Fillmore named America’s greatest music venue
The iconic San Francisco venue, which found fame in the psychedelic '60s before reopening in 1991, tops CoS's top 100, ahead of the Bowery Ballroom and Chicago's Metro
News By IQ | 3 May 2016
The Fillmore in San Francisco has been named America’s greatest music venue by online music magazine Consequence of Sound.
The Fillmore opened in 1912 (as The Majestic) but was made famous in the late ’60s by promoter Bill Graham, who booked leading underground acts such as the Grateful Dead, The Doors, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who, Pink Floyd, Cream, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding for the 1,199-capacity venue. It closed in 1970 and lie vacant for many years before becoming…
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