continental Auditorium, Santa Clara with lights by The Light House.
19th February
Port Chicago Vigil Benefit at the California Hall, San Francisco with Country Joe and The Fish, the Steve Miller Blues Band, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Robert Baker and The Magic Theatre light show.
20th February
Pink Floyd play at the Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich.
22nd February
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
23rd February
Lovescream presents Big Brother and the Holding Company and The Human Beings in a benefit for the Valley Peace Center at The Ark, Sausalito
24th February
Pink Floyd play at the Ricky Tick Club in Berkshire and the UFO, London.
25th February
Pink Floyd play at the Ricky Tick Club in Hounslow, Middlesex.
27th February
Pink Floyd record Arnold Layne at Sound Techniques Studios, Chelsea, London.
28th February
Pink Floyd play at Blaises Club, London.
March
1st March
Pink Floyd Play at Eel Pie Island, Richmond, Surrey.
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
3rd March
The First Annual Love Circus presented by The Love Conspiracy Commune with the Grateful Dead, Moby Grape, The Loading Zone and the Blue Crumb Truck Factory with lights by Commune at Winterland, San Francisco.
Soft Machine play at UFO.
3rd/4th/5th March
Otis Rush, The Mothers and The Morning Glory play at the Fillmore Auitorium.
4th March
Rag Ball at Regent Street Polytechnic, London featuring Pink Floyd.
5th March
Pink Floyd play at the Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London.
Soft Machine play at Padworth Hall, Padworth.
5th March
Bedrock One at the California Hall, amongst the many artists performing are, the Steve Miller Blues Band, Dino Valenti, The Orkustra. Also on the bill are the Rada Krishna Temple, The San Francisco Mime Troupe, The Diggers plus poetry and other surprises. Lights for the event were by The Lysergic Power & Light Company.
7th March
Pink Floyd play at Malvern, Worcestershire.
7th-11th March
The Doors play at the Matrix Club.
8th March
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
9th March
International Times offices raided in London.
9th March
Pink Floyd play at the Marquee, London.
10th March
Pink Floyd play at the UFO, London.
10th/11th March
Uncle Russ Travel Agency Presents Poor Souls, We Who Are, Fruit of The Loom, The Southbound Freeway, Passing Clouds at the Grande Ballroom, Detroit.
11th March
Pink Floyd release Arnold Layne/Candy And A Current Bun.
12th March
Phoenix Dance Benefit at the Fillmore Auditorium featuring Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Miller Blues Band, Country Joe and the Fish and the Dan Bruhns Light Show.
12th March
Pink Floyd play at the Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley.
15th March
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
16th March
Pink Floyd's Interstellar Overdrive is produced at Abbey Road Studios.
16th March
Pink Floyd play at Middle Earth, Covent Garden, London.
17th -19th March
The Charlatans & Quicksilver Messenger Service play at the Matrix.
17th March
Pink Floyd play at Kingston Technical College, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey.
Soft Machine play at UFO.
18th March
The Beatles Penny Lane reaches Number One in the U.S charts.
19th March
Sonoma State & KLPS present The Animals at the Santa Rosa Fairgrounds.
21st March
Eric Burdon & The Animals play at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium.
21st March
Ralph & Al Pepe present Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Freedom Highway and a battle of the bands with The Knaves, Michaels Way and the Emergency Broadcasting System at the Santa Venetia Armory, San Rafael.
22nd March
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
23rd March
Light Sound Dimension at the Fillmore Auditorium.
24th March
Soft Machine play at UFO.
24th/25th March
Uncle Russ Love Agency presents Landeers Henchmen, Born Blues, City Limits and the MC5 at the Grande Ballroom, Detroit.
25th March
The Doors release their self titled debut album.
25th March
Teens 'n' Twenties present Eric Burdon and The Animals, The Association, The Bola Sete Trio, The Harbinger Complex, The Baytovens and Sly and The Family Stone at the Oakland Coliseum, Oakland.
28th & 30th March
The Chambers Brothers play at the Matrix Club.
29th March
Pink Floyd play at Eel Pie Island, Richmond, Surrey.
