Hip Glossary – Be-In

Be-In: One of the first gatherings of hippies, January 14, 1967 at the Polo field in Golden Gate Park. It was called “A Gathering of the Tribes”. In attendance were the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane, Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, and thousands of stoned hippies with painted faces, beads, bells, robes, etc. The Diggers were there giving out free food. There was no big reason to be there, other than to be there, hence a Be-In. An event where you groove on everyone else.