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Victoria's First "Official" Love-In: Lost Souls, Blues X Five, City Of Drawers, Double Breasted Galvanized Jazz Whistle, Hillside Grass Band
In an effort to be part of a growing trend of organized "Love-In's" during 1967 ...
In-Person Event
Sun. May 21st 1967 + Add to Calendar
Stage in the Park (Cameron Bandshell)
Free
Artists
Lost Souls
from Victoria BC
Blues X Five
from Victoria BC
City Of Drawers
from Victoria BC
Double Breasted Galvanized Jazz Whistle
from Victoria BC
Hillside Grass Band
from Victoria BC
Event Description
In an effort to be part of a growing trend of organized "Love-In's" during 1967 starting with San Francisco's "Human Be-In", the local "In Crowd" produced the event without permits and/or permission and included musical groups Blues X Five, The Lost Souls and Hydro Electric Streetcar. They found an electrical source close to a picnic area, plugged in and played causing an uproar with the Parks Board. This was finally addressed a few weeks later when Mayor Hugh Stephen and council gave in to public support/pressure and overruled the existing policy allowed the city's first "official" Love-In at the Cameron bandshell on May 21, 1967.Photos
Venue
Stage in the Park (Cameron Bandshell)
1 Arbutus Way, Beacon Hill Park Victoria BC
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