Here is the most complete list of events around for celebrating John Lennon's 70th birthday. If you have an event to add, please email beatlesexaminer@gmail.com. There are posters of a couple of events in the slideshow gallery. 

(Last updated 7:30 p.m. ET Oct. 8. This is being updated with new info regularly. Bookmark this page and check back frequently.)

Yoko Ono has asked that peace and birthday wishes be tweeted to @iptower. More details here.

Ozzy Osbourne has recorded a cover of John Lennon's "How" with proceeds of the audio track on iTunes going to Amnesty International. More information and an iTunes link here.

Various dates around the country between Oct. 1-17: Special John Lennon birthday radio special featuring remastered Lennon tracks and an interview with Yoko Ono by Jody Denberg. Details about the special are here. Early radio station list is here.

Lennon guitar reissued: Gibson Guitar Co. is making a limited edition version of the J-160E acoustic model used by John Lennon. The guitar is being made available in three different versions: The first, finished in vintage sunburst and limited to 500 pieces, represents the guitar he used from 1963 to 1964. The second is a Custom Shop "Imagine" model. The third has a thin, natural finish and sketches of John and Yoko as was used during the bed-ins in 1969. More information is here.  

Through Oct. 10: Thirty early photos of John Lennon from childhood to the formation of the Beatles on display at Mr. Musichead Gallery, 7511 West Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA. (323) 876-0042.

Oct. 2: The Quarrymen, October 02 - Las Vegas, NV. - The Village at Lake Las Vegas

Oct. 2-3: Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band in concert at the Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles. Guests over the two nights will include Iggy Pop and Lady Gaga.

Oct. 3: Andre Gardner (WMGK, Philadelphia) celebrates John Lennon's birthday with a "Breakfast With the Beatles" live broadcast from the ship the Spirit of Philadelphia.
Oct. 3: The Quarrymen, October 03 - Chicago, IL - The Music Box
Oct. 3: Lennon remasters previewed on "Dennis Mitchell's Breakfast With the Beatles." More information here.
Oct. 3: New Lennon tracks on "Chris Carter's 'Breakfast With the Beatles." More information here.

Oct. 3-4: John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, Nokia Plaza, Los Angeles. 4-8 p.m. Oct. 3, 1-8 p.m. Oct. 4.

Oct. 4: "Nowhere Boy" pre-release screening at the Paley Center, New York. Appearances by the Quarrymen and Beatles historian Martin Lewis. www.paleycenter.org.

Oct. 5: EMI releases remastered John Lennon CDs, Signature Box and "Gimme Some Truth" sets, and "Double Fantasy Stripped Down." Also available: John Lennon Box of Vision to hold the new discs. 
Oct. 5: Larry Kane, author of "Ticket to Ride," hosts the Quarrymen and and a screening of "Nowhere Boy" at the Keswick Theater, Glenside, PA.

Oct. 6: The Quarrymen, Albany, NY - The Egg
Oct. 6: Bob Rivers listener appreciation party with Apple Jam in tribute to John Lennon, 8 p.m., SNO Lounge, Snoqualmie Casino, Snoqualmie, Wash.

Oct. 7: Beatles tribute band Creme Tangerine to perform on "Mornings With Kaci," KCPQ-TV, Channel 13, Seattle. Show website.
Oct. 7: "LENNONYC" screening at Paley Center, New York. Q&A following with Dick Cavett, disc jockey Dennis Elsas and moderated by the Fab Fourum. www.paleycenter.org.
Oct. 7: BBC Radio 4 program "The Lennon Visitors." Alexei Sayle hosts this half-hour documentary on why visiting John Lennon's childhood home has become so popular. Here's the program's website. 
Oct. 7: The Quarrymen, Boston MA - The Regent Theatre (Arlington)
Oct. 7: Creme Tangerine performs "The White Album Experience," 7 p.m., The Triple Door, 216 Union St., Seattle, Wash. Tickets: $12, available at www.tripledoor.net or the Triple Door box office.

