Days On The Green - 1976

1976

• Day On The Green # 1 & 2: Peter Frampton, Fleetwood Mac, Gary Wright, Status Quo (4/25 only), UFO (5/1 only) (April 25, 1976 / May 1, 1976)
  Called "The British Are Back" show.

• Day On The Green #3: Boz Scaggs, Tower of Power, Santana, Jeff Beck, Journey, Nils Lofgren (June 5, 1976)
  Jefferson Starship was the originally planned headliner, but were replaced by Boz Scaggs and Tower Of Power.

• Day On The Green #4: The J. Geils Band, Jeff Beck, Blue Öyster Cult, Mahogany Rush, Sammy Hagar (June 6, 1976)
  Sammy Hagar played much too long, but the crew did an 8-minute set change before Mahogany Rush came out.

• San Francisco Kool Jazz Festival Day 1: Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Nancy Wilson, Harold Melvin, Donald Byrd, Hampton Hawes (June 11, 1976)
  (Technically this is not a Day On The Green, but it was in the same location under the same format)

• San Francisco Kool Jazz Festival Day 2: Natalie Cole, Smokey Robinson, Staple Singers, Teddy Pendergrass, B. B. King, Archie Bell (June 12, 1976)
  (Technically this is not a Day On The Green, but it was in the same location under the same format)

• Day On The Green #5: The Beach Boys, America, Elvin Bishop, John Sebastian (July 2, 1976)
  This tour marked Brian Wilson's first public performances with The Beach Boys in several years.

• Day On The Green #6: Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Loggins and Messina, Renaissance (August 3, 1976)

• Day On The Green #7 (planned): Jethro Tull, Electric Light Orchestra, Rory Gallagher, Camel (Camel cancelled) (August 18, 1976).
  At the last minute, the concert was moved from the outdoor Coliseum (65,000 capacity) to the indoor Arena next door (19,000 capacity) due to bad weather - thus not considered a Day On The Green.

• Day on the Green #7 & 8 (proper): The Who, Grateful Dead (October 9 & 10, 1976)