OTHER CONCERTS

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Altamont

American Folk Blues Festival

Amnesty

Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival

Atlanta International Pop Festival

Atlantic City Pop Festival

Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Concert

Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music

Bestival

Bickershaw Festival

Bonnaroo

BottleRock Napa Valley

Bread & Roses Festival

Bridge School Benefit

British Rock Meeting

Bruchhausen Festival

Bumbershoot Festival

Buxton Pop Festival

California Jam

California Jam 2

Cambridge Folk Festival

Coachella

Cropredy Music Festival

Day On The Green

Denver Pop Festival 1969

Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival

Farm Aid

Fehmarn Love And Peace Festival

Festival Of The Flower Children

Glastonbury Festival

The Golden Summernight Festival

Goose Lake International Music Festival

Grammy Tribute

Great Western Express

Hop Farm Music Festival

Isle of Wight Festival

Jazz Bilzen

Jingle Bell Ball

Jubilee Concert

KFRC Fantasy Fair & Magic Mountain Music Festival

Knebworth

Kralingen Music Festival

The Last Waltz

Lilith Fair

Lisdoonvarna Festival Ireland

Live Aid

Live Earth

Live 8

Lollapalooza

Mar Y Sol

Mariposa Folk Festival

Miami Pop Festival

Miami Rock Festival 1969

Midwest Rock Festival

Mildenhall Rock and Blues Festival

Monterey International Pop Festival

Montreux Jazz Festival

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

Nelson Mandela. An International Tribute For A Free South Africa

Net Aid

New Orleans Pop Festival

Newport Folk Festival

Newport Jazz Festival

Newport Pop Festival

New York Jazz Festival

NME Poll Winners Concert

No Nukes

Northern California Folk-Rock Festival

Openair Frauenfeld

Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival

Ozark Music Festival

Paleo Switzerland

Palm Beach International Music & Art Festival

Party In The Park

Pavarotti & Friends

Pinkpop

Powder Ridge Festival (CANCELLED)

Prince's Trust

Rainforest Benefit

Reading Festival

Rock In Rio

Rock On The Tyne

Rock Werchter

Roskilde Festival

San Francisco International Pop Festival

Saugatuck Pop Festival

The Schaefer Music Festival

Seattle Pop Festival

Self Aid

Sky River Rock Festival

August 7, 1970 Mosport Park, Bowmanville, ON (Strawberry Fields Festival 1970)

Summertime Ball

Texas International Pop Festival

Tibetan Freedom Concert

Transcontinental Pop Festival

The US Festival

The Wall - Live In Berlin

Waterfront Blues Festival

Weeley Festival

Wild West Festival (Cancelled)

Woburn Abbey Festival

Woodstock

Woodstock '94

Woodstock '99

World Series Of Rock

Yorkshire Folk, Blues & Jazz Festival

Various Benefit Concerts

Misc.

Swamp Pop Music Festival	1950s- 1960s	United States	Louisiana	"Swamp pop" is a distinctive style of music that began in the 1950s when Louisiana teenagers first heard new rock-n-roll idols like Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Fats Domino on the radio. The Festival's most popular period was between 1958 and 1964, when nearly two dozen swamp pop recordings reached the national charts.

Newport Jazz Festival	1954– present	United States	Newport, Rhode Island	It was established in 1954 by socialite Elaine Lorillard. While initially focused on acoustic jazz, the festival's 1969 program was an experiment in fusing jazz, soul and rock music and audiences.

Beaulieu Jazz Festival	1956-61	United Kingdom	Beaulieu, Hampshire	Lord Montagu of Beaulieu holds an annual traditional and modern jazz festival in the ground of Beaulieu estate, in the New Forest. Attracts beats and jazz eccentrics, called 'ravers', and both pop and jazz music.

National Jazz and Blues Festival 1969 National Jazz & Blues Festival01.JPG	1961- 1980s	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Mostly oriented around jazz and blues to start, this annual festival soon became a showcase for progressive rock as well, featuring groups such as the psychedelic rock group Cream.

Reading and Leeds Festivals Reading Festival 1975 (6).jpg	1961– present	United Kingdom	England	The line-up settled into a pattern of progressive rock, blues and hard rock during the early and mid 1970s[19] then became the first music festival to embrace punk rock and new wave in the late 1970s.

Festival Omladina	1961– '90 2012– present	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia	Subotica, Serbia (Yugoslavia 1961– '90)	Established in Subotica in 1961, Festival Omladina (Youth Festival) was originally a competition of young composers of popular music. Their compositions were initially performed by pop singers, but soon the performers of competing compositions became rock bands. In 1970s, the non-competitive part, featuring established rock acts, was added to the program, and in the 1980s the festival became a competition of young rock bands. During the years, some of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav pop and rock scene performed on the festival.

Parada ritma / Vatromet ritma	1964– '65	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Parada ritma (Parade of Rhythm) / Vatromet ritma (Fireworks of Rhythm) was a series of concerts featuring Yugoslav rock bands, held in Belgrade and Novi Sad during 1964 and 1965. The first edition is considered the first rock festival in Yugoslavia and arguably the first rock festival in a communist country.

Vilar de Mouros Festival	1965 - '66 - '67 - '68 - '71- '82 -'96 - '99 - 2000 - '01 - '02 - '03 - '04 - '05 - '06 - '14 - '16 - present	Portugal	Portugal	Usually recognized in Portugal as the precursor of all the music festivals, the Vilar de Mouros Festival became a cultural icon, counting with the first edition in 1965. In that year it was organized a folk festival that by the large impact it had, reached immortalization in 1971, most of all because of rock music nature and the presence of bands with great international projection. Held with long interregnums and therefore named as the festival of several generations, it has been creating a certain eclecticism, which attracts musical styles that lead people with the most different musical tastes.

