BBill Graham’s numbered poster series began in 1966 with BG-1, which advertised Jefferson Airplane at The Fillmore Auditorium. While the sequential BG Series ends in June 1972 with BG-289—the famous Rolling Stones “Tumbling Dice” poster—the Series includes the 1973 BG-288 Nassau Coliseum poster featuring the Grateful Dead. The Bill Graham numbered series includes handbills and postcards. Poster artists Wes Wilson (BG-18), Bonnie MacLean, Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley, Greg Irons, Lee Conklin, Rick Griffin (BG-105), Bob Fried, Victor Moscoso, Randy Tuten, and David Singer all created posters for the BG Series. BG Series poster collections have been on display nationally and internationally in museums, art galleries, and at poster art showcase events.

The early BG posters were printed on vellum paper and are very difficult to find in top condition today. Vellum is a soft, blotter-like paper that tore and stained easily. The printing quality also was sometimes very poor. For these reasons, most poster collectors are more forgiving of defects on early posters in the Bill Graham numbered poster series.

BG numbers from 0 to 45 are represented by three sizes of printings—posters, handbills, and postcards. After number 45, handbills were no longer printed; only posters and postcards were produced. However, sometimes the postcards with a calendar or “show back” are referred to as handbills. A dizzying array of different printings is available for many posters, including pre-show or original printings (first prints), authorized reprints (second and third prints), and in some cases, bootleg or counterfeit printings. At Classic Posters, we guarantee that every BG poster we sell is correctly attributed according to the current edition of The Collectors Guide to Psychedelic Rock Concert Posters, Postcards and Handbills 1965-1973 by Eric King.

date	cat. no.	venues & performers	artists	items available

4/22/1966	BG-0	Fillmore Auditorium 4/22-23/66 Grass Roots Quicksilver Messenger Service Family Tree	Bonnie MacLean	Original Poster Handbill

2/4/1966	BG-1	Fillmore Auditorium 2/4-6/66 Jefferson Airplane	Peter Bailey	Third Print Poster Postcard

4/1/1966	BG-1A	Fillmore Auditorium 4/1-2/66 Jefferson Airplane Quicksilver Messenger Service (4/1) The Family Tree (4/2)	Peter Bailey	Handbill

3/18/1966	BG-2	Fillmore Auditorium 3/18-20/66 Mystery Trend (3/18) Big Brother and the Holding Company Family Tree Quicksilver Messenger Service (3/19) Family Tree Gentleman's Band Quicksilver Messenger Service (3/20) Great Society Skins	Wes Wilson	Second Print Poster Third Print Poster Postcard

4/15/1966	BG-3	Fillmore Auditorium 4/15 & 17/66 Harmon Gymnasium (UC Berkely) 4/16/66 Paul Butterfield Blues Band Jefferson Airplane	Wes Wilson	Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

4/29/1966	BG-4	Fillmore Auditorium 4/29-30/66 Jefferson Airplane Quicksilver Messenger Service Lightning Hopkins	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Second Print Poster Handbill

5/6/1966	BG-5	Fillmore Auditorium 5/6-7/66 Jefferson Airplane Jay Walkers	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

5/13/1966	BG-6	Fillmore Auditorium 5/13-14/66 New Generation Jay Walkers Charlatans	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Handbill Postcard

5/20/1966	BG-7	Fillmore Auditorium 5/20-21/66 Quicksilver Messenger Service Final Solution	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Postcard

5/27/1966	BG-8	Fillmore Auditorium 5/27-29/66 Andy Warhol and His Plastic Inevitable Velvet Underground Mothers Nico	Wes Wilson	Handbill Postcard

6/3/1966	BG-9	Fillmore Auditorium 6/3-4/66 Quicksilver Messenger Service Grateful Dead Mothers	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

6/10/1966	BG-10	Fillmore Auditorium 6/10-11/66 Jefferson Airplane Great Society Heavenly Blues Band	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

6/17/1966	BG-11	Fillmore Auditorium 6/17-18/66 Wailers Quicksilver Messenger Service	Wes Wilson	Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

6/23/1966	BG-12	Fillmore Auditorium 6/23/66 Them Great Society New Tweedy Brothers	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

6/24/1966	BG-13	Fillmore Auditorium 6/24-25/66 Lenny Bruce Mothers	Wes Wilson Edmund Shea (Photographer)	Original Poster Third Print Poster Fourth Print Poster Handbill Postcard

7/1/1966	BG-14	Fillmore Auditorium 7/1-3/66 Quicksilver Messenger Service (7/1) Big Brother and the Holding Company Jaywalkers Great Society (7/2) Sopwith Camel Charlatans Love Grateful Dead Group B	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Handbill

7/6/1966	BG-15	Fillmore Auditorium 7/6/66 Turtles Oxford Circle	Wes Wilson Heinrich Kley (source of collage)	Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

7/8/1966	BG-16	Fillmore Auditorium 7/8-9/66 Mindbenders Chocolate Watchband	Wes Wilson	Third Print Poster Handbill Postcard

7/15/1966	BG-17	Fillmore Auditorium 7/15-16/66 Jefferson Airplane Grateful Dead	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Third Print Poster Handbill

7/22/1966	BG-18	Fillmore Auditorium 7/22-23/66 Association Quicksilver Messenger Service Grass Roots (7/22) Sopwith Camel (7/23)	Wes Wilson	Handbill Postcard

7/24/1966	BG-19	Fillmore Auditorium 7/24/66 The American Theatre Performing The Beard by Michael Mc Clure	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Handbill

7/29/1966	BG-20	Fillmore Auditorium 7/29-30/66 Them Sons of Champlin	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