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
31st March
Baldwin & Berner present Fluxfest at the Longshoremens Hall with Retinal Circus, Cosmic-Concrete, The San Francisco Mime Troupe, The Wildflower and Quicksilver Messenger Service.
April
1st & 2nd April
The Yellow Brick Road at the Matrix.
4th & 6th April
The Chambers Brothers play at the Matrix Club.
5th April
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
6th April
Pink Floyd appear on Top Of The Pops for the first time playing Arnold Layne.
7th April
The Grateful Dead release their self titled debut album.
Soft Machine play at UFO.
7th April
St. Ignatious High School presents Jefferson Airplane and Buffalo Springfield at The University of San Francisco with Jerry Abram's Head Lights.
7th/8th/9th April
Wilderness Conference at the Hilton Hotel, San Francisco.
8th April
Pink Floyd play at the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London.
11th/16th April
The Rock Garden present The Electric Chamber Orkustra and Buffalo Springfield with lights by Light Environment.
12th April
San Francisco Mime Troupe Benefit featuring Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, Andrew Staples and The Loading Zone.
Soft Machine play at The Electric Garden.
12th April
Ken Kesey arrested on drugs charges.
13th April
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
15th April
Brighton Festival, west Pier, Brighton, playing are The Pink Floyd.
Soft Machine play at The Roundhouse, London.
15th April
400,000 people march on the United Nations building to protest against the Vietnam War.
16th April
The Charlatans, The Mystery Trend and The Haight St. Jazz Band with the Aurora Glory Alice light show at the California Hall.
16th April
Big Brother and the Holding Company and The New Breed play at the Stockton
18th & 20th April
Howlin Wolf plays at the Matrix Club.
19th April
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
21st April
Pink Floyd play at the UFO, London.
21st/22nd April
Sierra Banana presents Spirit and Peter & His Group at the American Legion Hall, Truckee, California.
22nd April
Soft Machine play at The Roundhouse, London.
23rd April
The Green Joynt Project present The Charles Lloyd Quartet, Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Wildflower and lights by Aurora Glory Alice at the California Hall.
25th/26th April
The Sons Of Champlin play at the New Dream Bowl, Napa Valley.
26th April
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
25th & 27th April
Big Brother and the Holding Company play at the Matrix.
28th/29th April
Green Joynt Project present Big Brother and the Holding Company and Big Mama Thornton with Aurora Glory Alice lightshow and Organic food and refreshments by Far Fetched Foods.
28th April
The Rock Garden present The Charles Lloyd Quartet, the Grateful Dead and The Mystery Trend.
29th April
The Pretentious Folk Front present the First Annual Hippie Fair and Bazaar at the Hearst Gym, University of California, Berkeley with Country Joe and The Fish, The S.F Mime Troupe and much other strangeness.
29th April
International Times ‘14-Hour Technicolour Dream' is held at Alexandra Palace, London. Featured artists included: Yoko Ono, Pink Floyd, Alexis Corner, The Pretty Things, The Purple Gang, Champion Jack Dupree, Graham Bond, Savoy Brown, The Flies, Ginger Johnson's Drummers, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Soft Machine, The Creation, Denny Lane, The Block, The Cat, Charlie Browns Clowns, Christopher Logue, Derek Brimstone, Dave Russell, Glo Macari and the Big Three, Gary Farr, The Interference, Jacobs Ladder Construction Company, Lincoln Folk Group, The Move, Mike Horovitz, 117, Poison Bellows, Pete Townsend, Robert Randall, Suzy Creamcheese, Sam Gopal, Mick and Pete, Giant Sun Trolley, Social Deviants, The Stalkers, Utterly Incredible Too Long Ago To Remember, Sometimes Shouting At People, Barry Fantoni, Noel Murphy and all sorts of utter strangeness.
Admission is 1 UK Pound!!
May
3rd May
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
5th May
Golden Star Promotions present Country Joe and The Fish and Baltimore Steam Packet at Fairfax Park, Fairfax.
Soft Machine play at UFO.
6th May
Soft Machine play at Canterbury Technical College, Canterbury.
7th May
Jefferson Airplane and the Steve Miller Blues Band play at the University of California.
10th May
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in court on drugs charges, Brian Jones arrested at home.
