Vancouver Pop Festival
| Vancouver Pop Festival | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Rock, pop, etc. |
| Dates | August 22, 23 and 24, 1969 |
| Location(s) | Squamish, British Columbia Canada |
| Years active | 1969 |
| Founders | Candi Promotions |
The Vancouver Pop Festival was a rock festival held at the Paradise Valley Resort in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. The dates of the festival were August 22, 23 and 24, 1969.[1] It was produced by Candi Promotions.
Neither the Grateful Dead nor Strawberry Alarm Clock played. A band named Crow was the surprise hit for those who liked hard rock. Bikers provided an uncomfortable, "avoid taking hallucinogens" vibe.
Lineup
[edit]Due to problems with paid attendance, only some of the acts listed below performed. It has been claimed that the Grateful Dead did not perform[1] but Jerry Garcia biographer Blair Jackson disputed this, and speculated the Dead took the gig to move on from their poor performance at the Woodstock festival a week earlier.[2] The groups playing at the festival included (in alphabetical order):
- Canned Heat
- A Group called Smith
- The Chambers Brothers
- Chicago Transit Authority
- Alice Cooper
- Crome Syrcus
- Crow
- Flying Burrito Brothers
- The Grass Roots
- Grateful Dead[2]
- The Guess Who
- Love
- Taj Mahal
- Brownie McGhee
- Merryweather
- Motherlode
- Poco
- The Rascals
- Little Richard
- Merrilee Rush
- Strawberry Alarm Clock
- Sonny Terry
- The Byrds, interrupted by drunken Bikers, poor security
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "This Day In History: August 24, 1969". Vancouver Sun. August 24, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ^ a b Jackson, Blair (2000). Garcia: An American Life. Penguin. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-140-29199-5.
External links
[edit]- Wolfgang's Vault Event Poster