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Gradient camera icon used to identify the RetroForge Records Instagram profile.
Creator: ibrandify
Source: Freepik
Licence: Freepik Free License
Credit line: Designed by ibrandify / Freepik
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Accessed: 2026-07-25
Guide: psychedelic rock
Creator: Michael Spencer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
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Guide: psychedelic rock
Creator: gina pina
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
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Guide: psychedelic rock
Creator: Jake
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
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Guide: instrumental progressive rock
Creator: ZecG
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.5
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Guide: instrumental progressive rock
Creator: Matias1321
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Guide: krautrock
Creator: TW5967
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Guide: kosmische musik
Creator: Frank Schwichtenberg
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Guide: motorik rock
Creator: deepskyobject
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
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Guide: experimental krautrock
Creator: Jake
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
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Guide: electronic krautrock
Creator: ManoSolo13241324
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Christian Vander drives Magma from the drum kit at Roadburn Festival, Tilburg, April 2017.
Article: zeuhl beyond magma
Creator: Grywnn
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
Soft Machine’s fourth line-up: a personnel map at the heart of the Canterbury Scene’s turn toward jazz-rock.
Article: canterbury scene jazz whimsy prog
Creator: Columbia Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public Domain
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
Hawkwind in St Albans, 1979: amplified repetition, electronics and science-fiction imagery brought into one live environment.
Article: space rock space prog kosmische
Creator: Paul Carless
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
Kraftwerk live in Ferrara, 2005. Their machine-precise performance language became a reference point far beyond krautrock.
Article: krautrock to industrial music
Creator: Daniele Dalledonne
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
The Incredible String Band in Amsterdam, 25 September 1970: acoustic instrumentation and psychedelic imagination sharing the same stage.
Article: acid folk occult psych
Creator: Bert Verhoeff / Anefo
Source: Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 1.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
Black Sabbath in Cardiff, 1981. The band’s weight, riff language and atmosphere became central reference points for doom and heavy psychedelia.
Article: heavy psych stoner psych proto doom
Creator: Andrew King
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
The Jimi Hendrix Experience at Helsinki’s Culture House, 22 May 1967: blues language transformed through volume, feedback and studio-era imagination.
Article: psychedelic blues delta acid era
Creator: Hannu Lindroos / Lehtikuva
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public Domain
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
Marillion at Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan, 4 October 2017: a later concert image of one of neo-prog’s defining bands.
Article: neo prog vs 1970s progressive rock
Creator: SuperVirtual
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
Roky Erickson at the Austin Music Awards, 12 March 2008. The later performance points back to the enduring legacy of the 13th Floor Elevators.
Article: garage psych studio experiment
Creator: Ron Baker
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
Henry Cow at Festa dell’Unità, Turin, 20 September 1976: one of the groups that would help define the Rock in Opposition network.
Article: rock in opposition avant prog
Creator: Unknown photographer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public Domain
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
Premiata Forneria Marconi performing in Ulignano, 25 August 2007: a later view of one of Italian progressive rock’s internationally recognised groups.
Article: italian progressive rock
Creator: passo_variabile
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
A composite of separate 1970s portraits of Mahavishnu Orchestra members John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Jerry Goodman and Jan Hammer.
Article: jazz rock fusion
Creator: Sduraybito, Jim Summaria, Gisle Hannemyr and Dirk Herbert; composite by Misterpither
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar performing together in 2005. Indian classical music has its own traditions and history beyond rock’s selective borrowing.
Article: raga rock indian instruments psychedelia
Creator: Revanta Banerji
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
The Beach Boys in Honolulu, 12 January 2014. Their vocal arranging and studio ambition remain central to the history of sunshine pop.
Article: sunshine pop baroque psychedelia
Creator: Peter Chiapperino
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
Tangerine Dream at Le Trabendo, Paris, 18 October 2025: a contemporary performance by a group central to progressive electronic music’s analogue history.
Article: progressive electronic before digital
Creator: ManoSolo13241324
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 1.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
Magma performing in May 2025. Decades after the first Kobaïan records, the ensemble still treats rhythm, voices and collective force as one system.
Article: zeuhl beyond magma
Creator: ManoSolo13241324
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 1.0
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The Wilde Flowers became a crucial point of connection in Canterbury: former members went on to help shape both Soft Machine and Caravan.
Article: canterbury scene jazz whimsy prog
Creator: Rcarlberg
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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A Hawkwind ticket from 12 February 1983: a small surviving object from the touring culture that carried space rock beyond the record sleeve.
Article: space rock space prog kosmische
Creator: David Glaves
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public Domain
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
Percussionist Rebop Kwaku Baah, who appeared on Can's 1977 album Saw Delight, photographed in Hamburg.