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
11th May
Vanguard Records present a celebration of Country Joe and The Fish's 1st LP. Also playing are Big Brother and the Holding Company. The venue?.....Fillmore Auditorium.
14th May
San Jose Human Be-In, San Jose.
Soft Machine play at The Theatre Royal, London.
12th May
Games For May at the South Bank Queen Elizabeth Hall with Pink Floyd. The first quadraphonic sound system in the U.K is used.
12th/13th May
Medicine Show at the Irwin Street Warehouse, San Rafael with The Jook Savages, The Vast Majority, The Charlatans and The Old Grey Zipper.
12th/13th/14th May
Bill Graham presents Jefferson Airplane and The Paupers at the Fillmore Auditorium.
17th May
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
18th May
Jefferson Airplane, Rainy Daze, Acapulco Gold, the Chocolate Watch Band and the Lewis & Clark Expedition play at the Civic Auditorium, San Jose.
19th May
The BBC bans The Beatles, A Day In The Life.
19th May
Jefferson Airplane play at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis.
19th May
Golden Star Promotions present The Charlatans and Universal Joint at Fairfax Park, Fairfax with lights by That Blinkin' Light Co.
20th May
The Grateful Dead, The Real Thing and Autumn People play at the Continental Ballroom, Santa Clara with lights by Marsh Mellow Cannon
21st May
Youth for Peace in Vietnam rally in Trafalgar Square, London.
Soft Machine play at The Theatre Royal, London.
23rd May
See Emily Play by Pink Floyd is recorded at Sound Techniques.
24th May
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
26th May
Pink Floyd play at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
26th May
The Move play at The UFO Club, London
28th May
Soft Machine play at The Theatre Royal, London.
31st May
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
June
1st June
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper is released in Britain.
Soft Machine play at Happening 44, Gerrard Street, London,
2nd June
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper is released in America.
Soft Machine play at UFO
2nd June
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in court on drugs charges.
2nd/3rd June
Ramlala presents Big Brother and the Holding Company, Country Joe and The Fish and The Quicksilver Messenger Service at the California Hall, San Francisco.
3rd/4th June
Magic Mountain Festival at Mt. Tamalpais Mountain Theatre, Marin County featuring The Miracles, The Byrds, Wilson Pickett, The Seeds, The Blues Magoos, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Country Joe and The Fish, Hugh Masekela, Tim Hardin, Mojo Men, Moby Grape, Tim Buckley, Kim Weston, The Sparrow, Roger Collins, The Grassroots, PF Sloan, The Merry Go Round, The Loading Zone, Smokey and His Sister and Every Mothers Son.
5th June
Moby Grape release Moby Grape in the U.S
7th June
Soft Machine play at The Speakeasy, London.
8th June
A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procol Harum reaches No.1 in the UK charts.
9th June
Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane reaches No.3 in the U.S album charts.
10th June
Muhammad Ali Festival featuring (among others) the Steve Miller Blues Band, The Loading Zone, the Haight St. Jazz Band, The Charlatans, S.F Mime Troupe, The Committee at Hunters Point, San Francisco.
10th June
Electric Music fot the Mind And Body is released by Country Joe and The Fish.
16th/18th June
Monterey International Pop Festival featuring The Who, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Country Joe and The Fish, Canned Heat, Al Kooper, Steve Miller, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Mike Bloomfield, The Byrds, The Blues Project, The Mamas and Papas and Electric Flag.
16th June
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown and Soft Machine play at The UFO Club, London.
16th June
Pink Floyd release See Emily Play.
21st June
Summer Solstice celebrations in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park with the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and The Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service.
22nd June
8 Hour Psycho-Chromatic Fantasy, Great and Small Halls, Bradford University, Yorkshire, England. Pink Floyd, The Soft Machine, The Children, The Roll Movement, Tomorrow, Cock-a-Hoop
23rd June
Peace March in Century City, Los Angeles.
24th June
Jim Salzer presents The Chambers Brothers, The Steve Miller Blues Band and Canned Heat.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, London School of Economics with Soft Machine and Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
24th/25th June
Big Brother and the Holding Company and The Quicksilver Messenger Service play at the Avalon Ballroom.
