San Francisco Guide

Somethin’s Happening Here: Bay Area Rock ‘n’ Roll 1963-73 at the Museum of Performance & Design charts the Bay Area rock scene from the folk-infused early ‘60s to the last days of the Fillmore West. The exhibition is an unprecedented, in-depth examination of this incredibly diverse era—dispelling its myths and offering a fresh look at this well-known subject—all evoked in a blaze of sight and sound with a wealth of original posters, images, instruments, and costumes on display.

Somethin’s Happening Here: Bay Area Rock ‘n’ Roll 1963-73 at the Museum of Performance & Design charts the Bay Area rock scene from the folk-infused early ‘60s to the last days of the Fillmore West. The exhibition is an unprecedented, in-depth examination of this incredibly diverse era—dispelling its myths and offering a fresh look at this well-known subject—all evoked in a blaze of sight and sound with a wealth of original posters, images, instruments, and costumes on display. « hide