BG-87 · Bonnie MacLean
Catalog Number
BG-87
Venue
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco
San Francisco
Date
October 5, 1967
Artists
Nickname
the Mercury poster
Performers
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Grass Roots
Mad River
Grass Roots
Mad River
the Mercury poster
On Thursday, October 5, 1967, Bill Graham opened a three-night weekend at the Fillmore Auditorium with a bill that read, top to bottom, Quicksilver Messenger Service, the Grass Roots, and Mad River — a run that would carry through Friday the 6th and Saturday the 7th (per chickenonaunicycle's Fillmore Auditorium list, the Delaware Art Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum, which all give the October 5-6-7 dates and the…
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