Noise Pop Industries and Civic Joy Fund have announced that their Summer of Music series will end its 2024 season with a Meadow Party on Sunday, October 20, featuring a headlining performance by Thundercat. This event marks the conclusion of the second season of the program, which hosted over 200 Bay Area performers in mini-concerts… Keep Reading
California’s legendary garage-rock/proto-punk band The Seeds, a band most famous for their hit “Pushin’ Too Hard” and for coining the term “Flower Power,” are making a little bit of a comeback these days. The band that’s been credited with influencing artists like Iggy Pop and The Ramones, are currently enjoying a new wave of success… Keep Reading
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is sharing the same enthusiasm for the Summer of Love as San Francisco, by giving visitors the opportunity to explore artifacts from the iconic era. Fifty years ago, in 1967, the epicenter of the counterculture, the San Francisco neighborhood Haight-Ashbury, attracted young people by the thousands. Though an… Keep Reading
Summer of Love There cannot be a mention of the rich musical history of San Francisco without a mention of the Summer of Love. There was a gathering of nearly 100,000 hippies in the Haight and Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco during the summer of 1967. This was a movement in search of personal freedom… Keep Reading
