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Dylan Goes Electric

On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan 
took the stage at the Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band, and roared into his new rock hit, “Like a Rolling Stone.”

The audience of committed folk purists and political activists who had hailed him as their acoustic prophet reacted with a mix of shock, booing and scattered cheers. It was the shot heard round the world — Dylan’s declaration of musical independence, the end of the folk revival and the birth of rock as the voice of a generation — and one of the defining moments in twentieth-century music. Join author Elijah Wald as he explores the context of this seminal event.











When: Fri., Jun. 24, 2016 at 12:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $25
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On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan 
took the stage at the Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band, and roared into his new rock hit, “Like a Rolling Stone.”

The audience of committed folk purists and political activists who had hailed him as their acoustic prophet reacted with a mix of shock, booing and scattered cheers. It was the shot heard round the world — Dylan’s declaration of musical independence, the end of the folk revival and the birth of rock as the voice of a generation — and one of the defining moments in twentieth-century music. Join author Elijah Wald as he explores the context of this seminal event.

Buy tickets/get more info now