Oct. 7-11: "The Artwork of John Lennon," 134 Spring St., New York City. Hours 5-9 Oct. 7, noon - 9 p.m. Oct. 8, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Oct. 9, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Oct. 10-11. Suggested donation $2 for CityMeals on Wheels. Info: (888) ART-1969. (Poster in slideshow gallery.)

Oct. 8: "Nowhere Boy," early bio film on John Lennon gets general release in America.
Oct. 8: John Lennon Time Capsule Dedication, 10:30 a.m., Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland. 
Oct. 8: Meet the Curator Gallery Talks: 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland – Assistant Curator Meredith Rutledge will discuss the stories behind the John Lennon artifacts in the Museum’s Beatles exhibit in Ahmet M. Ertegun Main Exhibit Hall
Oct. 8: The Quarrymen,  Danbury, CT - The Palace Theatre
Oct. 8: 8 p.m., "Remember Lennon: Imagine 70," tribute concert, Calvin Theatre & Performing Arts Center in Northampton, Mass. For 10/8 tickets, visit the Northampton Box Office at 76 Main Street in Northampton, charge by phone at (413)586-8686 or buy on line at http://www.iheg.com/. Information: http://www.imagine70.com/
Oct. 8: "In Memory of John Lennon," Oxjam, the Picket, Oxfam. Oxjam is Oxfam’s month-long music festival. It runs all through October with hundreds of events around the UK, all organised by people who know and love their local music scene.Whatever music you’re into, the idea is that everyone has a good time as well as raising funds for Oxfam’s vital work. http://www.myspace.com/oxjam
Oct. 8: The Mersey Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night Hotel, Liverpool. www.themerseybeatles.com
Oct. 8: Repeat of Paul McCartney-Ringo Starr appearance on "Larry King Live," CNN.
Oct. 8: "Access Hollywood," live update from Strawberry Fields.

Oct. 8-10: John Lennon’s 70th Birthday Celebration Gig, Cavern Club, Liverpool. Celebration of Lennon's music.
Oct. 8-10: Liverpool's A Hard Day's Night Hotel will be collecting signatures for 365 white helium balloons to be released in John Lennon's honor during the weekend as they were during the "You Are Here" art exhibit in 1968. Tags for signatures will be available Thursday and Friday at the hotel. 
Oct. 8-10: Events honoring John Lennon's 70th birthday at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland. Lennon Induction Screenings: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and John Lennon Message of Peace Card Signing. More information is here.
Oct. 8-10: First annual Beatles/Classic Rock Art Show, Whole Foods Market, Lake Grove Commons, Lake Grove N.Y. Features artwork created by Beatles and others. Beatles artist Shannon will unveil "The Nine Faces of John" at the show. Free admission. More info: For more info, www.rockartshow.com.

October 8, 15, 16, 22 and 23: Screening, "Imagine: John Lennon," Paley Center, New York. www.paleycenter.org.

