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Janis Joplin

San Francisco Travel identifies the Fillmore among the venues where Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company built their following in 1966. The music hall provides a specific connection to her San Francisco performance years. Plan any interior visit around the venue’s present programme.

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Janis Joplin
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CHAPTER 01

Building an audience at the Fillmore

San Francisco Travel identifies the Fillmore among the venues where Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company built their following in 1966. The music hall provides a specific connection to her San Francisco performance years. Plan any interior visit around the venue’s present programme.

sftravel.com — reference ↗︎

THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY

A life on the map.

Explore 6 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.

01 / LOCATION

The Fillmore

San Francisco Travel identifies the Fillmore among the venues where Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company built their following in 1966. The music hall provides a specific connection to her San Francisco performance years. Plan any interior visit around the venue’s present programme.

sftravel.com — reference ↗︎

Working music venue; check current event access.

Open street map ↗︎

Map reference

IN THE STORY

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WORKS

Culture, connected.

Follow the work through its real places.

KEEP EXPLORING

Cities and Worlds.

CITY

San Francisco ↗︎

Suspense on the waterfront, chases on impossible grades and music built in shared rooms.

WORLD · Music

Janis Joplin ↗︎

Paint: lay Candy Apple Red on her grey Porsche and brush four real panels to find her places, turn the Port Arthur yearbook, press autoharp bars at Threadgill’s, stack a bangle per stage and couple fourteen coaches across Canada.

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