Gitarijada (Belgrade)	1966– '67	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Gitarijada (Guitar Fest) was a festival held in Belgrade, featuring performances of Yugoslav rock bands. The festival was one of early rock festivals in Yugoslavia and considered one of the milestones in the history of Yugoslav rock music.[23][24][25][26] The first edition of the festival was attended by more than 15,000[25] and the second by more than 13,000 spectators.[27]

Gitarijada (Zaječar)	1966– present	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia	Zaječar, Serbia (Yugoslavia 1966— '91)	Established in Zaječar in 1966, Gitarijada (Guitar Fest) is one of the longest lasting festivals in Serbia and in South Eastern Europe and the largest festival of young and unaffirmed bands in South Eastern Europe.[28] Currently, it consists of competitive part and of non-competitive part featuring well-known Serbian and foreign acts.

Trips Festival	1966	United States	San Francisco, California	The Trips Festival on January 21–23, 1966 was the most attended and advertised of the early Acid Tests events, which were started in late 1965.[29] Ten thousand people attended this sold-out event, with a thousand more turned away each night.[30] On Saturday January 22, Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company came on stage, and 6,000 people arrived to imbibe punch spiked with LSD and to witness one of the first fully developed light shows of the era.[31] Grateful Dead sound engineer Ken Babbs notably created a new sound system for the festival, building sound amplifiers that didn't distort when turned up to high sound levels.[citation needed] The Trips Festival was followed by the October 6, 1966 Love Pageant Rally, held in San Francisco to protest the banning of LSD.

Mantra-Rock Dance	1967	United States	California	Occurring several weeks after the Human Be-In event on January 14, 1967, the January 29 Mantra-Rock Dance was a precursor event to the large outdoor festivals that debuted in the summer of 1967. The dance was held in San Francisco’s Avalon Ballroom, featured three bands including Grateful Dead, and was organized by followers of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness to introduce its founder to a wider American audience.

Schaefer Music Festival	1967-'76	United States	New York City	First held in the summer of 1966 in Central Park as the small event the Rheingold Central Park Music Festival, the first lineup in July 1967 with the new name included only The Young Rascals; The Jimi Hendrix Experience; and Len Chandler. The lineup afterwards grew exponentially, with diverse genres related to blues and pop. On 21 July 1969 Led Zeppelin were the headliners of the Schaefer Music Festival at New York City's Wollman Rink, along with B.B. King.

Miami Pop Festival I	1968	United States	Hallandale, Florida	An estimated 25,000 people attended the May event, which was promoted by Richard O'Barry and Michael Lang, later famous as promoter of Woodstock.

Northern California Folk Rock Festival I	1968	United States	San Jose, California	May 18–19, 1968. The first festival featured notable bands such as Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Janis Joplin, The Youngbloods, The Electric Flag, Kaleidoscope, Taj Mahal, etc.

Summerfest Summerfest Pabst Showcase 1994.jpg	1968– present	United States	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Billed as "The World's Largest Music Festival" by the Guinness World Records since 1999,[33][34] this 11-day event is held between late June and early July, encompassing all genres of musical styles.

Newport Pop Festival	1968-'69	United States	Costa Mesa, California	August 3–4, 1968. The first music concert ever to have more than 100,000 paid attendees. Also held the following year.

Sky River Rock Festival	1968-'70	United States	Skykomish River, Washington	First held Aug 31-Sep 2, 1968 (as well as Aug 30-Sep 1, 1969; Aug 28-Sep...1970), it was the first multi-day outdoor hippie rock festival at an undeveloped site.[35] Included the Lighter Than Air Fair.

Internationale Essener Songtage	1968	Germany	Essen, Germany	September 1968. Krautrock arose at this first major, weeklong, indoors German rock festival.[36] Hyde Park Free Concerts	1968–'76	United Kingdom	Hyde Park, London	UK—single-day events

San Francisco Pop Festival	1968	United States	San Francisco, California	Held Saturday October 26 & Sunday October 27, 1968. The groups playing at the festival included The Animals, Creedence Clearwater Revival, etc.

Los Angeles Pop Festival	1968	United States	Los Angeles, California	The dates were December 22 and 23, 1968, with groups such as Blue Cheer, The Box Tops, Canned Heat, etc.

Miami Pop Festival II	1968	United States	Hallandale, Florida	December 28–30, 1968. This event (which had no connection to the May Miami Pop Festival) drew an estimated 100,000 people, was the first major rock festival on America's east coast, and was produced by Tom Rounds, who had previously produced the seminal Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival. Performers included Chuck Berry, Joe Tex, Marvin Gaye, Flatt and Scruggs, The Turtles, Procol Harum, The Amboy Dukes, Steppenwolf, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

Palm Springs Pop Festival	1969	United States	Palm Springs, California	Held April 1–2, 1969,[37] the lineup featured bands such as Moby Grape. The situation went sour when policing efforts militarized the three-day event and there were riots,[16] and a young concert-goer was shot and killed by a nearby store clerk. Concert permits were not issued in Palm Springs afterwards for many years.

Big Rock Pow-Wow	1969	United States	West Hollywood, Florida	Took place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, May 23, 24, and 25, 1969, at the Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation in West Hollywood, Florida. Artists who performed at the festival included Grateful Dead, Johnny Winter, Rhinoceros, Muddy Waters, the Youngbloods, with Timothy Leary speaking from the stage.

