Art of Rock

AOR-2.209-OP-1

Concert Date

Oct 31, 1966

Performer

Grateful Dead

Ken Kesey And His Merry Pranksters

Anonymous Artists Of America

Gallery

Art Of Rock

Artist

Gut

Poster Type

Poster

Venue

Winterland Ballroom

About

Poster dimensions are 12" x 20". The Acid Test Graduation was planned for Halloween night in 1966 with the Grateful Dead on the stage. Things didn’t turn out as planned because Bill Graham, who was promoting the event, got wind of a plan to dose everything at the event with LSD. A decision was made to cancel the event, at least at Winterland, and the Dead wound up playing at the California Hall that night. The Graduation was held in a warehouse decorated with wall hangings, and Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters were all in attendance. The Anonymous Artists of America provided the music, and all in all, the affair was very low key; not the orgy of drugs and sex that Graham had feared.

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Graded Population

CGC Title	Venue	Date
AOR-2.209-OP-1: Acid Test Graduation	Winterland	October 31, 1966

All Grades 4 Population Share	Universal 1 25% of pop	Restored 3 75% of pop	Signature 0 0% of pop	Conserved 0 0% of pop
8.5	0 --	1 top 33.3%	0 --	0 --
7.5	1 top 100%	0 --	0 --	0 --
6.0	0 --	1 top 66.7%	0 --	0 --
4.0	0 --	1 top 100%	0 --	0 --
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1 Variations of AOR-2.209-OP-1