Saturday–Sunday, July 27–28 | 1pm
ADMISSION: Free with Museum admission
Join photographer Jay Blakesberg for a walkthrough of RetroBlakesberg: The Music Never Stopped and gain insights into the history behind the photographs. Meeting in the Swig and Dinner Families Gallery, this narrative tour will explore the exhibition through the artist's lens, revealing new stories of the Bay Area music scene.
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Travel through some of the most electrifying moments in music history through the lens of Bay Area–based photographer Jay Blakesberg. RetroBlakesberg: The Music Never Stopped presents photographs of legendary musicians that reveal the evolution of San Francisco’s unique music culture and its wide-reaching influence. Featuring images of the Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman, Neil Young, Soundgarden, and many more alongside original tickets stubs, press passes, and other ephemera, this exhibition invites visitors to experience a visual history of the sounds and stories that have shaped the Bay Area and beyond.
Jay Blakesberg, Beck in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, September 24, 2000. © Jay Blakesberg.
Support for RetroBlakesberg: The Music Never Stopped is generously provided by Joyce Linker, Marilyn Yolles Waldman, ChromaLuxe, and Magna Chrome.