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SAN FRANCISCO · THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA · 1960s

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Family Dog on the Great Highway

San Francisco, CA

History

Chet Helms's Family Dog operation relocated to a hall at 660 Great Highway, on the ocean side of San Francisco, after losing the Avalon Ballroom's lease in late 1968. It ran psychedelic dance-concerts through 1969-1970 under the Family Dog banner, the last chapter of the organization that had helped start the ballroom scene at Longshoreman's Hall and the Avalon.

Its Place in the Scene

Late Family Dog venue (successor to the Avalon).

The Facts

Location
San Francisco, CA
Address
660 Great Highway
Active
1969-06–1970-08

Shows at this Venue

Sir Douglas Quintet / Kwan Dios / Bicycle (Family Dog on the Great Highway) Sir Douglas Quintet, Kwan Dios, Bicycle Family Dog · July 18, 1969 Congress of Wonders / Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band (FDGH, midweek) Congress of Wonders, Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band Family Dog · July 22, 1969 Light Artists Guild strike -- Grateful Dead show struck Grateful Dead Family Dog · August 1, 1969 Grateful Dead / Albert Collins / Ballet Afro-Haiti (night 1) Grateful Dead, Albert Collins, Ballet Afro-Haiti Family Dog · August 2, 1969 Grateful Dead / Albert Collins / Ballet Afro-Haiti Grateful Dead, Albert Collins, Ballet Afro-Haiti Family Dog · August 3, 1969 Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage / Commander Cody (opening) Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen… Family Dog · August 29, 1969 Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage / Commander Cody (closing) Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen… Family Dog · August 30, 1969 Gravity / Transatlantic Railroad / Devil's Kitchen (local bands night) Gravity, Transatlantic Railroad, Devil's Kitchen… Family Dog · August 31, 1969 September 6, 1969 Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane September 6, 1969 Latin Rock Kwane and the Kwanditos, Los Flamencos de la Santa Lucia September 10, 1969 September 12, 1969 It's a Beautiful Day, The Fourth Way September 12, 1969 September 13, 1969 It's a Beautiful Day, The Fourth Way September 13, 1969 Monday Night Class Stephen Gaskin September 15, 1969 September 16, 1969 Orion, Devil's Kitchen September 16, 1969 Quicksilver Messenger Service - the last Family Dog on the Great Highway Quicksilver Messenger Service, Robert Savage Group, The Backyard Mamas… Family Dog · August 21, 1970