Northern California Folk-Rock Festival II	1969	United States	San Jose, California	May 23–25, the festival featured The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jefferson Airplane, etc.

First Annual Detroit Rock & Roll Revival	1969	United States	Detroit, MI	May 30–31, 1969, held at the Michigan State Fairgrounds. Local artists such as Sun Ra played, as well as Chuck Berry, MC5 and The Stooges.

Newport 69 Pop Festival	1969	United States	Northridge, Los Angeles	June 20–22, 1969

Toronto Pop Festival	1969	Canada	Toronto	June 21–22, 1969

Bath Festival of Blues	1969	United Kingdom	Somerset, England	Saturday 28 June 1969. Developed by Freddy Bannister and Wendy Bannister, it had a lineup of British blues bands, including Fleetwood Mac (the headliners), John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Ten Years After, Led Zeppelin, The Nice, Chicken Shack, Jon Hiseman's Colosseum, Mick Abrahams' Blodwyn Pig amongst others.

Denver Pop Festival	1969	United States	Denver, Colorado	Three-day music festival promoted by rock promoter Barry Fey (Feyline) on June 27-June 29, 1969 which was largely overshadowed by Woodstock two months later. With the full support and local resources of Denver, the peak attendance was estimated at 50,000.

Mississippi River Festival	1969- '80	United States	Edwardsville, IL	MRF consisted of a variety of popular rock, folk, bluegrass, and classical music performers.[41] The more popular groups, such as The Who, Yes, Chicago, Eagles, and Grateful Dead shows were heavily attended. Some shows attracting crowds in excess of 30,000.[42] In July 1969, Bob Dylan did a short surprise gig, together with The Band. It was his first performance since his notorious motorcycle accident in 1966.

Atlanta International Pop Festival I	1969	United States	Hampton	The first Atlanta festival was held July 4–5, 1969, at the Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta, and drew a crowd of around 100,000.[43] Performers included Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joe Cocker, Canned Heat, and Chicago Transit Authority.

The Stones in the Park	1969	United Kingdom	Hyde Park, London	Free outdoor concert by The Rolling Stones held on 5 July 1969, also featuring Third Ear Band, King Crimson, Screw, Alexis Korner's New Church, Family and The Battered Ornaments,[44] in front of a crowd estimated at between 250,000[44] and 500,000 fans.

Laurel Pop Festival	1969	United States	Laurel, MD	A music festival held at the Laurel Race Course in Laurel, MD on July 11–12, 1969. The festival featured Buddy Guy, Al Kooper, Jethro Tull, Johnny Winter, Edwin Hawkins and Led Zeppelin (on July 11); and Jeff Beck, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, The Mothers of Invention, Savoy Brown and Guess Who (on July 12).

Summer Pop Festival	1969	United States		Had Led Zeppelin at the Summer Pop Festival on 12 July,

Seattle Pop Festival	1969	United States	Woodinville, Washington	Twenty-six musicians and groups performed at the festival, including Chuck Berry, Black Snake, Tim Buckley, The Byrds, Chicago Transit Authority, Bo Diddley, The Doors, etc. July 25–27. Singer Bowl Music Festival	1969	United States		The Singer Bowl Music Festival on 30 August featured Led Zeppelin.

Atlantic City Pop Festival	1969	United States	Atlantic City, New Jersey	took place in 1969 on August 1, 2 and 3rd at the Atlantic City race track, two weeks before Woodstock Festival. Attended by some 100,000+ people, the festival featured the following performers: Creedence Clearwater Revival, Santana, etc.

Vancouver Pop Festival	1969	Canada	Squamish, British Columbia	Canadian rock festival held on August 22, 23 and 24, 1969, Paradise Valley Resort, Squamish. It was produced by Candi Promotions. The groups playing at the festival included The Chambers Brothers, Chicago, Alice Cooper, etc.

Texas International Pop Festival	1969	United States	Lewisville, Texas	It occurred two weeks after Woodstock. The site for the event was the newly opened Dallas International Motor Speedway. The festival was the brainchild of Angus G. Wynne III, son of Angus G. Wynne, the founder of the Six Flags Over Texas Amusement Park. Artists performing at the festival were: Canned Heat, Chicago, James Cotton, Led Zeppelin, etc. The Merry Pranksters, Ken Kesey's group, was in charge of the free stage and camping area. Attendance at the festival remains unknown, but is estimated between 120,000 and 150,000.

New Orleans Pop Festival	1969	United States	Prairieville, Louisiana	On August 30 - September 1 at the Louisiana International Speedway, the festival featured 26 bands, including seven veterans of Woodstock which was held two week prior such as Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Airplane. Peak attendance was estimated at 35,000.[citation needed]

Toronto Rock and Roll Revival	1969	Canada	Toronto, Ontario	One-day, twelve-hour music festival held on September 13, 1969. With a number of popular rock & roll acts from the 1950s and 1960s, it also featured an appearance by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and The Doors.

Palm Beach Pop Festival	1969	United States	Palm Beach, Florida	November 28–30, 1969, the event featured artists such as Janis Joplin and the Rolling Stones.[51] Held only one year. the event met with a number of logistical difficulties, including rain and lack of supplies. The local police also heavily militarized the event, and the promoters were bankrupted.

Miami Rock Festival	1969	United States	Pembroke Pines, Florida	December 27–29, 1969, held at the Hollywood Speedway Park near Miami. The lineup included acts such as Motherlode, Sweetwater, and Canned Heat performed. Police searched fans, making 47 arrests, and a young audience member died after falling from a spotlight tower.

