Aachen Open Air Pop Festival
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| Aachen Open Air Pop Festival | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Rock, pop |
| Dates | 10–12 July 1970 |
| Location(s) | Aachen, West Germany |
| Years active | 1970 |
| Attendance | ≥ 30,000 |
The Aachen Open Air Pop Festival was a
hippies and freaks to be expected from all over Europe, the organisers had to tackle considerable difficulties and hostilities to crack on with the idea. Some 30.-40,000 visitors attended. The Festival was well-organised, the weather was fine and no real problems occurred in spite of a massive and intimidating cop presence. Coca-Cola was the main investor, along with some local entrepreneurs. Tickets cost DM 15,- , or DM 40,- for three days.[1] Artists who ultimately declined invitations, included Ginger Baker's Air Force, Canned Heat, Donovan, Fat Mattress, John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band, John Mayall, Rhinoceros, The Rolling Stones and Soft Machine
.
Acts
Friday, July 10:
- Traffic (advertised, but did not appear)
- Deep Purple
- Free
- If
- Quintessence
- Livin' Blues
- Principal Edwards Magic Theatre
- Cuby + Blizzards (advertised, but did not appear)
- Golden Earring
- Spencer Davis & Alun Davies
Saturday, July 11:
- Edgar Broughton Band
- Taste
- Keef Hartley
- Caravan
- Can
- Kevin Ayers and the Whole World
- Mungo Jerry
- Kraftwerk[2]
Sunday, July 12:
- Pink Floyd
- Fairport Convention (advertised, but did not appear)
- Van der Graaf Generator (cancelled for finishing time)
- Hardin & York
- Amon Düül II
- Tyrannosaurus Rex
- Krokodil
- Raw Material
- Champion Jack Dupree
See also
- List of historic rock festivals
- List of music festivals
References
- ^ "POP FESTIVAL AACHEN 1970 | Aachener Untergrund Kultur". Allopach.wordpress.com. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ^ "Photographic image of poster" (JPG). Allopach.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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