Summer of Love is a striking picture of San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district during the summer of 1967 — from the utopian beginnings, when peace and love prevailed, to the chaos, Anne Ball. A fan listens to music during the "Summer of Love" 40th anniversary concert at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, September 2, 2007. The summer of 1967 forever changed The Summer of Love was fifty years ago, the summer of 1967, with its epicenter in San Francisco ’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. It was a summer of sex, drugs, and rock & roll. Both San .