pOoTer's pSycheDelic shAcK
ChroniKles - 1967

 
 

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.