Monterey International Pop Festival (1967)

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The Monterey International Pop Festival (1967) was a landmark three-day music festival in California that helped launch the careers of major rock and pop artists and is often credited with ushering in the Summer of Love and the modern era of large-scale music festivals.

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instanceOf music festival ⓘ
pop music festival ⓘ
rock festival ⓘ
associatedMovement counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ
attendance approximately 50000 to 90000 ⓘ
charitableAspect profits were donated to charity ⓘ
chronologicalPosition preceded Woodstock Festival (1969) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
documentaryDirector D. A. Pennebaker ⓘ
documentedIn Monterey Pop (1968 film) ⓘ
endDate 1967-06-18 ⓘ
era Summer of Love ⓘ
foundedBy Alan Pariser ⓘ
Derek Taylor ⓘ
John Phillips ⓘ
Lou Adler ⓘ
hasGenre blues ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
raga rock ⓘ
rock music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
location Monterey, California ⓘ
linked to: Monterey
notableEvent Jimi Hendrix burned his guitar on stage ⓘ
Otis Redding performed before a large predominantly white rock audience ⓘ
linked to: Otis Redding
notablePerformer Big Brother and the Holding Company ⓘ
Buffalo Springfield ⓘ
Janis Joplin ⓘ
Jefferson Airplane ⓘ
Jimi Hendrix ⓘ
Otis Redding ⓘ
Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
The Byrds ⓘ
The Grateful Dead ⓘ
linked to: Grateful Dead

The Jimi Hendrix Experience ⓘ
The Mamas & the Papas ⓘ
The Who ⓘ
numberOfDays 3 ⓘ
organizedBy Monterey International Pop Festival Foundation ⓘ
significance considered a forerunner of modern large-scale rock festivals ⓘ
credited with ushering in the Summer of Love ⓘ
helped launch the careers of several major rock and pop artists ⓘ
slogan Music, Love and Flowers ⓘ
startDate 1967-06-16 ⓘ
ticketPolicy artists performed for free or for minimal fees ⓘ
venue Monterey County Fairgrounds ⓘ

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Lou Adler → organized → Monterey International Pop Festival (1967) ⓘ
Monterey Folk Festival → followedBy → Monterey International Pop Festival ⓘ
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Purple Haze → hasNotableLivePerformance → Monterey Pop Festival 1967 ⓘ
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience → notablePerformance → Monterey Pop Festival 1967 ⓘ
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Foxy Lady → hasNotableLivePerformancesAt → Monterey Pop Festival ⓘ
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D. A. Pennebaker → notableWork → Monterey Pop ⓘ
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D. A. Pennebaker → directed → Monterey Pop ⓘ
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Pennebaker Hegedus Films → notableWork → Monterey Pop ⓘ
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Janis Joplin → performedAt → Monterey Pop Festival ⓘ
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Jefferson Airplane → notablePerformance → Monterey Pop Festival 1967 ⓘ
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Ravi Shankar → performedAt → Monterey Pop Festival ⓘ
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Monterey International Pop Festival Foundation → basedOnEvent → Monterey International Pop Festival ⓘ
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Monterey International Pop Festival Foundation → associatedWithEvent → 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival ⓘ
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Mama Cass Elliot → notableEvent → performed at the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967 ⓘ
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Monterey County Fairgrounds → knownFor → Monterey International Pop Festival ⓘ
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Monterey County Fairgrounds → hostedEvent → Monterey International Pop Festival 1967 ⓘ
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Mitch Mitchell → performedAt → Monterey Pop Festival ⓘ
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San Francisco Sound → associatedFestival → Monterey Pop Festival ⓘ
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Quicksilver Messenger Service → performedAt → Monterey Pop Festival (informal scene, not main bill) ⓘ
linked to: Monterey International Pop Festival (1967)
Big Brother and the Holding Company → performedAt → Monterey Pop Festival ⓘ
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Ball and Chain → notablePerformance → Monterey Pop Festival 1967 ⓘ
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Country Joe and the Fish → performedAt → Monterey Pop Festival ⓘ
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psychedelic rock → notableFestival → Monterey Pop Festival ⓘ
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Shake (Otis Redding version) → notableLivePerformanceVenue → Monterey Pop Festival ⓘ
subject linked to: Shake
linked to: Monterey International Pop Festival (1967)
Shake (Otis Redding version) → notableLivePerformanceEvent → Monterey International Pop Festival ⓘ
subject linked to: Shake
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