Category: Concert Posters

Poor Poster. Big Price.

Imagine New Year's Eve, 1967. In San Francisco. At the Winterland. And now imagine a line-up: headliners Jefferson Airplane, then in their prime; Big Brother and the Holding Company (yes, that's Janis Joplin's band); Quicksilver Messenger Service and Freedom Highway. Talk about memorable. Well,...

The Poster Master, Mike King

[caption id="attachment_23682" align="alignleft" width="225"] © Mike King[/caption] One of the loveliest, simplest pieces of art I hung in my daughter's room: Mike King's 2005 gig poster for the Arcade Fire. Its depiction of childhood is itself childlike in its wonder, and there's far more to the image...

Fine Art, Illustration, and Bunny Ears: Tara McPherson's Poster Art

[caption id="attachment_23494" align="alignleft" width="210"] © Tara McPherson[/caption] Today I want to write about Tara McPherson. McPherson is, well, how else can I say it, an artist. She studied art, and earned a BFA from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena with a major in Illustration....

The Funkiest Concert Posters: George Clinton and P-Funk

[caption id="attachment_23379" align="alignleft" width="207"] artwork by Craig Haskett, also known as Scrojo[/caption] Whenever I think of concert posters, I think of the funkiest band with the funkiest concert posters ever. There are plenty of bands out there that have trippy, psychedelic and funky posters. However, George Clinton and...

Support Local Business. Buy Gig Posters.

[caption id="attachment_23233" align="alignleft" width="225"] © Madpixel Art+Design[/caption] The summer of 2017, a virtual dream came true: Iron & Wine was not only coming to Louisville, Kentucky, Iron & Wine was doing the show for free. As part of Waterfront Wednesday, hosted by our local radio station WFPK,...

How to Find Your Gig Poster

[caption id="attachment_23155" align="alignleft" width="212"] © Jeff Kleinsmith[/caption] I am more than ten years and two thousand miles from a moment in which, on the Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga tour, I first saw the band, Spoon. Now, an older and wiser man, I went searching for the...

How I Discovered the Gig Poster

[caption id="attachment_23029" align="alignleft" width="224"] ©2020 guyburwell[/caption] The first time I saw My Morning Jacket was at an absolutely incredible show at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. But it being in 2004, I couldn't tell you every song they played. I bought a t-shirt after the show...

The Concert Poster as High Art

[caption id="attachment_23001" align="alignleft" width="209"] (John Van Hamersveld. Jimi Hendrix & The Soft Machine with the Electric Flag and Blue Cheer. 1968. Lithograph, 27 3/4 × 19 1/2? (70.5 × 49.5 cm). Gift of the designers. All works The Museum of Modern Art, New York.)[/caption] Back in 2006,...

Exploring the Market of Concert Posters

Music has a way of connecting people. Ask anyone about the first time they saw their favorite band and chances are you will be met with a faraway look and an increasing smile as they recall the emotions that memory conjures up. Music does that. Goosebumps, chills,...