Family Dog concert series at the Avalon Ballroom
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The Family Dog concert series at the Avalon Ballroom was a seminal late-1960s San Francisco rock concert series that helped define the psychedelic music scene and counterculture.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
San Francisco music event
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psychedelic rock concert series ⓘ rock concert series ⓘ |
| activePeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedArtForm |
psychedelic poster art
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underground comix culture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chet Helms
NERFINISHED
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Family Dog commune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audience | San Francisco counterculture community ⓘ |
| concurrentWith | Bill Graham concerts at the Fillmore Auditorium ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of the San Francisco Sound
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emergence of the Avalon Ballroom as a major rock venue ⓘ popularization of psychedelic rock ⓘ |
| culturalContext | hippie movement ⓘ |
| era | Summer of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
dance-oriented rock shows
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elaborate concert posters ⓘ psychedelic light shows ⓘ |
| genre |
psychedelic rock
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rock music ⓘ |
| influenced |
light show concert production
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psychedelic concert poster art ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
San Francisco ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| location | Avalon Ballroom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | live music performance series ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Big Brother and the Holding Company
NERFINISHED
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Country Joe and the Fish NERFINISHED ⓘ Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ Janis Joplin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jefferson Airplane NERFINISHED ⓘ Moby Grape NERFINISHED ⓘ Quicksilver Messenger Service NERFINISHED ⓘ The Charlatans NERFINISHED ⓘ The Steve Miller Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizer | Family Dog Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
1960s counterculture
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San Francisco Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promoter | Chet Helms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
helped define the San Francisco counterculture
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helped define the psychedelic music scene ⓘ |
| startTime | 1966 ⓘ |
| status | historical concert series ⓘ |
| typicalAttendance | youth and college-age audiences ⓘ |
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