This festival was the first music concert ever to have more than 100,000 paid attendees who each paid $5.50 a day!
Newport Pop Festival 1968
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Date
Sat Aug 03, 1968 - Sun Aug 04, 1968
Map
Orange County Fairgrounds
Newport Boulevard
Costa Mesa California
United States
Costa Mesa California
United States
Organized by
Years active
1968-1969
Founded by
Mark Robinson, Gary R. Schmidt and his father Al Schmidt
Official Links
Arts & Acts
- Alice Cooper
- Blue Cheer
- Canned Heat
- Charles Lloyd Quartet
- Country Joe & The Fish
- Eric Burdon & The Animals
- Grateful Dead
- Illinois Speed Press
- Iron Butterfly
- James Cotton Blues Band
- Jefferson Airplane
- Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Quicksilver Messenger Service
- Rhinoceros
- Sky Pilot
- Sonny and Cher
- Steppenwolf
- Super Chief
- The Byrds
- The Chambers Brothers
- The Electric Flag
- The Lovin' Spoonful
- The Turtles
- Things to Come
- Tiny Tim
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