A bed-in is a nonviolent protest against wars, initiated by Yoko Ono and her husband John Lennon during a two week period in Amsterdam and Montreal as an experimental test of new ways to promote peace
John Lennon and Yoko Ono at the first day of their Amsterdam bed-in
Recording "Give Peace a Chance". Left to right: Rosemary Leary (face not visible), Tommy Smothers (with back to camera), John Lennon, Timothy Leary, Yoko Ono, Judy Marcioni, and Paul Williams.
Billboard posted by Lennon and Ono in eleven major cities
Wax figures of the Lennon's Montreal bed-in at the former Musée Grévin Montreal
Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, musician, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking.
Bed-in
…A bed-in is a nonviolent protest against wars, initiated by Yoko Ono and her husband John Lennon during a two week period in Amsterdam and Montreal as an experimental test of new ways to promote peace. As the Vietnam War…
112 Chambers Street, the location of Ono's 1960s loft where Fluxus events took place, pictured in 2011.
Ono and John Lennon when they married, March 1969
Lennon and Ono at a bed-in at Hilton Amsterdam, March 1969