The festival was in fact the beginning of the Dutch tolerance policy towards marijuana. It became clear to the many present undercover cops that there where just too many users or small traders and all of them peaceful.
Holland Pop Festival 1970
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Date
Fri Jun 26, 1970 - Sun Jun 28, 1970
Map
Kralingse Bos
Kralingse Plaslaan
Rotterdam South Holland
Netherlands
Rotterdam South Holland
Netherlands
AlsoKnownAs
Dutch Woodstock, Stamping Ground & Kralingen Music Festival
Years active
1970
Founded by
Berry Visser, Georges S. Knap, Toos v.d. Sterre and Piet van Daal
"Stamping Ground" (1971) created by G. Sluizer.
Official Links
Arts & Acts
- Al Stewart
- Art Ensemble of Chicago
- Bismarck
- Canned Heat
- Caravan
- CCC folk and blues inc.
- Country Joe & The Fish
- Dr. John the Night Tripper
- Dream
- East Of Eden
- Ekseption
- Fairport Convention
- Family
- Focus
- Fotheringay
- Han Bennink
- Hot Tuna
- Jefferson Airplane
- John Surman
- Mungo Jerry
- Nederlands Danstheater
- Oscar Benton Blues Band
- Pink Floyd
- Quintessence
- Renaissance
- Santana
- Scarry Sally Theater
- Soft Machine
- Supersister
- T. Rex
- Tamelone
- The Byrds
- The Flock
- Third Ear Band
- Walking Water Events
- White Rabbitt
2 stage(s)
KRO drive-in show - Lex Harding drive-in show - Dick de Graaf drive-in show - Mojo drive-in show
26 juni Kralingen (1970)
26 - 29 juni 1970 - Het Kralingen Popfestival ("Woodstock in Nederland"), het eerste grote popfestival in Nederland met o.a. The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Pink Floyd en 100.000 hippies en veel love & peace...
Rotterdam Kralingen Popfestival 1970
Ton Hermans nam op 26-27-28 juni 1970 vele filmbeelden op met zijn 8 mm filmcamera.
Hiervan deze beelden.
Cineac Pietje Bell - Herinneringen aan Holland Pop Festival
40 jaar na het festival worden er nog herinneringen opgehaald aan dit legendarische openlucht festival van 1970. Holland Pop festival was het Nederlandse antwoord op het Amerikaanse Woodstockfestival in 1969.
Resources
Albums
67 visits
LP (12" album, 33 rpm)
Documentaries
50 visits
Live performances - rare footage of a Holland rock festival.