Oct. 9: Yoko Ono has asked that peace and birthday wishes to John Lennon be tweeted to @iptower. More details here.
Oct. 9: Yoko Ono will honor the recipients of the Lennon Ono Peace Award: filmmaker Josh Fox, author Michael Pollan, food safety advocate Barbara Kowalcyk, author, poet and activist Alice Walker. 
Oct. 9: The Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band in concert at Háskólabíó, Reykjavík, Iceland. The concert will be dedicated to John Lennon. (Sold out.)
Oct. 9: Yoko Ono to light the Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavík, Iceland at 8 p.m. local time. (9 p.m. Liverpool, 4 p.m. New York, 1 p.m. Los Angeles.) Live feed at http://www.imaginepeace.com/
Oct. 9: Julian Lennon to unveil the John Lennon Peace Monument created by Lauren Voiers, Chevasse Park, Liverpool One, Liverpool, www.beatlesstory.com. Read our interview with Lauren Voiers.
Oct. 9: John Lennon time capsule dedications at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, the Liverpool John Moores University and in Iceland. More information: http://www.BoxOfVision.com/TimeCapsule
Oct. 9: Free screening of "LENNONYC," 7 p.m., Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, N.Y. Singer Lou Reed will be joining "LENNONYC" filmmaker Michael Epstein to make introductory remarks and WFUV Radio host Dennis Elsas will emcee the evening’s event. 
Oct. 9: The Quarrymen, October 9 - New York, NY - The Society For Ethical Culture - The "Happy Birthday John!" Concert - with special guests.
Oct. 9: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra John Lennon Song Book 70th Birthday, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. John Wilson conducts a special evening of Lennon’s classic songs with Claire Martin, Curtis Stigers and Mark McGann.
Oct. 9: The Fab Faux, Keswick Theatre, Glenside, Pa. More info: www.fabfaux.com
Oct. 9: Panel discussion by Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew, co-authors of "Recording the Beatles." (See our interview with the authors here.) 2-4 p.m., Grammy Museum, Los Angeles. Limited to museum members and reservations are required. Members must call the Membership Department at (213) 765-6800 ext 4 or they can email them.
Oct. 9: At the Musical Instruments Museum in Phoenix, Ariz.: Sing-along from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., museum encounters at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., DeCap organ performance of Lennon songs at 4 p.m. 4725 E. Mayo Blvd., Phoenix. More information is here. 
Oct. 9: Beatles artist Shannon will create a new painting of John Lennon following the showing of LENNONYC in Central Park in the window at 25CPW Gallery, 25 Central Park West (at 62nd St), New York, NY on Saturday from 8-11 p.m.
Oct. 9: John Lennon’s 70th Birthday Celebration Gig, The Cavern Club, Liverpool. www.cavernclub.org
Oct. 9: British Export, Wicked Rack BBQ, Everett, Wash.
Oct. 9: "John Lennon 70th Birthday Public Celebration," noon to 2 p.m. at John Lennon's Hollywood Walk of Fame star next to the Capitol Records tower, 1750 N. Vine St., Hollywood, CA. Will include Lennon songs performed by a variety of vocalists and musicians, a birthday cake cutting by Chris Carter, host of "Chris Carter's 'Breakfast With the Beatles'" and creation of Lennon and Beatles sidewalk chalk art by two dozen local artists (drawings begin at 8 a.m.). Sponsored by Alliance for Survival peace and environmental group. Free.
Oct. 9: Special tour of John Lennon and Beatle locations in Los Angeles area. $65. Go to www.amagicalhistorytour.com for more information.
Oct. 9: 1:30 p.m., "Magical Mystery Tour – Lennon's Liverpool," 1.30 p.m. Visit all the sights of Beatles Liverpool as well as many more associated with John.  Tickets are £14.95 and can be purchased online from the Cavern Club website or from the 08 Place, Albert Dock Tourist Information Centre and The Gallery at Hard Days Night Hotel. The tour lasts 2 hours.
Oct. 9: Free screening of "LENNONYC," 7 p.m., Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, N.Y.
Oct. 9: Beatles artist Shannon will create a new painting of John Lennon following the showing of LENNONYC in Central Park in the window at 25CPW Gallery, 25 Central Park West (at 62nd St), New York, NY on Saturday from 8-11 pm .
Oct. 9: The Quarrymen, October 9 - New York, NY - The Society For Ethical Culture - The "Happy Birthday John!" Concert - with special guests.
Oct. 9: "Remember Lennon: Imagine 70," tribute concert, 7 p.m., Shubert Theater in New Haven, Conn. Shubert Theater proceeds benefit the Ethnic Heritage Center. For 10/9 tickets, visit the Shubert Theater Box Office, 247 College Street, Downtown New Haven, CT or call (203)562-5666 or toll-free (888)736-2663 (http://www.shubert.com/)  Information: http://www.imagine70.com/
Oct. 9: Special London walking tour of John Lennon/Beatles sites led by Richard Porter. Places to be visited include 34 Montagu Square, John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s first home together, plus film sites for "A Hard Day’s Night" and "Help!," and also Abbey Road Studios. Beatles tribute band ‘Sgt Pepper’s Only Dart Board Band’ http://sgtpeppertribute.co.uk/ will host a ‘John Lennon Love In’ outside Abbey Road Studios at 1:30 p.m. Info: http://www.beatlesinlondon.com
Oct. 9: Tribute concert with Sgt Pepper’s Only Dart Board Band at the Castle, 452 Finchley Road, London NW11 8DG. Also featuring Russian Lennon specialists ‘The Oz’ http://www.myspace.com/dotheozrussia and Mosquito-B http://www.mosquito-b.com/ from Canada. Tickets for the concert cost £8 in advance or £10 on the door. Tickets can be bought from the venue, or from the Beatles Coffee Shop, St John’s Wood Underground Station. Info: http://www.beatlesinlondon.com
Oct. 9: Lennon tribute concerts in Norway in Hamar and Trondheim. More info is here.
Oct. 9: Nine hours of John Lennon music on radio station Reactor 105 in Mexico. Information: www.reactor.imer.com.mx
Oct. 9: In San Pedro Sula, Honduras, 9:30 p.m. concert by the Beatles Tribute Band "La Revolucion" at Costa Med.

