The Bear's Lair opened in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Union building on Lower Sproul Plaza of the UC Berkeley campus in the 1962. The Bear's Lair was regularly used as a music venue during the second half of the 1960's. Later, the Bear’s Lair saw Robin Williams, Talking Heads, No Doubt, Green Day and many others play on Lower Sproul. However, in early December 2012, the Bear's Lair has been closed as part of a renovation of the Lower Sproul Plaza area. Eshleman Hall will be razed and the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, will be rebuilt, along with other renovations. The end of an era? I hope not. There follows a partial list of performances in the era we care for:
10/04/1964 Vince Guaraldi Trio
23/10/1965 Hoot with Chris Selsor
30/10/1965 Hoot with Chris Selsor
05/11/1965 Carl Shrager (Advertised as "Ballad and Bawd")
12/11/1965 Caberet
13/11/1965 Hoot with Chris Selsor (Filmed by ABC Television)
20/11/1965 Hoot with Chris Selsor
04/12/1965 Hoot with Chris Selsor
19/02/1966 Chris Selsor
26/02/1966 Hoot with Chris Selsor
11/03/1966 Jesse Fuller, Mike Thatcher Jazz Trio, Mystic Children
18/03/1966 Dragon's Seeds, The Skins, The Exiles (Advertised as "The New Trip")
25/03/1966 Wildflower, Ken Kesey's "Acid Test" Tape, Sassy Sophies from El Cid, Go-Go Limbo, Bethlehem Exit (Advertised as “Frantic Folk-Kick”)
15/04/1966 Bethlehem Exit, The Answer, The Exiles (Advertised as "Trip Dance")
22/04/1966 Mance Lipscomb, PH Phactor Jug Band, A-Go-Go dancing with Mystic Children
29/04/1966 Musa, Kaleem Quartet
12/05/1966 Plastic Mobius Concert
14/10/1966 Vince Guaraldi Trio
07/01/1967 Big Mama Thornton
17/05/1968 Phil Ochs
21/02/1969 Jorma Kaukornen and Jack Casady
07/03/1969 Vince Guaraldi Trio
11/04/1969 Gary Burton Quartet
11/07/1969 Elvin Bishop
23/07/1969 NRPS
01/08/1969 NRPS
10/10/1969 Fourth Way
24/10/1969 Mose Allison
05/12/1969 Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks with David LaFlamme plus Richard Greene
24/10/1970 Boz Scaggs
30/10/1970 Elvin Bishop
04/12/1970 Mose Allison
24/05/1974 Upepo
25/05/1974 Upepo
29/05/1974 Holy Smoke
30/05/1974 Garbonza Brothers
31/05/1974 Jeffrey Cain, Ron Maranian
01/06/1974 Jeffrey Cain, Ron Maranian
