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Venues
The Fillmore
Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Santana
1954
The Story
It was built in 1912, and renamed the Fillmore Auditorium in 1954 by Charles Sullivan, the most successful African American impresario on the West Coast, who booked James Brown, Billie Holiday, and Louis Armstrong. Charles was murdered in 1966, and Bill Graham took over the venue. The Grateful Dead played 51 shows here from 1965-1969. The iconic psychedelic posters created for Fillmore shows are still given away for free to fans at sold-out shows.
1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
San Francisco, USA
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