The Jimi Hendrix Experience performed in Hendrix’s hometown of Seattle three times from 1968 to 1970, once at Seattle Center Arena and twice at the larger Seattle Center Coliseum. After the Experience dissolved, Hendrix and his band made one more appearance in Seattle, on July 26, 1970, performing outdoors at Sicks' Stadium on Rainier Avenue South. The day was rainy, but thousands of fans filled the sodden field to watch Hendrix. Back up bands Cactus and Rube Tubin & the Rondonnas warmed up the crowd, and Hendrix took the stage at 7:15, opening his set of a dozen songs with “Fire.” The concert would be the last Hendrix played in his hometown before his death in September 1970.

Here, Jimi Hendrix performs onstage at Sicks' Stadium. Although a tarpaulin was put in place to protect the musicians from the rain, Hendrix chose to perform from the edge of the stage, in spite of the weather.

Caption information source: "Jimi Hendrix plays Sicks' Stadium, his final Seattle show, on July 26, 1970" by Peter Blecha, HistoryLink.org Essay 21126