Laurel Pop Festival
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Genre | Rock, pop, etc. |
Dates | July 11–12, 1969 |
Location(s) | Laurel, MD United States |
Years active | 1969 |
The Laurel Pop Festival was a music festival held at the Laurel Race Course in Laurel, Maryland on July 11–12, 1969.
Background
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 The Guess Who (on July 12).[1]
Despite its line-up of top flight acts, the festival remains unheralded and somewhat forgotten. It took place one month before Woodstock.[2]
See also
- List of music festivals in the United States
- List of historic rock festivals
- Led Zeppelin Played Here
References
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people
- Chet Helms
- Tom Rounds
- Mel Lawrence
- Lou Adler
- John Phillips
- Hilly Kristal
- Michael Lang
- Bill Graham
- Wally Hope
- Ubi Dwyer
- Sid Rawle
- Bill Hanley
- Wavy Gravy
- Freddy Bannister
- Barry Fey
- Merry Pranksters
- Alex Cooley
- Graeme Dunstan
- Mick Farren
- Russ Gibb
- Shelly Finkel
- Jim Koplik
- Stewart Levine
- Hugh Masekela
- Leonard Stogel
- Robert Raymond
- Bruce Lundvall
- Jerry Masucci
- Michael Eavis
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