Chapter XV Cloud Summary and Analysis

The Beatles are coming to San Francisco on September 2, 1965, and the Pranksters try to lure them into their movie by putting up a sign that reads, THE MERRY PRANKSTERS WELCOME THE BEATLES. A similar sign had been put up to welcome the Hells Angels, so the thought is that this might work too. It does not, but other things do happen.

High on acid and with tickets in hand, a group of 30 Pranksters and Kesey take in part of the Beatles concert at a converted slaughter house. An old sign above the building reads, CLOUD. The throngs of teenage girls disturb the Pranksters, and they decide to leave before things get out of control. The rumor that the Beatles are supposed to be at Kesey's after the concert has brought several hundred uninvited guests to the property...