The Grateful Dead

The Other California Posters Index includes poster art created for The Matrix, Avalon Ballroom, Winterland, Berkeley Community Theater, California Hall, Carousel Ballroom, Friends and Relations Hall at 660 Great Highway, Mount Tamalpais Amphitheater, Straight Theater, and other 1960s and 70s California live music venues.

This Index includes the poster created for the 1967 Folk Festival at Big Sur’s Esalen Institute that featured Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Chambers Brothers, Mimi Farina, and Al Kooper, and the poster that advertised the legendary 1969 Newport Pop Festival held at Devonshire Downs that featured Albert Collins, Albert King, Booker T. & The MG's, Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Byrds, Chambers Brothers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Eric Burdon, Ike & Tina Turner, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter, Marvin Gay, Rascals, Taj Mahal, and Three Dog Night, among others. Its Berkeley Community Theater listings include the May 1970 poster that promoted the Jimi Hendrix Experience and James Taylor concerts.

As you browse the Other California Posters Index you will see poster art created by well-known poster artists including John H. Myers, Gilbert Shelton, Wes Wilson, Rick Griffin, George Hunter, Michael Wood, Stanley Mouse, Victor Moscoso, and Randy Tuten, as well as posters designed by lesser-known artists such as Grasshopper, Jellyroll Press, Gut, Pentagonal Dodecahedron Ltd., and Unknown.