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Hendrix: Bold as Love Birthday Bash

November 23, 2024
10:00AM–5:00PM

Join us at MOPOP as we celebrate the life, legacy, and birthday of Seattle’s own Jimi Hendrix with a day of special programming. Experience an immersive lineup of activations including a screening of the new documentary Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision; a conversation with Jimi’s sister Janie Hendrix; and hands-on music and art throughout the museum.

Programming:  

11 AM – 4 PM

  • Paper Guitar Decoration Art Activity | South Lobby
  • Jimi Hendrix Fun Facts Gallery | South Lobby
  • Shred Like Jimi Photo Op | South Lobby
  • Learn to Play a Hendrix Riff Flyers | Sound Lab
  • Northwest African American Museum | MOPOP Shop

2 PM | Sound + Vision Theater

  • Film Intro with Janie L. Hendrix and Chief Collections + Exhibitions Officer Jacob McMurray  
  • Screening of Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision  | 90 mins  
    • Content Warnings: Language, Drugs & Alcohol  
  • Post Film Q&A with Janie L. Hendrix

Wild Blue Angel: Hendrix Abroad, 1966-1970

Learn more about Jimi Hendrix in our exhibition exploring his key years on the road as he catapulted to fame.

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Ruth E. Carter, a black woman wearing an off-shoulder black dress
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Colorful muppets playing instruments
The Jim Henson Company's Fraggle Rock
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An interracial e-sports team huddles, dressed in uniform
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Graham F. Page, Royal Albert Hall, London, February 18, 1969.
Jimi Hendrix
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Neal Kosaly-Meyer
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Special Guest

Mike McCready of Pearl Jam

All-Star Tribute Artists

Devon Allman
Tony Beard
Samantha Fish
Noah Hunt
Ayron Jones
Christone Kingfish Ingram
Chris Layton
Kevin McCormick
Robert Randolph
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Dweezil Zappa

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