Oct. 9-10: Beatles Fest West 2010, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. Beatle tribute bands and singers, audio-visual presentations, discussions, artists, collector's marketplace and more. Headlining is the Plastic Fauxno Band, led by Drew Harrison of the Sun Kings, who will give a 2 1/2 show at 9 p.m. Saturday based on what John Lennon might have done had he performed live in 1982.  More information on the Fest: www.beatlesfestwest.com
Oct 9-10: Beatles-a-rama will be featuring John Lennon words,humor and music:solo & with The Beatles. Saturday at 11am Dennis Mitchells Breakfast With The Beatles, 9 a.m. Sunday on Ray Whitakers "Just 4 Guys" and Pat  Matthews' "Beatles-A-Rama!!!The Show!" at 10 a.m. Sunday. http://www.beatlesarama.com
Oct. 9-10: 11 a.m.: "Walking Class Hero" walking tour. City Centre walking tour of John Lennon’s Liverpool. Departs from the Cavern Club. Tickets at £7.50 and can be purchased online from the Cavern Club website or from the 08 Place, Albert Dock Tourist Information Centre and The Gallery at Hard Days Night Hotel. The tour lasts 1.5 hours.

Oct. 9-12: Gallery showing of Beatles artwork by Beatles artist Shannon. at 25CPW Gallery, 25 Central Park West (at 62nd St.), New York, NY. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, noon -6 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. 

Oct. 9-15: "Liverpool ONE Loves Lennon – A Musical Tribute," Musicians and street entertainers pay tribute to John Lennon throughout the streets of Liverpool One.

Oct. 9-31: "Liverpool ONE Loves Lennon – An Art Exhibition," Competition for children and adults to have artwork related to John Lennon on display at Liverpool ONE.

Oct. 9 - Dec. 9: John Lennon Tribute Show, Cavern Club, Liverpool. Daily tribute to John Lennon.
Oct. 9 - Dec. 9: Bed-In at the Bluecoat, Liverpool.  62 days and 62 occupiers of the bed celebrating John Lennon’s 1969 Bed-Ins for peace.
Oct. 9 - Dec. 9: Fabcabs of Liverpool Beatles Heritage Tours - The John Lennon Special. From Mendips to Mathew Street. A 2 1/2 hour tour for up to six people in an English taxi cab. Includes Beatles homes, schools and birthplaces, The Penny Lane Experience, Strawberry Field, St. Peter's Church and Eleanor Rigby's grave.
Oct. 9 - Dec. 9: Fab4 ‘John Lennon’ Taxi Tour. Take a tour of Lennon’s Liverpool in the comfort of a black taxi.

Oct. 9 - Jan. 2: "Give Peace a Chance," Lennon art exhibit, Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda, Illinois.