25th June
The Beatles ‘All You Need Is Love' satellite broadcast.
Soft Machine play at Pop and Poetry, Albany Institute, Deptford, England.
28th June till 2nd July
The Western Front Grand Opening with The Siegel Schwall Blues Band, The Congress of Wonders, The Charlatans, Big Brother and the Holding Company and The Quicksilver Messenger Service with the Light Sound Dimension by Bill Ham.
28th June
Jane Mansfield dies in a car crash.
28th June
Teens 'n' Twenties present The Young Rascals, Country Joe and The Fish, The Sons of Champlin, The Sparrow and Grass Roots, with lights by Bob Holt Light Productions at the Oakland Auditorium, Oakland.
Correction:
The 6/28/67 "Teens 'N' Twenties" Young Rascals show at the Oakland Auditorium in your listing is incorrect. I was there. Sparrow did not perform; the Grateful did played instead. They did (not in order) "Beat It On Down The Line," "Cold Rain & Snow," "The Golden Road," "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl," and I think "Morning Dew." Maybe "Cream Puff War" or "Minglewood Blues" too. It was a fairly short set. They went on second, after the Sons of Champlin. The Sons had a member who walked with crutches--I believe their organist.
Then Country Joe, the Grass Roots and the Young Rascals, who closed with an extended jam. The Grass Roots were a little too slick and pop, whereas the Rascals were tight and put on a great show. But it was an interesting juxtaposition, because the less-commercial S.F. bands were obviously tapping into something new and exciting.
I believe the show's promoter was Bill Quarry, who was a car dealer who used to put on more conventional rock shows vs. Bill Graham's and Chet Helm's shows, which had already been going for a while at the Fillmore and Avalon.
I was already familiar with the Dead and Country Joe from their first albums, and in Country Joe's case their Rag Baby EP's before that.
Dan Forte - USA
29th June
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are sentenced to 3 months and 1 year respectively for drug possession (Jagger) and letting pot be smoked at his house (Richards).
30th June
The MC5 and the Charles Moore Ensemble play at The See, Detroit, with lights by The Magic Veil.
July
The Arts Lab opens in London.
1st July
Charles Moore Ensemble and Billy C and the Sunshine play at The See, Detroit with lights by The Magic Veil.
Soft Machine play at Beer Festival, Discotheque Interplay, Sur la Plage de Saint-Aygulf Beach, France
1st July
Who Breaks A Butterfly On A Wheel?, a damning report that criticised the sentences given given to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards is published.
2nd July
Billy C and the Sunshine and Seventh Seal play at The See, Detroit, with lights by The Magic Veil
Soft Machine play at Beer Festival, Discotheque Interplay, Sur la Plage de Saint-Aygulf Beach, France
4th July
Billy C and the Sunshine and Seventh Seal play at The See, Detroit with lights by The Magic Veil
Soft Machine play at Beer Festival, Discotheque Interplay, Sur la Plage de Saint-Aygulf Beach, France
5th July
Soft Machine play at Beer Festival, Discotheque Interplay, Sur la Plage de Saint-Aygulf Beach, France
7th July
The Beatles release All You Need Is Love in Britain.
9th/10th July
Ramlala presents The Steve Miller Blues Band and The Sparrow at the California Hall with lights by Aurora Glory Alice.
7th/8th July
Space Age present Blue Cheer and Sopwith Camel with lights by Bob Holt at the California Hall.
10th July
Ace of Cups play a benefit for the American Indian Well-Baby Clinic at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco.
12th July
26 dead and 1500 injured during race riots in Newark, New Jersey.
14th/15th July
Space Age presents The Steve Miller Blues Band, the Sunshine Co. and The Anonymous Artists of America, with lights by Bob Holt, at the California Hall, San Francisco.
14th/15th July
Grand Opening of the Continental Ballroom, Santa Clara with Big Brother and the Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Freedom Highway and Heather Stone.
16th July
Legalise Pot rally at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, London.
16th July
The Grateful Dead, Daily Flash and Magic Fern play at the Eagles Auditorium, Seattle.
17th July
The Joint Show opens at the Moore Gallery, San Francisco.