1970s

Festival of Political Songs Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1988-0216-033, Berlin, Festival des politischen Liedes.jpg	1970-1990	Germany	East Germany	Generally held in mid to late February, this festival was a major cultural event for the Free German Youth organization, featuring select political music.

Hollywood Music Festival	1970	United Kingdom	Staffordshire, England	23 and 24 May 1970, it was notable for the first performance of the Grateful Dead in the UK. This was the first of the major festivals held in the summer of 1970 and part of the festival was to have been filmed by the BBC.

The Kickapoo Creek Rock Festival	1970	United States	Heyworth, Illinois	The Kickapoo Creek Rock Festival was held on Memorial Day Weekend in May 1970 near Heyworth, Illinois. The Grim Reapers provided the festival security. Approximately 60,000 people attended the festival.

World Popular Song Festival	1970-1989	Japan	Japan	With a pop music focus, it was also known as Yamaha Music Festival and unofficially as the "Oriental Eurovision", was an international song contest held from 1970 until 1989.

Atlanta International Pop Festival II	1970	United States	Byron, Georgia	The second and last Atlanta Pop Festival was held July 3–5, 1970, slightly east of Byron, Georgia, 100 miles south of Atlanta, and drew a crowd of over two hundred thousand. Jimi Hendrix was the headliner.

Super Concert '70	1970	Germany	Berlin, Germany	A one-day music festival on September 4, 1970. The festival was headlined by Jimi Hendrix, and was his next to last performance. He appeared on stage once more at the Open Air Love & Peace Festival in Fehmarn, Germany, on September 6, 1970.

Aachen Open Air Pop Festival	1970	Germany	Germany	The "Soersfestival", as it is most commonly called, was the initiative of three local students. Some 50,000 visitors attended.

Piedra Roja	1970	Chile	Chile	between 10 and 12 October 1970 in the eastern area of Santiago. Among others, the following bands performed in the festival: Aguaturbia, Los Blops, Lágrima Seca and Los Jaivas.

Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music Bath Festival 1970 stage.jpeg	1970	United Kingdom	Shepton Mallet, Somerset	The festival featured a line-up of the top American west coast and British bands of the day, including Santana, The Flock, Led Zeppelin (headlining act), Pink Floyd, etc.

Phun City	1970	United Kingdom	Worthing, Sussex	Featuring alternative rock and rock, it was organised by the UK Underground anarchist Mick Farren, the festival was notable for having no fences and no admission fees.

Strawberry Fields	1970	Canada	Bowmanville, Ontario	Although accounts vary, the audience has been estimated at between 75,000 and 100,000 people. Bands such as Jethro Tull and Alice Cooper performed.

Ruisrock	1970– present	Finland	Turku, Finland	Second oldest rock festival in Europe and the oldest in Finland. The all-time attendance record was set in 1971, when there were about 100,000 visitors, with artists such as Canned Heat playing.

Powder Ridge Rock Festival 1970	United States	Middlefield, Connecticut	July 31-August 2, 1970, Middlefield, CT, the event was cancelled last minute, though thousands of concert-goers still attended the venue.

Goose Lake International Music Festival	1970	United States	Michigan	August 7–9, 1970,[56] the Goose Lake promoters wanted better planning and facilities than Woodstock.[57] The stage was built on a revolving turntable with two performance spaces. At the end of each performance, the stage would rotate 180 degrees, and the next act would begin performing almost immediately.[58] An estimated 200,000 rock music fans attended the festival. The initial attitude of the "young, hip police force"[57] to fans was to "leave them alone",[59] though there were 160 arrests of those leaving after the event, mostly on drug charges.[60]

Man-Pop Festival	1970	Canada	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Held August 29, 1970, Led Zeppelin was the headlining act at the event. Other artists performing at the festival included The Youngbloods, The Ides of March, Iron Butterfly, Chilliwack, plus local bands, including Dianne Heatherington and The Merry Go Round.[61]

Vortex I Milo McIver SP Clackamas.jpg	1970	United States	Oregon	A week-long rock festival sponsored by the Portland counterculture community with help from the U.S. state of Oregon. The music at the festival was primarily performed by local acts.

White Concert	1971	Mexico	Monterrey, Mexico	in February 1971 in Monterrey, a collective band called Sierra Madre and a state-of-the-art lights spectacle named "Music and light show" faced repression after a failed attempt to hold a three-day concert, called Concierto Blanco (white concert) inside the State government palace in Monterrey's main square. The violent incidents after the White concert, which were extensively covered by the media, seriously damaged then Nuevo Leon governor Eduardo Elizondo's political career.

Festival Buenos Aires Rock	1971	Argentina	Argentina	Major hippie festival held in Argentina.

Festival de Ancon	1971	Colombia	Colombia	Major pop festival held in Colombia, held 18 to the 20th of June

Roskilde Festival	1971– present	Denmark	Roskilde, Denmark	Denmark's first real music-oriented festival, originally towards counter-culture music such as psychedelic rock. 2013 had more than 180 bands and around 130,000 festival goers.

Myponga Pop Festival	1971	Australia	Myponga, South Australia	Over three days in the summer of 1971. The festival was headlined by heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath. Other performers included Australian acts Daddy Cool, Spectrum, Fraternity, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs and Chain.[64]

Bumbershoot Audience at Bumbershoot, 1973.jpg	1971– present	United States	Seattle, Washington	One of North America's largest annual international music and arts festivals, held in Seattle, Washington every Labor Day weekend. It features a large amount of rock and experimental artists and genres, which in 1990s included the local grunge genre, and recently has included indie rock.

