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Trips Festival

Longhoreman's Hall, San Francisco
January 21-23, 1966
Conceived by Stewart Brand (of Whole Earth fame) and by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and produced by The Living Theater (Bill Graham, star employee). The "Test" was Sunday night.
Featured every sight and sound imaginable: mime exhibitions, light shows, guerrilla theater, day-glo bodies bouncing on trampolines, the music of the Grateful Dead, Big Brother & The Holding Co, and The Loading Zone. Check the first link for photos of an actual program. The second link is on-the-spot coverage.

Friday Night, January 21
Berkeley Open Theatre
The Loading Zone

Saturday Night, January 22
San Fraqncisco Tape Music Center
Dancer's Workshop
Big Brother & The Holding Co
Grateful Dead

Sunday Night, January 23
spontaneous sound
stroboscopic trampoline
audience improvisation


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