San Francisco Pop Festival
San Francisco International Pop Festival | |
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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
- 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
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)".
- ^ "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[]
Categories:
- Rock festivals in the United States
- Festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area
- 1968 in California
- Counterculture festivals
- Music festivals established in 1968
- Pop music festivals in the United States
- 1968 music festivals