Summer Of Love San Francisco

Flower child originated as a synonym for hippie especially among the idealistic young people who gathered in san francisco and the surrounding area during the summer of love in 1967.

Summer of love san francisco. Virtually taking over the neighborhood these so called hippies brought vibrant colors and personalities to the city filling it with music drugs and free love in what would go down in history as the summer of love. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. The city will illuminate san francisco s landmark conservatory of flowers with a special summer of love light installation. More broadly the summer of love encompassed the hippie music drug anti war and free love scene throughout the west coast of the united states and as far.

The free concert features members of jefferson airplane the chambers brothers moonalice and others who will perform hits of the late 60s. Experience the summer of love in san francisco. A photographic trip through the summer of love 50 years later in the summer of 1967 a hundred thousand young people descended upon the haight ashbury district of san francisco. The summer of love was a social phenomenon that occurred during mid 1967 when as many as 100 000 people mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior converged in san francisco s neighborhood of haight ashbury.

It was the first of the year s major happenings and it generated national publicity. In 1967 change was in the air in san francisco. That year nearly 100 000 young people converged on the haight ashbury neighborhood turning the city into the epicenter of a cultural phenomenon known as the summer of love. They came to take part in counterculture poet allen ginsberg and writer gary.

It was the custom of flower children to wear and distribute flowers or floral themed decorations to symbolize ideals of universal belonging peace and love the mass media picked up on the term and used it to. The counterculture movement changed rock n roll haight ashbury. Drawn here in search of the strange vibration described by singer scott mckenzie in his 1967 anthem san francisco be sure to wear flowers in your hair these budding hippies imagined a more just society where. In the spring a self appointed hippie council invited the youth of america to san francisco to experience.

The summer of love began on january 14 1967 when some 30 000 people gathered in san francisco s golden gate park.