Bilbo's Birthday

AOR-2.156 · July 28, 1966

The Printed PosterWhat the public saw

Catalog Number

AOR-2.156

Series

Art of Rock

Venue

California Hall
San Francisco

Date

July 28, 1966

Poster Artists

Passalaqua

Nickname

Bilbo's Birthday

Performers

Big Brother and the Holding Company
The Great Society
The Charlatans

Verification Notes

ANTAGONIST-CHECKED. VERIFIED co-lead: same Thursday 07-28-1966, California Hall 'Bilbo's Birthday' (Hobbit-themed) — Big Brother (Janis Joplin) / Great Society (Grace Slick) / Charlatans; lights Romero & Anderson. POSTPONEMENT HEDGED: thesanfranciscosound family-tree lists say originally 07-22 -> 07-28, but poster/dealer listings don't confirm it and a separate 07-22 CalHall date also circulates — prose hedged, not asserted. ARTIST UNCERTAIN: one flyer variant credited 'C. Harris', another uncredited — NO poster_artists link asserted (honest gap). AOR-2.156 NOT on Wolfgang's (classicposters browser-only) — no image staged.

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