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Festivals History
Looking for festivals from the past, especially the 1960s and 1970s? Find here basic info on festivals, plan the perfect holiday citytrip and share your experience with us. Check festival biography, line up, aftermovie, and more. How experienced are you?
Iola is most famous for the Sunday morning incident in which bikers mounted up and charged angry concertgoers who had been chucking rocks and bottles at them in response...
Iola, United States
This festival is widely credited with being the start of the hippie counterculture that would emerge within the next year. The Trips Festival was the brainchild of author Ken...
San Francisco, United States
The Human Be-In was announced as "A Gathering of the Tribes for a Human Be-In". The occasion was a new California law banning the use of the psychedelic drug...
San Francisco, United States
Houston's first pop festival. Ten solid hours of music at the "First Annual Catacombs Pop Festival". Promoted as a Trip Festival.
Houston, United States
A celebration of the counterculture and a protest against the state of the nation, supposed to counter the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The Youth International Party, whose...
Chicago, United States
The Phoenix Festival was one of the first four-day festivals in England and was set up as an alternative to the Glastonbury and Reading Festivals. Problems with the...
Stratford Upon Avon, England
Many Wiccans and Pagans celebrate Beltane. It is one of the eight solar Sabbats. This holiday incorporates traditions from the Gaelic Bealtaine, such as the bonfire, but it...
Rathconrath, IrelandApril 30th/May 1st
The first rock festival in Medellín. At the end of the 60s with the spread of rock music, the hippie movement experienced a remarkable growth in cities such as...
La Estrella, Colombia
Colonel Parker and the International Hotel promoted the King's summer guest appearance with the slogan 'Elvis Summer Festival 1970'. The series included 58 shows.
Las Vegas, United States