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Mar Y Sol Pop Festival, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico 1972

In 1972, promoter Alex Cooley, who had produced the second Atlanta Pop Festival two years...

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The Vancouver Pop Festival, August 1969

The Vancouver Pop Festival 1969 was a rain-drenched festival held across three days at the...

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Northern California Folk-Rock Festival, San Jose, California 1969

The Northern California Folk-Rock Festival was held at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose,...

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McCrea June 1971 - The Celebration of Life

The Celebration of Life, held in 24 - 27 June 1971, brought well over 60,000...

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Summer Festival For Peace , Shea Stadium, New York, August 1970

The Festival for Peace was an all day concert event produced at Shea...

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Mantorp Festival, Sweden 1970

Held between Fri Jun 19, 1970 - Sun Jun 21, 1970 in Mantorop,...

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Atlantic City Pop Festival, August 1st - 3rd, 1969

Held from 1st to 3rd August 1969 in Atlantic City. 110,000 people turned up over...

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Atlanta International Pop Festival, Byron, Georgia 1970

The second Atlanta International Pop Festival was held in a soybean field (great for vegans!)...

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The Midwest Rock Festival, Milwaukee 1969

The Midwest Rock Festival was staged at the racetrack at State Fair Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,...

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San Francisco Pop Festival, Alameda Fairgrounds, Pleasanton, October 1968

By 1968 the whole world knew that San Francisco was Freak Central. Bus tours would...

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Wadena Rock Festival, Iowa 1970

Wadena Festival 1970. They called it Iowa's Woodstock. Of course they did. Every state seemed...

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Aachen Open Air Pop Festival, Germany 10–12 July 1970

The Aachen Open Air Pop Festival was a rock festival held at Hauptstadion in Aachen,...

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