A 'happening' at the CUBE on a sunny summer Sunday afternoon: a seminal concert film – 'the first and greatest rock festival film ever' – followed by the deliriously psychedelic music of the 1960s and 70s in the bar.

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Here there be REAL acid rock.

Monterey Pop, held June 16 to 18, 1967, is the rock festival that started it all, beckoning hippies to the seaside town of Monterey while the tune San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) wafted softly through the air.

As Ben Sisario wrote in the New York Times, Monterey Pop 'served as the blueprint for the explosion of rock festivals that culminated in Woodstock, and with its crowds of face-painted hippies and slogan of 'music, love and flowers', Monterey defined the look, spirit and sound of the 'Summer Of Love'.'

'I think it's gonna be like Easter and Christmas and New Year's and your Birthday all together, you know! Hearing all the different bands, you know. It's just, like, I've heard a lot of them; but, all at the same time - it's going to be too much. I mean, the vibrations are just going to be floating everywhere!'
(unidentified female festival-goer)

'Arguably the pre-eminent chronicler of Sixties counterculture' (The Independent), extraordinary documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker's (Don't Look Back) groundbreaking film famously chronicled the wildly diverse lineup: career-making performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding; and incredible sets by Simon & Garfunkel, Mamas & Papas, The Who, The Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and the extraordinary Ravi Shankar. With his characteristic vérité style, Pennebaker captured it all, immortalising moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend smashing his guitar, Jimi Hendrix burning his, and Mama Cass watching Janis Joplin's performance in awe.

'Woodstock was about the weather and the number of people.
Monterey was about the music.'
Lou Adler, Monterey Pop promoter

Featuring performances by: Otis Redding, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Janis Joplin (with Big Brother And The Holding Company), Ravi Shankar, Mamas & Papas, Canned Heat, Simon & Garfunkel, Hugh Masekela, The Who, Booker T. & The M.G.'s, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Country Joe And The Fish.

Venue doors open 30 minutes before the advertised start time. All film screenings are ad-free and 18+ unless otherwise stated and start with no more than a 10-minute curated selection of trailers.

The CUBE is a membership venue; please remember to bring your card. You can join at the door for £1 (life membership). Attend six events and receive a free drink.