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 to thefts and violence committed by the bikers.
Iola People's Fair 1970
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Date
Fri Jun 26, 1970 - Sun Jun 28, 1970
Map
Portage/Waupaca County
Iola Wisconsin
United States
Iola Wisconsin
United States
AlsoKnownAs
Iola Rock Festival, Wood Tick
Years active
1970
Founded by
Earth Enterprises & Concert Promoters International
Official Links
Arts & Acts
- Bloomsbury People
- Brownsville Station
- Buddy Rich
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Chuck Berry
- Crow
- Fuse
- Iggy and The Stooges
- Johnny Winter
- Mason Proffit
- Melanie Safka
- Oz
- Ravi Shankar
- Short Stuff
- Siegel-Schwall Band
- Soup
- Spirit
- SRC
- Steve Miller Band
- Taj Mahal
- Tayles
- Ted Nugent
- Terry Reid
- The Amboy Dukes
- The Bowery Boys
- The Hobbits
- The Tongue
- Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Not all of the scheduled acts played—Spirit, Johnny Winter, Steve Miller Band—and some late additions did.
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Location
The Portage/Waupaca County line near Iola, about 80 miles west of Green Bay and 140 miles north of Madison, The 200-acre festival site was partly wooded, with a long, sloping field that created a natural amphitheater. The only building on the site was an old barn with a lily pond nearby, which had been taken over by the bikers for a campsite. It was the lowest point on the site, to the left of the stage area.
