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January to mid-February 1968
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Big Brother appearances in San Francisco and around California |
| January 6, 1968 |
Big Brother
Sacramento State College, Sacramento, CA |
| January 25-27, 1968 |
Big Brother with the Electric Flag and the Youngbloods
Fillmore/Winterland, San Francisco |
| February 2, 1968 |
Big Brother
Cheetah, Los Angeles |
| February 10, 1968 |
Big Brother
Exhibit Hall, San Diego |
| February 16, 1968 |
Big Brother
Palestra, Philadelphia |
| February 17, 1968 |
Big Brother - first NYC show
Anderson Theater, New York City - their first New York show |
| February 23,24, 1968 |
Big Brother
Psychedelic Supermarket, Boston |
| February 25, 1968 |
Big Brother
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence |
| March 1-2, 1968 |
Big Brother with MC5 and Tiffany Shade
Grande Ballroom, Detroit |
| March 8, 1968 |
Big Brother with Tim Buckley and Albert King
Fillmore East, New York City |
| March 9, 1968 |
Big Brother
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT |
| March 15-17, 1968 |
Big Brother
Electric Factory, Philadelphia |
| March 22-24, 1968 |
Big Brother
Cheetah, Chicago |
| April 2-7, 1968 |
Big Brother
Generation, New York City |
| April 7, 1968 |
Big Brother with Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Joni Mitchell, Richie Havens, Paul Butterfield, and Elvin Bishop
Wake for Martin Luther King, Jr.
Generation, New York City |
| April 10, 1968 |
Big Brother
Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA |
| April 11-13, 1968 |
Big Brother with Iron Butterfly and Booker T. and the M.G.s
Fillmore/Winterland, San Francisco |
| April 11, 1968 |
Big Brother
appearance on ABC- TV's Hollywood Palace
Los Angeles, CA |
| April 13, 1968 |
Big Brother
Winterland, San Francisco |
| April 19, 1968 |
Big Brother with the Mint Tattoo
Selland Arena, Fresno, CA |
| April 20, 1968 |
Big Brother
Santa Barbara, CA |
| April 26, 1968 |
Big Brother
Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA |
| April 27, 1968 |
Big Brother
San Bernardino, CA |
| April 29 to May 9, 1968 |
Big Brother begins recording Cheap Thrills album in Los Angeles |
| May 1, 1968 |
Big Brother
Chico State College, Chico, CA |
| May 3-4, 1968 |
Big Brother with Albert King
Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles |
| May 10, 1968 |
Big Brother
Cal-Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA |
| May 11, 1968 |
Big Brother with Bronze Hog
Veterans Hall, Santa Rosa, CA |
| May 12, 1968 |
Big Brother with Taj Mahal and Sweetwater
San Fernando Valley State College, CA |
| May 15, 1968 |
Big Brother with Rejoice and the Youngbloods
Hells Angels dance
Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco |
| May 17, 1968 |
Big Brother
Freeborn Hall, University of California, Davis, CA |
| May 18, 1968 |
Big Brother
San Jose Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA |
| May 19, 1968 |
Big Brother
Pasadena, CA |
| May 20 to June 12, 1968 |
Big Brother records Cheap Thrills in Los Angeles |
| May 24-26 |
Big Brother with the Clara Ward Singers and H. P. Lovecraft
Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco |
| June 13-156, 1968 |
Big Brother with the Foundations and Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Fillmore/Winterland, San Francisco |
| June 16, 1968 |
Big Brother with Steve Miller Blues Band, Sandy Bull, Dan Hicks, and Santana
Matrix Benefit, Fillmore, San Francisco |
| June 22-23, 1968 |
Big Brother
Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco |
| June 24, 1968 |
Big Brother with the Peanut Butter Conspiracy Debutante Cotillion, Burlingame Country Club, Burlingame, CA |
| June 28-29, 1968 |
Big Brother
Denver |
| July 5, 1968 |
Big Brother
Concord, CA |
| July 6, 1968 |
Big Brother
Northern California |
| July 7, 1968 |
Big Brother
Free concert
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco |
| July 12-13, 1968 |
Big Brother with Rhinoceros
Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles |
| July 16-18, 1968 |
