BOB DYLAN BAGS

Several commercial sites on the Internet sell 'Bob Dylan bags' that carry his image, album covers, quotations... and are not presented here.
What you see below are genuine vintage official bags created for an item or an event. The rule of the "Bob Dylan's Paper Site" is a bit broken here, as some (well... most, actually) of these bags are not made of paper at all, but we liked the idea of gathering all the Dylan bags for the first time.

Thank you to Jürgen Wasser for the images and the idea of this page.

1984, Basel, probably available at the concert
promo bag, plastic,
31 x 45 cm
Collection Hans Bosch

same, other side

1986, USA,
'True Confessions Tour'.
Collection Hanns Peter Bushoff.

1988, UK, Traveling Wilburys,
Handle With Care
promo bag, plastic

same, other side

Promo bag
Thank you to Jürgen Wasser

1995, USA: 'Music CD-ROM Highway 61 Interactive', 38cm x 33cm, paper, one sided graphics	1996, USA, sold during the Tour. Thank you to Jürgen Wasser
2008, Argentina: 'Bob Dylan And His Band, Live In Argentina' 26cm x 33cm, paper

2012, official tour merchandise,
one sided graphics

2014, UK
BOB DYLAN MOOD SWINGS,
Halcyon Gallery, London,
30cm x 40cm, paper

bag official merchandise at the concerts shops

2019 V.I.P. Rucksack
Thank you to Jürgen Wasser.

The bags below were given away when buying official merchandise at the concerts shops: 45cm x 38cm, clear thin plastic, one sided graphics:

bag for official merchandise at the concerts shops

2022, ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS promo.
The Dutch record store chain Plato
offered a special cloth bag in limited edition
to pre-orders and early buyers of the album.
Thank you to Hans Bosch for the information..

"Rough And Rowdy Ways" World Wide Tour 2021-2024,
official merchandise. Thank you to Jürgen Wasser.

"Rough And Rowdy Ways" World Wide Tour 2021-2024,
official merchandise. Thank you to Mani Endtner.

2022, Seattle

2023 Japan Tour
Thank you to Jürgen Wasser

The bags below were not used for official Dylan merchandise, but by record shops or bookshops. They carry Bob Dylan's image or a quotation:

Germany (Hamburg)
record store plastic bag.
Thank you to Hans Bosch

Paper bag, fits 7" records, found in an Utrecht record store by Hanns Peter Bushoff.

Libris (Dutch book store chain) promo bag, only presented in the gift season from mid November to late December 2016, as a tribute
for the Nobel prize winner.
Thank you to Hans Bosch for the image and information

Holland, Collection Tom Willems

Shopping bag (paper) printed with
'Tarantula By Bob Dylan?'
On sale on eBay (September 2024)
for $1080. At the same time
another seller offered it for $7.18

same, other side:
'Published by
The Macmillan Company'
Thank you to Jürgen Wasser

Germany, 2024, cotton, unofficial, 3 copies only.
Special thank you to Jürgen Wasser. [1224]