Oct. 10: 3 p.m., "Remember Lennon: Imagine 70," tribute concert, Garde Arts Center Theater in New London, CT. For 10/10 tickets, visit the Garde Arts Center Box Office, 325 State Street, New London, CT or call (860) 444-4410 www.gardearts.org. Information: http://www.imagine70.com/
Oct. 10: Imagine Peace World Festival: Noon to 4 p.m., Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio. Performers include Brazilian jazz combo Moises Borges, reggae band Nuhu and South Indian dancer Mahima Venkatesh.

Oct. 15 - Nov. 13: "Lennon" by Bob Eaton, Royal Court, Liverpool. Musical story of John Lennon’s life in words and music. Stars Andrew Schofield. Royal Court, Liverpool. www.royalcourtliverpool.co.uk

Oct. 16: Release party for Jude Southerland Kessler book "Shivering Inside," the second volume in her biography of John Lennon. Doylestown Bookshop, 16 S. Main St., Doyletown, Pa.

Oct. 26 - Nov. 5: "Lennon" by Len Ehlen, Liverpool Academy of Arts. Ehlen was born in Widnes, Cheshire, and after a spell working in Spain he is now back continuing his painting, and is regarded as one of the best portrait artists in the region. This exhibition celebrates his passions for doing portraits and the life and music of John Lennon. Open Monday to Friday, 12 noon to 4 p.m.

Oct. 29, 30 and Nov. 5, 6 and 12, 13: Screening, "What’s Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A." Paley Center, New York. www.paleycenter.org.

Nov. 2: Rod Davies and Colin Hanton, Lecture, Cavern Club, Liverpool.

Nov. 2-30: "The Lennon Lectures." All four lectures will be presented by author Bill Harry former Art College friend of John Lennon and creator of the Mersey Beat newspaper.  Tickets for each lecture are £5.00 and can be purchased from www.cavernclub.org. Tickets cannot be purchased from the individual venues. Doors open 7 p.m.. Lecture time 7.30-8.30 p.m.,  followed by questions from the floor.

Nov. 6: John Lennon International Poetry Competition judged by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy Performance Poetry Slam Final in Liverpool. Worldwide search for the first-ever Liverpool Lennon Poet.

Nov. 9: Tony Bramwell, Cavern Club, Liverpool. Lecture from Bramwell, Beatles road manager and former CEO of Apple Records and Apple Films.

Nov. 19, 20, 26, 27, Dec. 3, 4: "The U.S. vs. John Lennon," Paley Center, New York. www.paleycenter.org.

Nov. 28: Lecture from Julia Baird and Stanley Parkes, John Lennon's sister together with his first cousin,  St George's Hall, Liverpool.

Nov. 30: Larry Kane, Hard Days Night Hotel, Liverpool. Lecture from author Larry Kane, the only American journalist allowed to travel with the Beatles on their 1964 and 1965 North American tours.

Dec. 9: "Lennon Remembered," tribute concert, Echo Arena, Liverpool. Concert to close John Lennon Tribute Season. Guests will include the Quarrymen; Tony Sheridan, the Beatles fellow Hamburg musician and lead vocalist on ‘My Bonnie’; art school friend and editor of Mersey Beat Bill Harry; Beatles press officer, close friend and ex CEO of Apple Tony Bramwell; Joey Molland, guitarist with Badfinger who played on Lennon’s "Imagine"; Grammy award winning sound engineer Dennis Ferrante who worked on several Lennon’s albums during his New York years; Liverpool born actor Mark McGann  who is known for his portrayal of Lennon and will present a special performance of his award winning stage show, "John Lennon – In My Life."

Dec. 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, and 31: Screening, "Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon’s Imagine Album," Paley Center, New York. www.paleycenter.org.

(Thanks to the following: Bill Harry, founder of Mersey Beat, Mitch Axelrod of the Fab Fourum www.fabfourum.com, Donna Jackson of the British Beatles Fan Club, Debbie Roberts, John Lennon Examiner Shelley Germeaux, Jude Southerland Kessler, Charles Rosenay!!!, Roger Stormo of Norwegian Wood.org, Martin Lewis.)

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