Ilosaarirock	1971– present	Finland	Joensuu, Finland	The second oldest rock festival in Finland still active, and one of the oldest in Europe. Progressive rock bands featuring electronic features frequently perform.

Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro	1971	Mexico	Valle de Bravo, Mexico	September 11–12, 1971, Valle de Bravo, Mexico

Sunbury Pop Festival	1972– '75	Australia	Australia	26 January, held at Diggers Rest, Victoria.

Bickershaw Festival	1972	United Kingdom	Bickershaw, England	Held in Bickershaw (Wigan, Lancashire), England, between 5 and 7 May 1972.[66] Except for the 1976–79 Deeply Vale Festivals, Bickershaw was the only major north-west multi-day festival with camping.

Concert 10/Mt. Pocono Rock Festival	1972	United States	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	July 8 and 9 of 1972. The event attracted an estimated 200,000 people who were met with cold inclement weather, replete with rain and mud.

Windsor Free Festival	1972-'74	United Kingdom	Windsor Great Park, England	A British Free Festival organised by some London commune dwellers, notably Ubi Dwyer and Sid Rawle. The event was brutally suppressed by the police, which led to a public outcry about the tactics involved. In 1975 both Ubi Dwyer and Sid Rawle were imprisoned, for attempting to promote a 1975 Windsor Festival.[8]

BOOM Festival	1972-'78	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	A rock music festival, held in several cities of Yugoslavia: three editions of the festival were held in Ljubljana, one in Zagreb, one in Belgrade and two in Novi Sad. The festival featured numerous prominent acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene, and five various artists live albums were recorded on various editions of the festival.

The Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival	1973	New Zealand	New Zealand	the first large outdoor music festival in New Zealand. It was held on a farm at Ngaruawahia on the Waikato River for three days from 6 to 8 January 1973.

Aquarius Festival	1973	Australia	Australia	A counter-cultural arts and music festival organised by the Australian Union of Students. The first NUAUS festival was held in Sydney ca 1966,[68] while the second, Melbourne, third in Canberra and last (Aquarius) was held in Nimbin, New South Wales in 1973.[69] Estimated turn-up at Nimbin was from 5,000 to 10,000 people. It is often described as Australia's equivalent to the Woodstock Festival and the birthplace for Australia's hippie movement.

Day on the Green	1973- 1991	United States	Oakland, California	First held August 5, 1973, it was a recurring concert in Oakland, California presented by promoter Bill Graham and his company Bill Graham Presents. Held at the Oakland Coliseum, these events began in 1973 and continued into the early 1990s. The last Day on the Green overseen by Graham took place the same month as his death in a helicopter crash in 1991. Headliners the first year included bands such as Elvin Bishop, Merry Clayton, while the Grateful Dead appeared the second.

Summer Jam at Watkins Glen	1973	United States	Watkins Glen, New York	Once received the Guinness Book of World Records entry for "Largest audience at a pop festival." An estimated 600,000 rock fans came to the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway outside of Watkins Glen, New York on July 28, 1973, to see the Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead and The Band perform.

Hurricane Festival	1973– present	Germany	Scheeßel, Germany	In June 1973, the first festival was held in Scheeßel, the place where today's Hurricane takes place. It was called "Es rockt in der Heide" at that time (literally translated: It's rocking in the heath) and was attended by 52,000 people.

Stonehenge Free Festival Stonehenge84.jpg	1974-'84	United Kingdom	Stonehenge, England	Important free festival that happened during the month of June, and culminating on the summer solstice on June 21. A celebration of countercultures, with New Age Travellers and the Wallys attending. Hosted bands including Hawkwind, Gong, Doctor and the Medics, Flux of Pink Indians, Thompson Twins, etc.

Ashton Court Festival	1974– 2007	United Kingdom	Bristol, England	Held annually in mid-July, starting as a small one-day festival in 1974, the festival grew during succeeding years and was said to be Britain's largest free festival until changes brought on by government legislation resulted in compulsory fees and security fencing being introduced.

Knebworth Festival	1974-? United Kingdom	England Village Fair	1974– present	Australia	Bathurst, Australia	Annual community festival that began in 1974 with increasingly expanded performances such as local indie music acts and Australian headliners. Nnew venue in 2007, and a music festival almost double in size of any previous years.[citation needed]

Zaire 74	1974	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa, Zaire	A three-day live music festival that took place on September 22 to 24, 1974 at the 20th of May Stadium in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). The concert, conceived by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela and record producer Stewart Levine, the Zaire 74 event was intended to present and promote racial and cultural solidarity between African American and African people, with performers such as B.B. King. 80,000 people attended.

Ozark Music Festival Ozark Music Festival Stage Left.jpg	1974	United States	Sedalia, Missouri	Held July 19–21, 1974 on the Missouri State Fairgrounds, some estimates have put the crowd count at 350,000 people.

California Jam	1974	United States	Ontario, California	Co-headlined by Deep Purple and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, held at the Ontario Motor Speedway on April 6, 1974.[71] It attracted 250,000[72] paying fans. The festival set what were then records for the loudest amplification system ever installed, the highest paid attendance, and highest gross in history.

Watchfield Free Festival	1975	United Kingdom	Watchfield, England	On 23–31 August 1975, a former military site at Watchfield became the location of the People's Free Festival which had been held during the previous three years, despite opposition, in Windsor Great Park. The Windsor Free Festivals had been violently terminated by the police in 1974. This new site was offered as an alternative venue due to government embarrassment at previous police actions and was attended by several thousand people. Musicians who performed there included Hawkwind and Vivian Stanshall. Watchfield Free Festival was the only Free festival to be government sponsored (with assistance by then-Home Secretary Roy Jenkins), or be given official recognition.

