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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?
A charitable rock concert to raise funds, gain supporters for the new temple, and to popularize Prabhupada's teachings among the hippie and countercultural audience of the Haight-Ashbury scene. ...
San Francisco, United StatesJan 29, 1967
The first yoga vacation. In reaction to a vision of a world engulfed by flames and people running hither and thither, oblivious of borders, Vishnudevananda 'The Flying Swami' began...
Val Morín, CanadaJul 01, 1969
The festival was originally a religious celebration for a good harvest season and a recognition of the achievements of the German farmers. About 500.000 attendants took part in...
Hagenohsen, GermanyOct 01, 1933
The concert was a one-time gathering to promote world peace and to rock against drugs & alcohol in Russia. The first full international rock festival, announced the new freedoms...
Moscow, Russian FederationAug 12, 1989
The First European International Pop festival to rival the USA's Monterey Pop, Miami Pop and Newport Pop festivals of 1968. On the third day, The Move, set fire...
Rome, ItalyMay 04, 1968
The music festival was inspired by Woodstock, which was held two years earlier. The first legal festival in Washington state. According to the Washington Office of the Secretary of...
Satsop, United StatesSep 03, 1971
The first modern 'rock' festival in Britain.
Bath, EnglandJun 27, 1970
Raised funds for anti-war political candidates in the early 1970s. The 25th anniversary of the US first use of an atomic weapon in the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. ...
Flushing, United StatesAug 06, 1970
The first festival in Europe where jazz and pop music were brought together. Therefore sometimes called the "mother of all European festivals".
Bilzen, BelgiumAug 21, 1969
The first Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm was held on the day after Jimi Hendrix died. It was the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music 1970 that had...
Pilton, EnglandSep 19, 1970
Europe's answer to Woodstock! The Actuel Music Festival of Jazz, Rock and New Music was originally planned to take place at Paris' Les Halles. It would...
Amougies, BelgiumOct 24, 1969