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Avant Garde. The Avant Garde Coffeehouse was located on 2111 N. Prospect Ave. It was open from 1962 to 1968 and it featured performances by local and national folk musicians and poets. The posters in this collection were created by Jim Barker. (Many thanks to Richard Weening and Carol Ann Garner for submitting these posters!)

Bobby Tanzilo of OnMilwaukee.com wrote an excellent article about the Avant Garde in March of 2005.

Avant Garde posters by Jim Barker:

Velvet Whip at the Avant Garde (January 8-11, 1967)

The New Blues at the Avant Garde (January 12-15, 1967)

Rev. Robert Wilkins at the Avant Garde (April 7-9, 1967)

Vincent & Grey at the Avant Garde (May 5-7, 1967) Direct from Gerde's in New York City.

Berkley Fudge Trio at the Avant Garde (May 7, 1967) Vic Soward Presents.

Charlie Musselwhite & The Johnny Young Band at the Avant Garde (May 12 & 13, 1967)

Fred Draper at the Avant Garde (May 19-21, 1967)

The Velvet Whip at the Avant Garde (June 2-4, 1967)

Arthur Big-Boy Crudup at the Avant Garde (June 9-11, 1967)

The New Lost City Ramblers at the Avant Garde (July 7 & 8, 1967)

Battle of the Bands: Velvet Whip vs. The Baroques at the Avant Garde (September 1-4, 1967) Amazing poster with President Johnson, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, George Harrison, Frank Zappa - any one recognize the other faces?

The Ox at the Avant Garde (November 10-12, 1967)

The Velvet Whip at the Avant Garde (1967) Every Thursday Nite.

The Baroques at the Avant Garde (1967)

The Strange Ones by Jean Cocteau at the Avant Garde ([date unknown],1967] Jean Cocteau's "Les Enfants Terribles" (aka "The Strange Ones") 1950 movie directed by Jean-Pierre Melville was screened this night.

The Velvet Whip at the Avant Garde ([unknown date], 1967) Wild!

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