Michigan Womyn's Music Festival	1976- '15	United States	Michigan	Called "the Original Womyn's Woodstock" [73] and often referred to as MWMF or Michfest, is an international feminist music festival held every August in a small wooded area known as "The Land." The event is completely built, staffed, run and attended by women.

European Punk Rock Festival	1976	France	Mont de Marsan, France	In August 1976, the self-described "First European Punk Rock Festival". Eddie and the Hot Rods, a London pub rock group, headlined. The Sex Pistols, originally scheduled to play, were dropped by the organizers who said the band had gone "too far" in demanding top billing and certain amenities; The Clash backed out in solidarity.[75] Organised by Zermati, took place at Mont-de-Marsan on 21 August 1976, and featured French bands Bijou, Il Biaritz and Shakin’ Street, as well as The Damned.

Midtfyns Festival	1976- 2003	Denmark	Ringe, Denmark	In the festival's heyday it was competing with Roskilde Festival to be the biggest music event in Northern Europe, mostly due to Phish's appearance at the festival in 1998. Cropredy Convention	1976–present	United Kingdom	Cropredy, England	Annual festival of folk and rock music held second week of August. Attracts up to 20,000 people each year, with ancillary events, such as morris dancing in the streets and live music at the village's two pubs.

100 Club Punk Festival	1976	United Kingdom	Oxford Street, London	A two-day event held at the 100 Club—a typically jazz-oriented venue in Oxford Street, London, England—on 20 and 21 September 1976.[77] The gig showcased eight punk rock bands, most of which were unsigned. The bands in attendance were each associated with the evolving punk rock music scene and movement of the United Kingdom. The concert marked a watershed for the movement, as punk began to move from the underground and emerge into the mainstream music scene.

Paléo Festival	1976–present	Switzerland	Nyon, Switzerland	2005 had 3.5 million spectators

Deeply Vale Festivals	1976- '79	United Kingdom	England	The Deeply Vale Festivals were unique free festivals held near Bury in northwest England in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979. They are regarded as significant events that united punk music into the festival scene.

Nambassa Nambassa 1979 Main Stage, Negative Theatre.jpg	1976-'81	New Zealand	New Zealand	A series of hippie-conceived festivals held between 1976 and 1981 on large farms around Waihi and Waikino in New Zealand. They were music, arts and alternatives festivals that focused on peace, love, and an environmentally friendly lifestyle. The January 1979 three-day event attracted over 75,000 patrons making it the largest arts, multiple cultural and popular music event of its type in the world.

Waikino Music Festival	1977	New Zealand	New Zealand

California Jam II	1978	United States	Ontario, California	March 18, 1978 and produced by Leonard Stogel, Sandy Feldman, and Don Branker.[79][80] More than 350,000 people attended. The event was promoted by Wolf and Rissmiller Concerts.

Texxas Jam	1978-1988	United States	Dallas, Texas Houston, Texas	Annual summer arena rock concert called the Texxas World Music Festival (1978–1988). It was held in Dallas at the Cotton Bowl, and in Houston, at either the Astrodome or the Rice Stadium on the campus of Rice University. Inspired by California Jam II, Texxas Jam was created by Louis Messina and David Krebs. Over 100,000 attended the first Texxas Jam on July 1, 1978, the hottest day of the decade (the temperature reached 104 degrees). It was the first southern stadium rock show since ZZ Top played to 80,000 people at UT Austin on September 1, 1974 and tore up the field.

Canada Jam	1978	Canada	Canada	Held on August 26, 1978. The festival was produced by Sandy Feldman and Leonard Stogel, who produced California Jam and California Jam II, and was sponsored by Carling O'Keefe. It attracted over 110,000 fans, making it the largest paying rock event in Canadian history at that time.

1980s–2010s

Heatwave	Canada	Canada	1980	Important event for new wave and punk

Spring Rhythms. Tbilisi-80	Soviet Union	Soviet Union	1980	First official rock festival in the Soviet Union

Elephant Fayre	United Kingdom	England	1980-'86	Lineup blended reggae/rock with major punk acts

Battle of the Beanfield	United Kingdom	England	1985	Police action against free festival

Street Scene	United States	California	1986-'09	One of the largest annual US music festivals

Rendez-vous Houston	United States	Texas	1986	Largest ticketed event in North America, 1 to 1.5 mill. attendees

Moscow Music Peace Festival	Soviet Union	Soviet Union	1989	Important event for glam metal

Wacken Open Air	Germany	Germany	1990–present	Large metal showcase

International Pop Underground Convention	United States	Washington	1991	Punk and indie rock festival

Big Day Out	Australia	Australia	1992–2014	Multiple stages and genres

Sziget	Hungary	Hungary	1993–present	Large Woodstock style event Several of the original artists from the 1969 Festival performed. Peaceful crowd and no problems. Widely known as Generation X's Woodstock.