8/5/1966	BG-21	Fillmore Auditorium 8/5-6/66 Love Everpresent Fullness	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Second Print Poster Third Print Poster Handbill

8/10/1966	BG-22	Fillmore Auditorium 8/10/66 Sam the Sham & the Phoraohs	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

8/12/1966	BG-23	Fillmore Auditorium 8/12-12/66 Jefferson Airplane Grateful Dead	Wes Wilson Herb Greene (Photographer)	Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

8/19/1966	BG-24	Fillmore Auditorium 8/19-20/66 Young Rascals Quicksilver Messenger Service	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Third Print Poster Handbill Postcard

8/26/1966	BG-25	Fillmore Auditorium 8/26-27/66 13th Floor Elevators Great Society Sopwith Camel	Wes Wilson	Second Print Poster Postcard

9/2/1966	BG-26	Fillmore Auditorium 9/2-5/66 Jefferson Airplane (9/2&3) P.H. Phactor Jug Band Andrew Staples Grateful Dead (9/4) Quicksilver Messenger Service Country Joe & the Fish Marths & the Vandellas (9/5) Johnny Talbot & De Thangs	Wes Wilson	Third Print Poster Postcard

9/9/1966	BG-27	Fillmore Auditorium 9/9/66 Scottish Rites Temple 9/10/66 Mothers Oxford Circle	John H. Myers	Original Poster Third Print Poster Handbill Postcard

9/16/1966	BG-28	Fillmore Auditorium 9/16-17/66 Byrds Wildflower New Stage Company performing ″The Dutchman″ by Le Roi Jones	Wes Wilson	Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

9/23/1966	BG-29	Winterland 9/23-23 & 9/30-10/1/66 Fillmore Auditorium 9/25 & 10/2/66 Jefferson Airplane Butterfield Blues Band Muddy Waters	Wes Wilson	Handbill Postcard

10/7/1966	BG-30	Winterland 10/7-8/66 Butterfield Blues Band Jefferson Airplane Grateful Dead	Wes Wilson	Second Print Poster Third Print Poster Handbill Postcard

10/14/1966	BG-31	Fillmore Auditorium 10/14-16/66 Butterfield Blues Band Jefferson Airplane Big Mama Thornton	Wes Wilson	Postcard

10/21/1966	BG-32	Fillmore Auditorium 10/21-22/66 Grateful Dead Lightning Hopkins Loading Zone Yardbirds Country Joe & the Fish	Wes Wilson Herb Greene (Photographer)	Handbill Postcard

10/23/1966	BG-33	Fillmore Auditorium 10/23/66 Yardbirds Country Joe & the Fish	John H. Meyers	Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

10/28/1966	BG-34	Fillmore Auditorium 10/28-30/66 Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Chocolate Watchband Great Pumpkin	Wes Wilson	Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

11/4/1966	BG-35	Fillmore Auditorium 11/4-6/66 Muddy Waters Blues Band Quicksilver Messenger Service Andrew Staples	Wes Wilson	Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

11/11/1966	BG-36	Fillmore Auditorium 11/11-13/66 Bola Sete Country Joe & the Fish Buffalo Springfield	Wes Wilson	Second Print Poster Third Print Poster Handbill Postcard

12/30/1966	BG-37	Fillmore Auditorium 12/30-31/66 Jefferson Airplane Grateful Dead Quicksilver Messenger Service	Wes Wilson	Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

11/18/1966	BG-38	Fillmore Auditorium 11/18-20/66 Grateful Dead James Cotton Blues Band Lothar & the Hand People	Wes Wilson	Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

11/25/1966	BG-39	Fillmore Auditorium 11/25-27/66 Jefferson Airplane James Cotton Blues Band Moby Grape	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Second Print Poster Handbill Postcard

12/2/1966	BG-40	Fillmore Auditorium 12/2-4/66 Love Moby Grape Lee Michaels	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Third Print Poster Handbill Postcard

12/9/1966	BG-41	Fillmore Auditorium 12/9-11/66 Grateful Dead Big Mama Thornton Tim Rose	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Postcard

12/16/1966	BG-42	Fillmore Auditorium 12/16-18/66 Jefferson Airplane Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band Tim Rose	Wes Wilson Herb Greene (Photographer)	Original Poster Handbill Postcard

12/20/1966	BG-43	Fillmore Auditorium 12/20-22/66 Otis Redding and His Orchestra Grateful Dead (12/20) Johnny Talbot & De Thangs (12/21) Country Joe & the Fish (12/22)	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Handbill

1/6/1967	BG-44	Fillmore Auditorium 1/6-8/67 Young Rascals Sopwith Camel Doors	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Handbill Postcard

1/13/1967	BG-45	Fillmore Auditorium 1/13-15/67 Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band Grateful Dead Doors	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Handbill Postcard

1/20/1967	BG-46	Fillmore Auditorium 1/20-22/67 Butterfield Blues Band Charles Lloyd Quartet	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Postcard

1/27/1967	BG-47	Fillmore Auditorium 1/27-29/67 Butterfield Blues Band Charles Lloyd Quartet	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Postcard

2/3/1967	BG-48	Fillmore Auditorium 2/3-5/67 Jefferson Airplane Quicksilver Messenger Service Dino Valenti	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Postcard

2/10/1967	BG-49	Fillmore Auditorium 2/10-12/67 Blues Project Jimmy Reed John Lee Hooker Stu Gardner Trio	John H. Myers	Original Poster Postcard

2/17/1967	BG-50	Fillmore Auditorium 2/17-19/67 Blues Project Mothers Canned Heat Blues Band	Wes Wilson	Original Poster Second Print Poster Postcard