19th July
The Beatles, All You Need Is Love reaches Number One in the British singles charts
21st/22nd July
Space Age presents Strange Happenings at the California Hall with The Youngbloods, The Magic Fern, The Wildflower and the Northern Lights lightshow.
21st/22nd/23rd July
Grand Opening of The Straight Theatre on Haight St. San Francisco with Mt. Rushmore, Quicksilver Messenger Service, New Salvation Army Band, Mother Earth, Country Joe and The Fish, The Charlatans, Blue Cheer, Freedom Highway, The Phoenix, The Wildflower, Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company.
23rd-27th July
43 people die, 2000 injured and 5000 homeless as a result of a week of riots in Detroit, Michigan.
24th July
Legalise Pot advert published in the London Times, signed by various celebreties including The Beatles.
28th July
Pink Floyd play at the UFO, London.
29th July
San Ramon High School present The Yardbirds, Sir Douglas Quintet and The Loading Zone at San Ramon High School Stadium.
29th July
The Dooors' Light My Fire reaches number one in the U.S charts.
29th-30th July
International Love-In at the Alexandra Palace in London featuring Pink Floyd.
28th thru 30th July
Sandy Bull and The Rock Shop play at the Matrix
28th thru 30th July
Space Age presents Big Brother and the Holding Company and The Charlatans, lights by Northern Lights at the California Hall.
31st July
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards sentences are remanded.
31st July
Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Charlatans and Blue Cheer play a benefit for the Free Clinic.
31st July-5th August
Bill Graham presents 'The San Francisco Scene' at the O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Canada, featuring Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead with the Head Lights lightshow
August
3rd August
The Byrds, The Stone Poneys and Sky Blue play at Berkeley Community Theatre with lights by Seventh Ray.
5th August
Pink Floyd release The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.
5th August
Kacey and Jim Salzer presents The Doors, The Lavender Hill Mob, Joint Effort and Captain Speed with lights by The Family Cat at the Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara.
5th & 7th August
The Flamin' Groovies play the Matrix.
8th August
George Harrison visits the ‘tourist trap’ that is now Haight-Ashbury.
11th/12th August
Big Brother and The Holding Company, The Charles Lloyd Quartet, Morning Glory and Mt Rushmore play at the Continental Ballroom, Santa Clara.
14th August
Pirate radio stations closed down in the UK.
19th August
The Beatles ‘All You Need Is Love’ reaches number one in the U.S charts.
19th August
Jim Salzer presents The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Moby Grape, Tim Buckley and Captain Speed with lights by Omega Eye at the Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara.
25th/26th
AugustWestern Maintenance presents Dave Van Ronk, Mimi Farina and Fred Neil at the Berkeley Community Theatre.
25th/27th August
Festival of The Flower Children at Woburn Abbey featuring Marmalade, Alan Price and The Bee Gees.
27th August
Brian Epstein dies as a result of alcohol and barbiturates.
Soft Machine play at Middle Earth
27th August
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Tomorrow and The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown play at Sunday At The Saville, Saville Theatre, London.
30th August till 3rd September
Country Joe and The Fish play at Jabberwock, Berkeley.
29th August & 3rd September
Bill Graham presents Cream, the Electric Flag and Gary Burton, also featuring the Dan Bruhns lightshow.
September
1st/2nd/3rdSeptember
The Straight Theatre present Big Brother and the Holding Company with support on each day (respectively) by Freedom Highway, Colours and Phoenix, with lights by Reginald and Straight Lightning.
Soft Machine play at Lullaby for Catatonics, Edinburgh Festival, Barrie Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
2nd September
Cosmic Car Show benefit for Delano Grape Strikers at Muir Beach, Marin County with Charley Musslewhite Band, South Side Sound System, Mt. Rushmore, Mother Earth, Second Coming and others.
Soft Machine play at UFO at The Roundhouse.
2nd/3rd September
Magic Music Benefit for SCA at Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz featuring the Grateful Dead, Canned Heat, The Leaves, Andrew Staples, Sons Of Champlin, New Delhi River Band, Second Coming, New Breed, Gross Exaggeration, Yajahla, Tingle Guild, People, Jaguars, Art Collection, Morning Glory, Ben Frank’s Electric Band, New Frontier, The Chocolate Watch Band, Other Side, E-Types, Mourning Reign, Imperial Mange Remedy, Omens, Ragged Staff and Talon Wedge with lights by STP.
