Popanalia

Popanalia Festival, held on August 5, 1970, was one of the first French pop festivals, mixing the new music of the time, namely free jazz and rock. This event was created by Jean-François Bizot, Jean Bizot and Jean-Luc Young. The event took place in the city of Biot.

1970

Pink Floyd, Joan Baez, Eric Clapton, Archie Shepp, Daevid Allen (Gong), Art Ensemble of Chicago, Don Cherry, Soft Machine, Traffic, Alan Price, Balls, ex Plastic Ono Band, Moody Blues, King Crimson, Soul Ame, Alan Jack Civilization, Sonny Sharrock, Kevin Ayers, Spencer Davis Group, Alice. Most of these artists were actually on the Festival site. But according to the participants of the time, few bands came on stage except for Joan Baez.

2010

In 2010, at the initiative of Imago Records, Archie Shepp & Tom McClung, Trilok Gurtu & Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu, Gong, Rémy Kolpa Kopoul, Sashird Lao and visual artist Patrick Moya performed at the Fernand Léger National Museum in Biot. The evening was broadcast live on Radio Nova.