About the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love
The spring and summer of 1967 brought nearly 100,000 outsiders, activists, and dreamers to San Francisco. These young people traveled far and wide to join a community of artists, musicians, poets, and radicals who would change the world–influencing popular culture through music and art; launching the natural and organic foods movement; protesting war with peace and love; and ushering in an era of greater connectivity.
In 2017, a group of cultural, civic, social service and health advocacy organizations have joined forces to commemorate and celebrate this complicated, influential period while exploring its relevancy to our current world. These organizations are:
Corporate Sponsors
Funding Partners
Circle of Love Members
Glenn Snyder & Catherine Allman
Jon Christensen
Christy & Stephen McAvoy
Nion McEvoy
Anthea Hartig
Evan Hirsch
Donna Ewald Huggins
Norman Larson
Steve & Michele LeSieur
Michael & Mary Sangiacomo
Laney & Pasha Thornton
Peter Wiley
Ralph Walter
Organizing Partners
Participating Organizations
- American Conservatory Theater
- Antenna Theater
- Asian Art Museum
- Beat Museum
- Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
- Berkeley Historical Society
- Blue Bear School of Music
- Bolinas Museum
- Book Club of California
- Cable Car Museum
- California Historical Society
- California Institute of Integral Studies
- Cartoon Art Museum
- Commonwealth Club
- Community Music Center
- de Young Museum
- Digital Be-In
- GLBT Historical Society
- GRAMMY Museum
- Haight Ashbury Street Fair
- Haight Street Merchants Association
- How Weird Street Faire
- Huckleberry Youth Programs
- It’s Your District
- Jerry Day
- Love on Haight
- Marin County Fair
- Marin Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Monterey County Convention & Visitor Services
- Monterey County Fair
- Museum of the African Diaspora
- Museum of Craft and Design
- New Conservatory Theater Center
- Northwestern University/San Francisco
- Oakland Museum of California
- Pier 39
- Presidio Trust
- Recording Academy® San Francisco Chapter
- The Rock Poster Society
- Root Division
- San Francisco Arts Commission
- San Francisco Botanical Gardens
- San Francisco Giants
- San Francisco Heritage
- San Francisco Public Library
- San Francisco Symphony
- San Francisco Travel
- SFO Museum
- ShapingSF
- Smuin Contemporary Ballet
- Society of California Pioneers
- Sonoma County Museum
- Summer of Love International, Inc.
- Summer of Unlimited Love (S.O.U.L)
- Sunday Streets SF
- Taking it to the Streets
- Tenderloin Museum
- University of California–Berkeley
- University of California Press
- Victorian Alliance
- Visit Berkeley
- Visit California
- Visit Oakland
- Walt Disney Family Museum
- WeHo Arts
- West Sonoma County Historical Society
- Western Neighborhoods Project