The Venue
Santana Dates:
August 17, 1986 -
September 26, 1987 -
October 27, 1990 -
August 29, 1992 -
October 10, 1992 - October 11, 1992 -
October 9, 1993 -
August 20, 1994 -
September 17, 1995 -
September 15, 1996 -
September 14, 1997 -
October 10, 1997 -
August 22, 1998 -
July 25, 1999 -
August 15, 1999 -
October 20, 2000 -
October 21, 2000 -
October 5, 2002 -
July 12, 2003 -
August 5, 2006 -
October 11, 2008 -
September 24, 2011 -
October 22, 2011 -
October 23, 2011 -
July 27, 2014 -
June 26, 2019 -
June 21, 2022
Shoreline Amphitheatre is an outdoor amphitheater located in Mountain View, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The venue has a capacity of 22,500, with 6,500 reserved seats and 16,000 general admission on the lawn. When the parking lot is utilized for festival stages, the total capacity of the venue can reach 30,000.
The amphitheatre was built in 1985-1986 by the city of Mountain View, in cooperation with local promoter Bill Graham, as part of the Shoreline Park project. Graham designed the amphitheatre to resemble The Grateful Dead's "steal your face" logo.
These shows were Bill Graham's last big festival that he was working on before he died the previous year. These benefit concerts were held to commemorate the 500 year anniversary of Columbus "discovering" the new world (1492-1992). Actually, it was more to open people's eyes to the suffering and misery that the Native American people have endured during that 500 year history. One of the Native American speakers between sets commented, "Why do we celebrate Columbus? He was LOST!!!" Santana headlined on Saturday and Bonnie Raitt on Sunday.
The shows were sponsored by the IITC Council (International Indian Treaty Conference). On Monday October 12, 1992, a free concert was offered at Crissy Field, in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, with many of the same performers.
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