Category Archives: Music Festivals

The Texas International Pop Festival takes place in 1969

 The Texas International Pop Festival took place featuring Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Sam & Dave, Santana, Johnny Winter, Grand Funk Railroad, Delaney & Bonnie, Nazz, Spirit, BB King, Canned Heat and Chicago. Over 120,000 fans attended the festival for 3 days starting on August 30, 1969. The Texas International Pop Festival was a music festival…

Isle Of Wight Festival with Jimi Hendrix last UK appearance

 Isle Of Wight Festival featuring Jimi Hendrix, (his last ever UK appearance), Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Donovan, Jethro Tull, Miles Davis, Arrival, Cactus, Family, Taste, Mungo Jerry, ELP, The Doors, The Who, Spirit, The Moody Blues, Chicago, Procol Harum, Sly and the Family Stone and Free all appeared over three days at the third Isle…

The Watkins Glen Outdoor Summer Jam Begins

 The Watkins Glen outdoor summer jam was held outside of Watkins Glen, New York with The Allman Brothers, The Grateful Dead and The Band. Over 600,000 rock fans attended. Many historians claimed the event was the largest gathering of people in the history of the United States. 150,000 tickets were sold for $10 each, but…

Concert 10 Music Festival July 8 & 9 1972

  Concert 10 was a rock concert at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania on July 8 and 9 of 1972. The event attracted an estimated 200,000 people who were met with cold inclement weather, replete with rain and mud. The general atmosphere of the concert was compared to the Woodstock Festival of 1969….

Denver Pop Festival June 27 – 29, 1969

  The Denver Pop Festival was a three-day music festival promoted by rock promoter Barry Fey (Feyline) on June 27-June 29, 1969 which was largely overshadowed by Woodstock two months later. Unlike the free-form happening in upstate New York, the Denver festival had the full support and local resources of a major city, taking place…

The Newport 69 Pop Festival, June 20-22, 1969

  Attended by 150,000 fans, it was the largest pop concert up to that time and is considered the more famous of the two Newport Pop Festivals, possibly because of the appearance of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, which got top billing at the venue.[4] Devonshire Downs was a racetrack at that time but now is…

The Celebration of Life Festival – June 21-28, 1971

  The Celebration of Life Festival took place on June 21-28, 1971 in Cypress Pointe Plantation, McCrea, Louisana. It has been estimated that 50,000 attended this music festival. Little information on this festival can be found on the internet but I did some exploring and this is what I came up with. The following info…

Monterey International Pop Festival 1967 Feature

  Since today marks the 43 Anniversary of the Monterey International Pop Festival I thought I would put together a feature filled with photos that I tweaked and videos of the artists that played there. The Monterey International Pop Festival was planned in just seven weeks by promoter Lou Adler, John Phillips of The Mamas…

KFRC Fantasy Fair & Magic Mountain Music Festival

 The Doors Playing On Stage Jim Morrison Up Close On June 10 and 11th, 1967, the KFRC Fantasy Fair & Magic Mountain Music Festival was held at the 4,000 seat Sidney B. Cushing Memorial Amphitheater high on the South face of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, CA. Over 15,000 people attended. This was the first…

January 14th 1967 – The First Human Be-In

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 The Human Be-In was a happening in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, the afternoon and evening of January 14, 1967. It was a prelude to San Francisco’s Summer of Love, which made the Haight-Ashbury district a symbol as the center of an American counterculture and introduced the word ‘psychedelic’ to suburbia. The Human Be-In focused…