Historic Festivals
The following is a sample of rock festivals of historical significance, with an emphasis on multiple-day, outdoor events.
- KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival (June 10–11, 1967, Mt. Tamalpais, Marin Co., CA)
- Monterey Pop Festival (June 16–18, 1967, Monterey, CA)
- Fantasy Faire and Magic Music Festival (July 15–16, 1967, Devonshire Meadows, Northridge, CA)
- Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1968)
- Miami Pop Festivals (May 1968) and (December 1968)
- Los Angeles Pop Festival (1968)
- Sky River Pop Festival & Lighter Than Air Fair (1968), (1969) and (1970)
- Newport Pop Festival (1968)
- San Francisco Pop Festival (1968)
- Toronto Pop Festival (1969)
- Newport 69 Pop Festival (1969)
- Aquarian Family Festival (1969)
- Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1969)
- Big Rock Pow Wow (1969)
- First Annual Detroit Rock & Roll Revival (1969)
- New Orleans Pop Festival (1969)
- Atlanta International Pop Festival (1969)
- Seattle Pop Festival (1969)
- Midwest Rock Festival (1969)
- Saugatuck Pop Festival - Second Annual (1969)
- Texas International Pop Festival (1969)
- Laurel Pop Festival (1969)
- Atlantic City Pop Festival (1969)
- Woodstock festival (1969), Woodstock 1994, and Woodstock 1999
- Denver Pop Festival (1969)
- Toronto Rock and Roll Revival (1969)
- Palm Beach Pop Festival (1969)
- Altamont Free Concert (1969)
- Bath Festival (1969)
- Miami Rock Festival (1969)
- Phun City (1970)
- Winter's End Festival (1970)
- Wadena Rock Festival (1970)
- Sound Storm (April 24-26, 1970, York Farm, Poynette, WI)
- People's Fair / Stevens Point Festival (June 26-28, 1970, Iola, WI)
- Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970) (July 3-5, 1970, Byron, GA)
- Kickapoo Creek Rock Festival (1970)
- Powder Ridge Rock Festival (1970)
- Goose Lake International Music Festival (1970)
- Love Valley Rock Festival (1970)
- New York Pop Festival - Randall's Island (1970)
- 1st Annual Central Texas Music Festival (1970)
- Strawberry Fields Festival (1970)
- Kralingen Music Festival - Rotterdam/Kralingen (1970)
- Aachen Open Air Pop Festival - Aachen, FRG (1970)
- Isle of Wight Festival (1970)
- Vortex I (1970)
- Celebration of Life (1971)
- Roskilde Festival (1971)
- Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival - Bull Island (1972)
- Concert 10/Mt. Pocono Rock Festival (1972)
- Sunbury Pop Festival Australia (1972–1975)
- Mar y Sol Festival (1972)
- Summer Jam at Watkins Glen (1973)
- California Jam (1974)
- Ozark Music Festival 1974
- Nambassa festival series New Zealand 1976-1981
- Florida Sunfest (1977)
- Canada Jam 1978
- Knebworth Festival (1979)
- Heatwave festival 1980
- Spring Rhythms. Tbilisi-80 (1980)
- US Festival (1982 & 1983)
- Rendez-vous Houston (1985), largest outdoor "rock concert" ever in North America
- Live Aid (1985)
- concierto de conciertos (1988) Bogota, Colombia
- Moscow Music Peace Festival (1989)
- Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto (2003), largest outdoor ticketed event in Canadian history, 450,000–500,000 attendees
- Crossroads Guitar Festival (2004, 2007 & 2010)
- Live 8 (2005)
- Live Earth (2007)
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