Whitby Goth Weekend	United Kingdom	England	1994–present	Large goth/industrial festival

Przystanek Woodstock	Poland	Poland	1995–present	Ticket-free festival with crowds up to 625,000

Vans Warped Tour	United States	United States	1995–present	Punk rock showcase

V Festival	United Kingdom	England	1996–present	Two concurrent stages

Fuji Rock Festival	Japan	Japan	1997–present	In 2005, more than 100,000 people attended

Nashestvie	Russia	Russia	1999-	One of largest Russian rock open-air festivals

Woodstock 1999	United States	New York City	1999	Known as a commercial and crowd control disaster

Summer Sonic Festival	Japan	Japan	2000–present	Major commercial festival

Exit Festival	Serbia	Serbia	2000–present	Exit 2006 had 22 stages

Rock in Roma	Italy	Italy	2002–present	Several groups perform over a month

Download Festival	United Kingdom	England	2003–present	Heavy metal and alt rock focus

Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto	Canada	Canada	2003	Largest outdoor ticketed event in Canada (~half a mill.)

Soundwave	Australia	Australia	2004–2015	Alt rock and metal/punk focus

Oxegen	Republic of Ireland	Ireland	2004-'13	One of largest rock/pop festivals in Ireland

Traveling festivals

Anger Management Tour Area Festival Big Day Out Crüe Fest Curiosa Deconstruction Tour Family Values Tour Festival Express G3 Gigantour Rock Boat Hard Electric Tour Mayhem Festival Magic Circle Festival Monsters of Rock Nintendo Fusion Tour Ozzfest Projekt Revolution Persistence Tour Rock Never Stops Tour Sonisphere Festival Sounds Of The Underground Soundwave Summer Sanitarium Taste of Chaos The Unholy Alliance Tour Uproar Festival Warped Tour

No fixed location Terrastock (historically North America or Britain)

North America

Canada Heavy Montreal (Montreal) Amnesia Rockfest (Montebello, Québec) Edgefest (Toronto, Ontario) Osheaga (Montreal) Pemberton Music Festival (Pemberton, BC) Rockin' the Fields of Minnedosa (Manitoba) Rogers Picnic (Toronto, Ontario) Rock the River (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) V Festival (Canada, United States)

Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina (Distrito Nacional)

Mexico Hell & Heaven Metal Fest, (Mexico City) Vive Latino (Mexico City) Cumbre Tajín (Veracruz)

United States V Festival (Canada, United States) 98.9 The Rock, Rockfest (Kansas City, Missouri) All Tomorrow's Parties (California) Austin Aqua Festival (Austin, Texas) Austin City Limits (Austin, Texas) The Bamboozle (East Rutherford, New Jersey) Big Ass Show (Salt Lake City, Utah) Bonnaroo Music Festival (Manchester, Tennessee) Bridge School Benefit, annually since 1986, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California, usually in October, organized by Neil Young Bumbershoot (Seattle, Washington) Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Indio, California) Cornerstone Festival (Bushnell, Illinois) DC101 Chili Cookoff (Washington D.C.) Diversafest LLC DFEST (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Dog Jam (Beaumont, Texas) Farm Aid (United States) Firefly Music Festival (Dover, Delaware) Governors Ball Music Festival (New York, New York) HFStival (Washington D.C.) Kerrville Folk Festival, annually since 1972, (Kerrville, Texas) Lollapalooza (Chicago, Illinois) Loud-N-Lima, Debuts July 2017, (Lima, Ohio) Moondance Jam (Walker, Minnesota) Mountain Jam (Hunter, NY) NEARfest (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival (Okeechobee, FL) Pointfest (Maryland Heights, Missouri) Pointfest (St. Louis, Missouri) Rock Fest (Cadott, Wisconsin) Rock on the Range (Columbus, Ohio) Rock N Resort Music Festival (North Lawrence, Ohio) Rock USA (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) Rocklahoma (Pryor, Oklahoma) Sasquatch (George, Washington) Shiprocked (United States, cruise ship) Siren Music Festival (Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York) South by Southwest (Austin, Texas) Street Scene (San Diego, California) Summerfest (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Treefort Music Fest (Boise, Idaho) Volunteer Jam (Tennessee) Voodoo Music Experience (New Orleans, Louisiana) Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival (Ozark, Arkansas) Welcome To Rockville (Jacksonville, Florida)

South America

Argentina Cosquin Rock (Córdoba) Lollapalooza Argentina (San Isidro, Buenos Aires) Moonpark (Buenos Aires) Nokia Trends (Mar del Plata) Pepsi music festival (Buenos Aires) Personal fest (Buenos Aires) Quilmes Rock (Buenos Aires)

Brazil Lollapalooza Brazil (São Paulo) Rock in Rio (Rio de Janeiro) SWU Music & Arts (Paulínia)

Chile Lollapalooza Chile (Santiago, Chile) Maquinaria Festival (Santiago, Chile) Viña del Mar International Song Festival (Viña del Mar)

Colombia Altavoz (Medellin) Rock al Parque (Bogotá)

Peru Vivo por el Rock (Lima) Rock in Concert (San Isidro District, Lima) Viva Peru (All over the country)

Europe Belgium Dour Festival (Dour) Graspop Metal Meeting (Dessel) Groezrock (Gestel) Pukkelpop (Kiewit) Rock Werchter (Werchter)

Denmark Roskilde Festival (Roskilde)

Finland Ankkarock (Vantaa) Down By The Laituri (Turku) Finnish Metal Expo (Helsinki) Funky Elephant (Helsinki) Ilosaarirock (Joensuu) Jalometalli Metal Music Festival, (Oulu) Lumous Gothic Festival (Pyhäjärvi) Miljoona Rock (Töysä) Pori Jazz (Pori) Provinssirock (Seinäjoki) Qstock (Oulu) Ruisrock (Turku) Sauna Open Air (Tampere) Tammerfest (Tampere) Tuska Open Air (Helsinki) Puntala-rock (Lempäälä)

