July 22-23, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supporting Association & Along Comes Mary) JFillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (Giant Delano Strike Benefit) July 8-9, 1966 Santa Venetia National Guard Armory, Marin County, CA ('Rock n' Roll Happening' supporting The Grateful Dead, who had replaced Sopwith Camel) July 2-3, 1966 Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA (with Big Brother & The Holding Company & The Gladstones) JFillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supported by Big Brother & The Holding Company & Jaywalkers) June 24-25, 1966 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (supporting Big Brother & The Holding Company) June 17-18, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supporting The Wailers) June 10-11, 1966 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (with The Grateful Dead & The New Tweedy Brothers) June 3-4, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supported by The Grateful Dead & The Mothers) Muir Beach Lodge, Muir Beach, CA (Afternoon beach party show, with Big Brother and the Holding Company, Charlatans, Wildflower, Carpetbaggers, The Rebirth, Billy Moses and the Blues Band & Erector Set) May 20-21, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supported by Final Solution) May 13-14, 1966 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (supporting The Blues Project & The Sons Of Adam) UC Berkeley Wurster Hall Architecture Building, Berkeley, CA ("Beaux Arts Ball - University of California Arts Festival", with The John Handy Quintet, Latin All-Stars, Bethlehem Exit) University of California Medical Center Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (University of California Arts Festival) Both JA & QMS cancelled and were replaced by The Great Society & Big Brother and The Holding Company)ĪpFillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (Supporting Jefferson Airplane)ĪpGeary Temple, San Francisco, CA ("The Sacred Cow Benefit" with Big Brother And The Holding Company, Our Mothers Children, PH Phactor Jug Band) (evening show)ĪpFillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (with Poets Andrei Voznesensky & Lawrence Ferlinghetti)ĪpCalifornia Hall, San Francisco, CA (supporting Jefferson Airplane)ĪpUSF Gym, San Francisco, CA (afternoon show)ĪpLongshoremen‘s Hall, San Francisco, CA (evening show)ĪpFillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supported by The Hedds & The New Brothers)Īpril 22-23, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supporting Grass Roots, with Family Tree)ĪpMuir Beach Lodge, Muir Beach, Marin County, CA (with The Charlatans)ĪpFillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supported by Lightnin' Hopkins & The Jaywalkers) March 25-27, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supporting Paul Butterfield Blues Band)Īpril 1-2, 1966 University of California Harmon Gym, Berkeley, CA (Delano Grape Strikers Benefit, supporting Jefferson Airplane. March 19-20, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA ("Batman Dance And Film Festival", with (19th) Family Tree & Gentlemen’s Band & (20th) The Great Society & The Skins) March 11-12, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA ("The Great Blondin", 2 Day Dance Benefit For Filmaker Robert Nelson, with (11th) The Great Society & Gentlemen’s Band & (12th) Mystery Trend, Family Tree & Third Rail)
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March 4-5, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (with Jefferson Airplane) FebruLongshoremen's Hall, San Francisco, CA ('Blow Your Mind Dance For Delano - Benefits Go To Delano Farm Workers Council For Justice', with Sopwith Camel, John Handy, Earth Mother & Final Solution, Melveton Butler "Congo drummer" & Family Tree)įebruFillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA ("King Kong Memorial Dance", supporting The Great Society, The Grass Roots & Big Brother And The Holding Company) JanuThe Matrix, San Francisco, CA ("Open Auditions")įebruary 4-6, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (Bill Graham's first commercial Fillmore shows, with Jefferson Airplane & Mystery Trend)įebruFillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA ("Rock For Peace - Benefit for Democratic congressional candidates and the Viet Nam Study Group", with The Great Society, Wildflower, Mystery Trend, Our Lost Souls & Big Brother And The Holding Company)įebruFillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supporting Sopwith Camel, with The Charlatans) At this show they meet Ambrose Hollingsworth, who helps them buy equipment) JanuMuir Beach Lodge, Muir Beach, Marin County, CA (QMS public debut. November ?, 1965 The Matrix, San Francisco, CAĭecemThe Committee's House, Muir Beach, Marin County, CA ("Christmas Private Party". September 1?, 1965 The Matrix, San Francisco, CA (Not a show but an afternoon rehearsal by the unnamed band's new line-up)
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Original QMS Line-Up: mid 1965 to October 1967 (went by the names Cosmic Crystal Set & Vulcan in late 1965)