With more than 30 incredible hats and outrageous costumes and wigs, the City of San Francisco salutes 40 years of Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon with a special public celebration at San Francisco's City Hall.
Mayor Ed Lee
Chief of Protocol Charlotte Shultz as Wonder Woman
Former Secretary of State George Shultz as Superman
Former Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. as The Emperor
President Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Dede Wilsey as Glinda The Good
San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas as The Maestro
The cast of Beach Blanket Babylon
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
Celebrating over 15,000 performances, Beach Blanket Babylon has become a world renowned record-breaking success. Seen by nearly six million people from around the world, this San Francisco institution captures the wild, witty and wonderful world of Steve Silver. Premiering at the Savoy Tivoli in June 1974, and then moving to Club Fugazi in 1975, Beach Blanket Babylon continues to delight audiences with its hilarious spoofs of pop culture, spectacular costumes and outrageously gigantic hats.