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The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.
The musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
The musical comedy The Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The King Sisters, Alvino Rey and Kent Larsen are playing during a three-week engagement at The Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The musical variety revue New Faces Of 1968 is presented during a run of 52 performances at The Booth Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring performers including Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Suzanne Astor and Gloria Bleezarde.
Ron Eliran, known as "Israel's Ambassador of Song," is playing during a month of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lana Cantrell is playing during a three-week engagement at The Fairmont, San Francisco, California, USA.
The 5th Dimension are playing during a three-week engagement at The Americana Hotel, New York City, USA.
Jimmy Smith is playing during ten nights at The Penthouse, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Joanie Sommers is playing during a ten-day stint at The Adriatic Sea, San Jose, California, USA.
Bunky And Jake are playing during a week of shows at The Unicorn, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Righteous Brothers are playing at Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
On a tour to promote their new single, Born To Be Wild, Steppenwolf play during five nights at The Electric Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Love Affair play at The Top Rank, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.
Moby Grape play at The Vulcan Gas Company, Austin, Texas, USA.
A new rock venue, The Electric Garden, opens in Covent Garden, London, England, UK, Europe. It closes the same night after its owner, Brian Waldman, tries to stop a performance by Yoko Ono and attacks her husband, Tony Cox. Within days it will re-open as Middle Earth.
On their second North American tour, The Cream play at Robertson Gym, University of Southern California, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Ten Years After play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones release a new single, Jumpin' Jack Flash, in the UK, Europe.
Tim Buckley and Mary McCaslin play the fourth of thirteen nights at Doug Weston's Troubadour, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Byrds, Sonny And Cher, Mahalia Jackson and Roosevelt Grier play in a Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign benefit 'SRO for RFK' at the Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Youngbloods play the first of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Kaleidoscope.
Edwin Starr plays at The Top Rank, Plymouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Hour Glass play at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Mitch Ryder plays the second of two nights at The Cheetah, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Diana Ross and The Supremes play the last of five nights at The Fisher Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Ravi Shankar and Alla Rakha play at The Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Mount Rushmore, supported by Rain, play the second of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Who play at City University, Clerkenwell, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Parliaments are playing during ten nights at Phelp's Lounge, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Led by George Clinton, the group will eventually evolve into funk pioneers Parliament and Funkadelic.
Taj Mahal is recording Corinna and Jellyroll in Hollywood, California, USA, for Columbia Records.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience fly from Malpensa Airport, Milan, Italy, Europe, to Rome for gig at Brancassio Theatre. Later, Jimi jams at The Titan Club.
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Pink Floyd play at The Punchbowl Hotel, Lapworth, Warwickshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Honeybus play on the BBC tv show Whistle Stop in the UK. The show is hosted by Roger Whittaker.
In New York City, USA, Jimi Hendrix's co-manager Mike Jeffery acquires the lease on the Generation Club for Jimi.
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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band plays the first of three nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by The Psychedelic Stooges and The MC5.
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner is playing during a three-week season at The Tropicana, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Small Faces release the album Ogden's Nut Gone Flake, on Immediate Records in the UK, Europe.
The Dells are playing during a week of shows at The Howard Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Big Brother And the Holding Company, including Janis Joplin, play the first of three nights at The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are H.P.Lovecraft and The Clara Ward Singers.
The Hollies, The Scaffold and Paul Jones play at The Odeon, Lewisham, London, UK, Europe.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.