3rd September
LSD demonstration at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London.
4th September
Soft Machine play at The Churchill Theater, Edinburgh, Scotland
5th September
Soft Machine play at The Churchill Theater, Edinburgh, Scotland
6th September
Soft Machine play at The Churchill Theater, Edinburgh, Scotland
8th/9th September
Big Brother and the Holding Company play in Denver, Colorado.
15th & 16th September
The Straight Theatre presents The Steve Miller Band, Billy Roberts, Sopwith Camel and Notes From The Underground with lights by Reginald.
15th September
Soft Machine play at UFO at The Roundhouse.
16th September
Soft Machine play at Middle Earth
17th September
John Mayalls Bluesbreakers, The Long John Baldry Show and Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac play at Sunday At The Saville, Saville Theatre, London.
17th September
The Straight Theatre present Little Richard with lights by Reginald and Straight Lighting.
21st September
The Bringers Of Light & The Straight Theatre present The Equinox Of The Gods with Kenneth Anger, The Congress of Wonders, The Charlatans, The San Francisco Mime Troupe and The Duncan Company, with lights by The North American Ibis Alchemical co.
22nd September
Dantalions Chariot, The Social Deviants and The Exploding Galaxy play UFO At The Roundhouse.
22nd September
Pink Floyd play at the UFO, London.
Soft Machine play at Vitus Studios, Bussum, Holland
22nd September
Amboy Dukes play at The Dungeon Club, Nottingham.
23rd September
Teens 'n' Twenties present The 13th Floor Elevators and the Elements of Sound at the Rollerena, San Leandro.
Soft Machine play at The Birds Club, Amsterdam, Holland
24th September
First UK appearance ot Traffic at Sunday At The Saville, Saville Theatre, London.
Soft Machine play at The Birds Club, Amsterdam, Holland
27th September
Pink Floyd play at Fifth Dimension, Leicester, England.
29th September
Jeff Beck, Ten Years After and Contessa Veronica with lights by Mark Boyle’s Sensual Laboratory.
29th/30th September
The Straight Theatre presents the Grateful Dead and The Sons of Champlin, with lights by Reginald and Straight Lighting.
October
1st October
Benefit for the Economic Opportunity Program presented by U.C Berkeley Associated Students featuring Charles Lloyd, the Grateful Dead and Bola Sete at the Greek Theatre, Berkeley.
1st October
Pink Floyd play at Sunday At The Saville, Saville Theatre, London with Tomorrow, The Incredible String Band and The Fairport Convention.
2nd October
The Grateful Dead are busted for drugs in San Francisco and charged with possession of marijuana.
6th October
Police close down the Matrix Club during a performance by Big Brother and The Holding Company
Soft Machine play at Ste-Genevieve sur le Tobogan, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris
6th October
Death Of Hippie procession in San Francisco.
7th October
Uncle Russ Love Agency Presents Scott Richard Case, Billy and The Sunshine, MC5 and Odds And Ends at the Grande Ballroom, Detroit.
Soft Machine play at Ste-Genevieve sur le Tobogan, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris
8th October
The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown and The Cryin’ Shames play at the Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London
8th October
Haight-Ashbury Medical Clinic Benefit featuring Big Brother and The Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Freedom Highway, Mother Earth, Ace Of Cups, Congress Of Wonders and Mad River at the Family Park, San Jose.
9th October
The first edition of Rolling Stone is published.
12th October
Soft Machine play at The Birdcage, Harlow, Essex, England
13th October
Soft Machine play at Middle Earth
13th/14th October
Moby Grape, Big Brother and The Holding Company and the Sons Of Champlin play at The Ark, Sausalito with lights by Funny Co.
13th/14th October
Western Front Dance Academy presents, Morning Glory and The Indian Head Band.
14th October
Soft Machine play at Friar's Hall, Blackfriars Road, London
15th October
The UFO club is closed down by British authorities.
