Bob Dylan and the Hawks played a famous show there on December 12, 1965, and Allen Ginsberg made a tape of it now held by the Stanford University Libraries. Earlier that year the Rolling Stones played a concert there that was attended by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters who electrified a party afterward reportedly attended by Stones members.
On December 12, 1965, Bob Dylan and the Hawks gave a famous performance at this venue, and Allen Ginsberg later recorded it. The Rolling Stones also played a concert there earlier that year, which Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters attended, reportedly drawing in the band members.