Festival Experiences

First time I was tear gassed. The concert was awesome to a 14 year old but terrifying after with the rioting.

This was the first time I had been away from my home town without an adult. I was 16 and I had hardly been out of the house. I learned...

About 20 of us (GIs) rode in at night on top of an Army wrecker. Three days of "where the hell are we man" "I haven't eaten since we got...

Music & dope all night. Hippies climbed trees in stupors. Never forget that.

I had just graduated from MacArthur High School in May. My classmate, Terrry Berry, and I attended this concert. It was hot, but the music was great! I really enjoyed...

I was still in the US Army and attended this festival with several of my squad members. We brought Army pup tents and hooked them together. The music...

I am 77 and this was one of the most wonderful events of my life...partly because with me was a new girlfriend who became my wife for 48 years. I...

There was a wonderful line up that year. I was back stage with Janis Joplin, Richie Havens and Paul Butterfield. Before the concert Janis, me and Paul walked the stadium...

I was in the audience on Friday night. The main thing that I remember was the set by Roland Kirk. I don't think I was alone in having never...

Great fun, wet and muddy, great music.

I played violin at this festival in 1969 with Daevid Allen’s group.

I still tell people about this but I'd got to the point where I was beginning to doubt my own memory. What a line up. Tim Hardin had been indulging...

Remember most of it hazily, but WISHBONE ASH!! Hadn't heard of them then. They cast a variety of spells on the crowd, frm hard rock to contemplative mellow. I was...

A fantastic line up some of the best acts of the 80s

I was 10 years old, my brother took me with him, I remember there was people handing out bottles of Boone's Farm wine and other things, not sure why...