France Eurockéennes (Belfort) Hellfest (Clisson) Soy Festival (Nantes) Transmusicales (Rennes) Vieilles Charrues Festival (Carhaix) Rock en Seine (Saint-Cloud) Main Square Festival (Arras)

Germany Bang Your Head!!! (Balingen) Hurricane Festival (Scheeßel) Rock am Ring (Nürburgring) Southside (Neuhausen) Wacken Open Air (Wacken)

The Netherlands Arrow Rock Festival (Biddinghuizen) Black Cross festival (Lichtenvoorde) Dynamo Open Air (Eindhoven) Lowlands (Biddinghuizen) Parkpop (The Hague) Pinkpop Festival (Landgraaf)

Norway Bukta Tromsø Open Air Festival (Tromsø) Hove Festival (Tromøy) Quart Festival (Kristiansand) Øyafestivalen (Oslo) Bergenfest (Bergen) Periferifestivalen (Bergen/Sotra)

Romania Artmania Festival (Sibiu, Romania) Gărâna Jazz Festival (Gărâna/Wolfsberg, Romania) Peninsula / Félsziget Festival (Tîrgu Mureș, Romania) Rock the city (Bucharest, Romania)

Sweden Hultsfred Festival (Hultsfred) Metaltown (Gothenburg) Peace & Love (Borlänge) Storsjöyran (Östersund) Sweden Rock Festival (Sölvesborg) Way Out West Festival (Gothenburg)

United Kingdom All Tomorrow's Parties (Camber Sands, East Sussex, England) Download Festival (Donington Park, Castle Donington, England) Glastonbury Festival (Pilton, Somerset, England) Greenbelt Festival (England) Hevy Music Festival (Folkestone, England) High Voltage Festival (London, England) Isle of Wight Festival (Isle of Wight, England) Concerts at Knebworth House (Knebworth, England—single day events) Offset festival Radio 1's Big Weekend Reading and Leeds Festivals (Reading, Berkshire and Leeds, Yorkshire, England) Sonisphere Festival (Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, England) T in the Park (Kinross Scotland) V Festival (Chelmsford and Staffordshire, England) Y Not Festival

Rest of Europe Baltijos Garsas (Kernavė, Lithuania) Dobrofest (Levtsovo airfield, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia) Donauinselfest (Vienna, Austria) Electric Picnic (County Laois, Ireland) Exit (Novi Sad, Serbia) Festivali i Këngës (Tirana, Albania) FM4 Frequency Festival (Salzburg, Austria) Gitarijada (Zaječar, Serbia) Hard Rock Laager (Vana-Vigala, Estonia) Iceland Airwaves (Reykjavík), Iceland Independent Days Festival (Bologna, Italy) InProg (Moscow, Russia) Masters of Rock (Vizovice, Czech Republic) Metaldays (Tolmin, Slovenia) Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux, Switzerland) Nashestvie (Moscow Oblast, Russia) Nova Rock (Nickelsdorf, Austria) Open'er festival (Gdynia, Poland) Oxegen (Punchestown, Ireland) Paléo Festival (Nyon, Switzerland) Paredes de Coura Festival (Paredes de Coura, Portugal) Pohoda (Trenčín, Slovakia) PositivusAB (Salacgrīva, Latvia) Przystanek Woodstock (Kostrzyn), (Poland) Rabarock (Järvakandi, Estonia) Rock for People (Hradec Králové, Czech Republic) Rock in Roma (Rome, Italy)[82] Rock'n Coke (Istanbul, Turkey) RockIstanbul (Istanbul, Turkey) Rockwave Festival (Athens, Greece) Roskilde Festival (Roskilde, Denmark) Resurrection Festival (Viveiro, Spain) Slane Concert (Slane, Ireland) Spirit of Burgas (Burgas, Bulgaria) Sudoeste Festival (Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal) Trutnov Open Air Music Festival (Trutnov, Czech Republic) Vilar de Mouros Festival (Vilar de Mouros, Portugal)

Oceania Big Day Out (Australia and New Zealand)

Australia Byron Bay Bluesfest (Byron Bay) Falls Festival (Lorne, Byron Bay, Marion Bay) Golden Plains Festival (Meredith, Victoria) Good Vibrations Festival (Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, Perth) Homebake (Sydney) Meredith Music Festival (Meredith, Victoria) Pyramid Rock Festival (Phillip Island) Splendour In The Grass (Byron Bay) Stereosonic (Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne)

New Zealand Edgefest (New Zealand concert tour)

Asia Beijing Pop Festival (Beijing, China) Clockenflap (Hong Kong) Concert on the Rock (Kyūshū, Japan) ETPFEST (Seoul, South Korea) Fuji Rock Festival (Naeba, Japan) Hard Electric Tour (India) Hohaiyan Rock Festival (Gongliao, Taiwan) Java Rockin'land (Jakarta, Indonesia) Jisan Valley Rock Festival (Icheon, South Korea) Kaguluhan Music Festival (Cavite City, Philippines) Midi Modern Music Festival (Beijing, China) Modern Sky Festival (Beijing, China) Pentaport Rock Festival (Incheon, South Korea) Pulp Summer Slam (Quezon City, Philippines) Rock In India (Bangalore, India) Rock In Japan (Hitachinaka, Japan) Rock Ethos (Bangalore, India) Summer Sonic Festival (Chiba and Osaka, Japan)

Middle East and Africa Dubai Desert Rock Festival (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) Lollaplooza Israel (HaYarkon Park, Tel Aviv, Israel) Oppikoppi (Northam, South Africa)