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  Company Type Musical concert venue
  Foundation 1968
  Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Key People Larry Magid
  Homepage http://wwwelectricfactorycom/mainhtml


The Electric Factory is a concert venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . The current site, which is coincidentally an actual converted electric factory, can hold 2500; there is also a standing room-only venue located to the north at 421 N. 7th St. at Willow St. The original site, a converted tire warehouse at 22nd and Arch Streets, opened in 1968 and closed in 1973. The first performers, on February 2, 1968, were the Chambers Brothers .