Free Festivals
BIT also ran early festival services, providing help and information for festival patrons, which were rarely supplied by the organisers of big corporate events, such as the Isle of Wight Festival, and were quite often an integral part of the organisation of Free festivals such as Windsor Free Festival. Alongside Release, Festival Welfare Services and more occasionally IT, Oz and the White Panthers they provided a countercultural safety-net, providing an understanding environment sometimes characterised as a 'Bad trips' tent.
The 7-7-77 Glastonbury Free Festival was organised by BIT, including activist Alan Strom.
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