Soft Machine play at Friar's Hall, Blackfriars Road, London
20th October
Soft Machine play at The Roundhouse, London.
21st October
Exorcism of the Pentagon, Washington D.C, march. 55000 people arrive and over 600 arrests are made in an anti-war protest that lasts 2 days.
22nd October
Soft Machine play at The Roundhouse, London.
24th October
Peppermint Trolley play at the HUB Ballroom, University of Washington Campus with Light Show by Morning Sunshine.
26th October
Soft Machine play at The Roundhouse, London.
27th October
Soft Machine play at The Roundhouse, London.
26th/27th/28th October
Pink Floyd play at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
27th/28th October
The Straight Theatre present a Kinetic Event Dance Class with the Charles Musslewhite Band, The Wildflower and Preston Webster & Company.
28th/29th October
Big Brother and The Holding Company play at the Peacock Country Club, San Rafael, California.
29th October
A Proposition 'P' Benefit at the Fillmore with Jefferson Airplane, Mother Earth and Mad River with the Holy See light show.
Soft Machine play at The Roundhouse, London.
30th October
KPFA Halloween Costume Ball Benefit at the Fillmore featuring The Incredible Fish, Pink Floyd, Sopwith Camel.
30th October
Brian Jones arrested on drugs charges.
31st October
Trip or Freak Halloween Ball at Winterland with Quicksilver Messenger Service, the Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company, lights by Head Lights.
November
4th November
Big Brother and The Holding Company, The Baltimore Steam Packet and Moby Grape play at the Ark, Sausalito.
10th November
Soft Machine play at Middle Earth
12th November
Soft Machine play at Hippy Happy Fair, Ahoy-Heliport, Rotterdam, Holland
14th November
The Beatles release Hello Goodbye in Britain.
14th November
Pink Floyd play at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
14th/15th November
The North Face Ski Shop presents The Rite Of Winter with The Steve Miller Blues Band and Jesse Fuller. Lights by Bill Ham and Aspen Lights.
15th November
The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd play in Bournemouth, Hampshire.
17th November
The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd play in Leeds, Yorkshire.
Soft Machine play at L'Fenetre Rose, Palais des Sports, Paris, France
18th November
The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd play in Liverpool.
Soft Machine play at L'Fenetre Rose, Palais des Sports, Paris, France
19th November
The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd play in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
22nd November
The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd play in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
23rd November
The Family Dog hold a Thanksgiving 'Turkey Strut & Trot' at the Avalon Ballroom featuring Big Brother and the Holding Company.
24th November
The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd play in Bristol, Somerset.
Soft Machine play at Frenford Youth Club, Baths Hall, Ilford
25th November
Strawberry Alarm Clock’s ‘Incense & Peppermints’ reaches number one in the U.S charts.
25th November
The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd play in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales.
26th November
The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd play in Manchester.
28th November
The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd play in Belfast, Ireland.
? December
Owsley Stanley is busted in possession of 868,000 trips, with an estimated street value of $4.3 million.
December
The Rolling Stones release Their Satanic Majesties Request.
1st December
The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd play in Chatham, Kent.
2nd December
The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd play in Brighton, Sussex.
1st/2nd/3rd
DecemberThe Straight Theatre presents Mad River and the Santana Blues Band with lights by The Puppy Farm.
3rd December
Jimi Hendrix Experience play the Theatre Royal, Nottingham.
7th December
Opening of the Apple shop at 94 Baker Street, London. A psychedelic mural on the outside wall (painted by The Fool) causes outrage.
8th December
The City University, St. John Street, London
10th December
Otis Redding dies in a plane crash.
Soft Machine play at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland
15th December
Pink Floyd play at a new psychedelic club, Middle Earth, London.
16th December
Soft Machine play at Middle Earth
16th/17th December
The Xmas Show at Winterland with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Congress of Wonders, The Great San Francisco Earthquake Dancers and The Loving Impulse with lights by Light Lives Co.
22nd December
Christmas On Earth Revisited at Olympia, London with Jimi Hendrix, The Move, Soft Machine and Pink Floyd.
26th December
2nd Annual Grope For Peace at The Straight Theatre. |
