Trips Festival
Flyer for the historic "Trips Festival," a foundational event of the 1960s counterculture movement in San Francisco. The festival, held from January 21-23, 1966, at the Longshoremen's Hall, is known as one of the first major psychedelic events and a precursor to later large-scale rock festivals.
Event Details
Dates: January 21, 22, and 23, 1966.
Location: Longshoremen's Hall (400 North Point), San Francisco, California.
Organizers: The event was a collaboration organized by Stewart Brand, produced by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, and promoted by the famed Bill Graham, who helped organize the logistics.
Significance: It was a three-day, multimedia event that blended music, light shows, experimental theater, and performance art, embodying the ethos of the emerging hippie scene and popularizing the use of LSD, which was legal at the time.
Performers: The lineup featured iconic bands like the Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company, alongside poets like Allen Ginsberg and various other spectacles.
Artwork
Artist: The flyer was designed by the notable psychedelic poster artist Wes Wilson, one of the "Big Five" founders of the San Francisco School of psychedelic posters.
Style: The design features the distinctive psychedelic style of curving lines and bold typography, a hallmark of the era's concert art. Original first printings and authorized reprints of this iconic design are available for purchase from various merchants, with prices varying based on condition and originality.
Event Details
Dates: January 21, 22, and 23, 1966.
Location: Longshoremen's Hall (400 North Point), San Francisco, California.
Organizers: The event was a collaboration organized by Stewart Brand, produced by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, and promoted by the famed Bill Graham, who helped organize the logistics.
Significance: It was a three-day, multimedia event that blended music, light shows, experimental theater, and performance art, embodying the ethos of the emerging hippie scene and popularizing the use of LSD, which was legal at the time.
Performers: The lineup featured iconic bands like the Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company, alongside poets like Allen Ginsberg and various other spectacles.
Artwork
Artist: The flyer was designed by the notable psychedelic poster artist Wes Wilson, one of the "Big Five" founders of the San Francisco School of psychedelic posters.
Style: The design features the distinctive psychedelic style of curving lines and bold typography, a hallmark of the era's concert art. Original first printings and authorized reprints of this iconic design are available for purchase from various merchants, with prices varying based on condition and originality.
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