Big Brother with Richie Havens and Illinois Speed Press Fillmore-Carousel, San Francisco |
| July 20, 1968 |
Big Brother
Salt Lake City, UT |
| July 22, 1968 |
Big Brother
Westbury Music Fair, Long Island, NY |
| July 25, 1968 |
Big Brother
Columbia Records Convention, Puerto Rico |
| July 27, 1968 |
Big Brother
Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI |
| August 1968 |
Columbia Records releases Big Brother's Cheap Thrills album, which goes on to top the charts. |
| August 2-3, 1968 |
Big Brother with the Staple Singers and Ten Years After
Fillmore East, New York City |
| August 9, 1968 |
Big Brother
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO |
| August 14, 1968 |
Big Brother
Monticello, IN |
| August 16, 1968 |
Big Brother
Cheetah, Chicago |
| August 18, 1968 |
Big Brother
Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis |
| August 23, 1968 |
Big Brother
Singer Bowl, Queens, New York City |
| August 30-September 1, 1968 |
Big Brother
Palace of Fine Arts Festival, San Francisco
Janis announces that she will leave Big Brother at the end of fall 1968. |
| September 6, 1968 |
Big Brother with Iron Butterfly and the Fraternity of Man
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA |
| September 12-14, 1968 |
Big Brother with Santana and Chicago Transit Authority
Fillmore West, San Francisco |
| September 15, 1968 |
Big Brother with Joan Baez, the Everly Brothers, The Byrds, Country Joe and the Fish, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, the Mothers of Invention, Buffy St. Marie and Wilson Pickett
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA |
| September 27, 1968 |
Big Brother
University of California, Irvine, CA |
| September 28, 1968 |
Big Brother
San Diego, CA |
| September 29, 1968 |
Big Brother
taping of Hollywood Palace television show
Los Angeles |
| October 4, 1968 |
Big Brother
Cleveland, OH |
| October 5, 1968 |
Big Brother
State University of New York, Buffalo, NY |
| October 11, 1968 |
Big Brother
War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, NY |
| October 13, 1968 |
Big Brother
Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH |
| October 15, 1968 |
Big Brother
Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI |
| October 18, 1968 |
Big Brother
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA |
| October 19, 1968 |
Big Brother
Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA |
| October 20, 1968 |
Big Brother
Alexandria Roller Rink, Alexandria, VA |
| October 25, 1968 |
Big Brother
Curry Hicks Cage, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA |
| October 26, 1968 |
Big Brother
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA |
| November 1968 |
Big Brother's Cheap Thrills album hits #1 in Billboard's Top 100. |
| November 1-2, 1968 |
Big Brother
Electric Factory, Philadelphia |
| November 8, 1968 |
Big Brother
Warwick, RI |
| November 9, 1968 |
Big Brother
Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| November 10, 1968 |
Big Brother
White Plains, NY |
| November 11, 1968 |
Big Brother
Ridge Arena, Braintree, MA |
| November 12, 1968 |
Big Brother
Jersey City, NJ |
| November 14, 1968 |
Big Brother
Hartford, CT |
| November 15, 1968 |
Big Brother
Hunter College, New York City |
| November 16, 1968 |
Big Brother
State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY |
| November 23, 1968 |
Big Brother
Houston Music Hall, Houston, TX |
| November 24, 1968 |
Big Brother
Coliseum, Dallas, TX |
| November 26, 1968 |
Big Brother
Denver Auditorium, Denver, CO |
| November 29, 1968 |
Big Brother
Seattle, WA |
| November 30, 1968 |
Big Brother
Vancouver, Canada |
| December 1, 1968 |
Big Brother
Family Dog Benefit
San Francisco - Janis's last gig with Big Brother |
| December 21, 1968 |
Janis's first appearance with her new band, later to be named the Kozmic Blues Band, with the Bar-Kays, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Albert King, Rufus and Carla Thomas, William Bell, and Eddie Floyd
Stax-Volt Records Christmas Show
Memphis, TN
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