Acid Tests

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The Acid Tests were a series of mid-1960s countercultural parties centered on LSD experimentation, multimedia art, and psychedelic music that became iconic events of the American psychedelic movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf LSD party
countercultural event series
psychedelic event
associatedWith Haight-Ashbury NERFINISHED
Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance iconic events of the American psychedelic movement
decade 1960s
documentedBy Tom Wolfe NERFINISHED
documentedIn The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test NERFINISHED
endTime 1966
featuredBand Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
The Warlocks NERFINISHED
genre psychedelic rock
hasPart audience participation
blacklight decorations
film projections
improvised music
light shows
spontaneous performance art
tape loops
influenced San Francisco Sound NERFINISHED
hippie movement
psychedelic rock
inspiredBy Ken Kesey NERFINISHED
location California, United States
surface form: California

Los Angeles
New York City
Palo Alto NERFINISHED
Portland, Oregon NERFINISHED
San Francisco Bay Area NERFINISHED
San Jose NERFINISHED
mainSubject LSD NERFINISHED
multimedia art
psychedelia
psychedelic music
movement 1960s counterculture
American psychedelic movement
notableWork The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test NERFINISHED
organizer Ken Kesey NERFINISHED
Merry Pranksters NERFINISHED
participant Allen Ginsberg NERFINISHED
Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
Ken Kesey NERFINISHED
Merry Pranksters NERFINISHED
Neal Cassady NERFINISHED
Owsley Stanley NERFINISHED
Wavy Gravy NERFINISHED
startTime 1965
usedSubstance LSD
acid

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Merry Pranksters knownFor Acid Tests