Club Passim's archived history

One of the key players in the great folk revival of the 1950s and '60s and the longest-running folk music venue in the country, Passim in Harvard Square turns 50 this year. It has changed hands three times and names four times: Club 47, Passim’s, Club Passim, and now, officially -- as befits a coffeehouse-cum-cultural institution -- the Passim Center. This 1959 poster advertises “Club Mount Auburn 47,” one of the early names for the original club at 47 Mount Auburn St.
(Poster by Gene Cluster; Courtesy The Passim Archives)
One of the key players in the great folk revival of the 1950s and '60s and the longest-running folk music venue in the country, Passim in Harvard Square turns 50 this year. It has changed hands three times and names four times: Club 47, Passim’s, Club Passim, and now, officially -- as befits a coffeehouse-cum-cultural institution -- the Passim Center. This 1959 poster advertises “Club Mount Auburn 47,” one of the early names for the original club at 47 Mount Auburn St.