San Francisco Pop Festival
| San Francisco International Pop Festival | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Rock, pop, etc. |
| Dates | October 26–27, 1968 |
| Location(s) | Alameda County Fairgrounds United States |
The KYA San Francisco International Pop Festival was held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds on Saturday October 26 and Sunday October 27, 1968.
Groups
The groups playing at the festival included (in alphabetical order):[1]
- The Animals
- Canned Heat
- The Chambers Brothers
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Deep Purple
- José Feliciano
- Fraternity of Man
- The Grass Roots
- Iron Butterfly
- The Loading Zone
- Buddy Miles
- Procol Harum
- Rejoice
- Johnny Rivers
History
The San Francisco International Pop Festival was rescheduled from Searsville Lake,[2] San Mateo County, CA October 5-6, 1968.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
See also
- List of music festivals in the United States
- List of historic rock festivals
- List of pop festivals
References
- ^ Event Handbill Wolfgang's Vault
- ^ "Searsville Lake · California 94062".
- ^ Billboard (28 September 1968). "San Francisco International Pop Festival". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
- ^ Billboard (26 October 1968). "San Francisco International Pop Festival". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
- ^ Corry342 (15 July 2009). "Rock Prosopography 101: The San Francisco Pop Festival, Searsville Lake, San Mateo County, CA October 5-6, 1968 (rescheduled)".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "1968 - San Francisco International Pop Festival". Sherwood's Treasures.
- ^ Audience Tape Preservation Channel (26 March 2017). "1968-10-26 - San Francisco International Pop Festival - Alameda County Fairgrounds - Pleasanton, CA" – via YouTube.
- ^ OLIVER, JOHN (October 28, 1968). "Sour Notes At Pop Festival (PLEASANTON)". Fremont, California: The Argus.
Not only was the talent "Way out" at the International Pops Festival at the Pleasanton fairgrounds over the weekend...
External links
- Wolfgang's Vault Event Handbill
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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
