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 |
| Founded by | Candi Promotions |
The Vancouver Pop Festival was a Canadian rock festival held at the Paradise Valley Resort in Squamish, British Columbia. The dates of the festival were August 22, 23 and 24, 1969.[1] It was produced by Candi Promotions. The groups playing at the festival included (in alphabetical order):
- The Chambers Brothers
- Chicago
- Alice Cooper
- Crome Syrcus
- 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
Due to problems with paid attendance, only some of these acts actually performed. It has been claimed that the Grateful Dead did not perform[1] but Jerry Garcia biographer Blair Jackson disputes this, and speculates the Dead took the gig to move on from their poor performance at the Woodstock festival a week earlier.[2]
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External links
- Wolfgang's Vault Event Poster