is an american folk music club in the harvard square area of cambridge massachusetts . it was opened by joyce kalina now chopra and paula kelley in 1958 1 when it was known as club 47 based on its then address 47 mount auburn street also in cambridge ; it moved to its present location on palmer street in 1963 and changed its name to simply passim in 1969 . passim in the name is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable and as if that were seem ; it derives from passim usually pronounced differently commonly found in footnotes . it adopted the present name in 1994 ; a combination of the earlier two names . at its inception it was mainly a jazz and blues club but soon branched out to include ethnic folk then singer songwriter folk . 2 artists who have performed there include joan baez shawn colvin bob dylan tom rush joni mitchell suzanne vega muddy waters and many others . in the 1960s the club when known as club 47 played a role in the rise of folk rock music when it began to book folk rock bands whose music was unrelated to traditional folk such as the lovin spoonful . 3 the club s importance to the 1960s cambridge folk scene is documented extensively in von schmidt s baby let me follow you down the illustrated story of the cambridge folk years . 4 scott alarik described club 47 as being the hangout of choice for the new folkies during that time . 2 today there is a passim school of music and culture for kids program . the school of music offers workshops and classes to teens and adults . 5 contents 1 musicians 2 dining at club passim 3 references 4 external links musicians edit joan baez described to rolling stone s kurt loder how she began performing at club 47 in 1958 as a largely unknown boston university student playing on tuesday nights as a means of providing entertainment because the jazz musicians who played there had tuesday nights off ; she would continue to perform regularly there through the early 1960s . citation needed in 1961 bob dylan was said to have played at the club between sets for free so that he could say he had played at club 47 . 6 dylan a biography gives a detailed account of dylan s first visit to club 47 where he saw carolyn hester perform and performed between hester s sets in the hopes of impressing club manager paula kelley . 7 bonnie raitt chose to attend radcliffe college in cambridge in order to be near club 47 though the club closed temporarily after her first year as a student 1967 . 8 bill staines mentions club 47 in his autobiography the tour . he saw his first coffeehouse performance there in 1962 as a sophomore in high school and described club 47 during the 1960s as one of the premier folk venues in the country . 9 bruce springsteen was refused a gig at club passim . 10 dining at club passim edit for some years club passim shared space and featured food from the vegetarian and vegan restaurant veggie planet 11 until the end of august 2014 when veggie planet closed . 12 as of june 2015 update lunch is being served as well as dinner to ticket holders for evening shows . 13 references edit loder kurt 1983 . joan baez the rolling stone interview . rolling stone 4 14 83 issue 393 . cohen ronald 2002 . rainbow quest the folk music revival and american society 1940 1970 . university of massachusetts press amherst a b alarik scott . from club 47 to club passim in deep community adventures in the modern folk underground 2003 . black wolf cambridge mass . unterberger richie 2002 . turn turn turn the 60s folk rock revolution . backbeat san francisco . von schmidt eric 1994 . baby let me follow you down the illustrated story of the cambridge folk years second edition . university of massachusetts press amherst passim school of music . club passim . retrieved september 1 2011 . white timothy 2001 . james taylor long ago and far away . omnibus london spitz bob 1989 . dylan a biography . norton new york . gaar gillian g. 2002 . she s a rebel the history of women in rock & roll second edition . seal new york staines bill 2003 . the tour . xlibris the history of club passim . club passim . archived from the original on april 18 2008 . retrieved september 1 2011 . paulson kristen 13 february 2002 . pizza made with politics . the boston globe . access date requires url help harvard square s veggie planet to close . bostonglobe.com . retrieved 14 february 2015 . food and drink menu . passim.org . retrieved 14 february 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to club passim . official website website for for the love of the music a documentary film about club 47 coordinates 42 22 26 n 71 7 12 w 42.37389 n 71.12000 w 42.37389 ; 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