Article: krautrock to industrial music
Creator: Heinrich Klaffs
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
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The Incredible String Band in Amsterdam, September 1970. Their open instrumentation and song forms show why acid folk cannot be reduced to acoustic psychedelia.
Article: acid folk occult psych
Creator: Bert Verhoeff / Anefo
Source: Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 1.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
Black Sabbath onstage in 1977. The band's slow weight, riff economy and ominous space became a vocabulary that later scenes would divide into new subgenres.
Article: heavy psych stoner psych proto doom
Creator: Anthony Catalano
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
A ticket for the Jimi Hendrix Experience in Herford, 28 May 1967. The touring circuit carried a radically amplified blues language across Europe.
Article: psychedelic blues delta acid era
Creator: Slowhand52
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Marillion at the Loreley amphitheatre in 2010. The setting is a reminder that neo-prog's identity was built as much through committed live audiences as through studio records.
Article: neo prog vs 1970s progressive rock
Creator: JesterWr
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 de
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Roky Erickson at Coachella in 2007. His later performances kept the 13th Floor Elevators' songs in circulation long after garage psychedelia became a historical label.
Article: garage psych studio experiment
Creator: thetripwirenyc
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
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Amaury Cambuzat of Faust at a Rock in Opposition festival in southern France, April 2007. The name survived the original 1978 initiative as a meeting point for independent experimental music.
Article: rock in opposition avant prog
Creator: Michael S. Eisenberg
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Le Orme in 1975. Italian progressive rock developed through its own language, song tradition and recording industry rather than merely duplicating British models.
Article: italian progressive rock
Creator: Unknown photographer
Source: Radiocorriere / Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public Domain
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
Miles Davis performing in November 1971. His electric-period ensembles became laboratories in which jazz improvisation, studio construction and rock volume met.
Article: jazz rock fusion
Creator: JPRoche
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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A sitar in close view. The instrument's sympathetic strings, movable frets and playing technique cannot be reduced to a single exotic colour in a rock arrangement.
Article: raga rock indian instruments psychedelia
Creator: Sathyadeep
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public Domain
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Accessed: 2026-07-26
The Beach Boys in a 1965 Capitol Records publicity photograph. Their vocal architecture and studio ambition sit at the centre of sunshine pop's history.
Article: sunshine pop baroque psychedelia
Creator: Capitol Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public Domain
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Klaus Schulze. His long-form electronic records made duration, gradual change and the behaviour of analogue equipment part of the composition.
Article: progressive electronic before digital
Creator: W.carter
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cream performing for Dutch television in 1968. The period image represents the amplified blues-rock centre of gravity that had transformed Pendleton's festival programme by the late 1960s; it is not a festival photograph.
Creator: F. van Geelen, Omroepvereniging VARA
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Cream performing for Dutch television in 1968. The period image represents the amplified blues-rock centre of gravity that had transformed Pendleton's festival programme by the late 1960s; it is not a festival photograph — F. van Geelen, Omroepvereniging VARA — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Eric Clapton's 1964 Gibson SG, painted by The Fool in 1967 and photographed in a later museum display. The instrument provides material context for Cream's psychedelic blues era, not direct evidence of a festival performance.
Creator: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Eric Clapton's 1964 Gibson SG, painted by The Fool in 1967 and photographed in a later museum display. The instrument provides material context for Cream's psychedelic blues era, not direct evidence of a festival performance — Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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The Fool-painted instruments associated with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce, seen in a later exhibition. They illustrate how the festival's blues programming entered the psychedelic visual culture of 1967.
Creator: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: The Fool-painted instruments associated with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce, seen in a later exhibition. They illustrate how the festival's blues programming entered the psychedelic visual culture of 1967 — Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker performing with Cream in 1967. This period stage photograph supplies artist context and is not identified as the National Jazz & Blues Festival.
Creator: Unknown author Unknown author This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 .
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker performing with Cream in 1967. This period stage photograph supplies artist context and is not identified as the National Jazz & Blues Festival — Unknown author Unknown author This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 . — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Pink Floyd in a 1969 issue of the Indonesian music magazine Aktuil. The reproduced period image marks the progressive and psychedelic route that increasingly shared the festival bill with jazz and blues.
Creator: Majalah Aktuil
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Pink Floyd in a 1969 issue of the Indonesian music magazine Aktuil. The reproduced period image marks the progressive and psychedelic route that increasingly shared the festival bill with jazz and blues — Majalah Aktuil — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A later aerial view of Esalen Institute, showing the narrow cliffside geography that helped keep the early Big Sur Folk Festival physically intimate. It does not show a festival edition.
Creator: John Wiley User:Jw4nvc - Santa Barbara, California
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later aerial view of Esalen Institute, showing the narrow cliffside geography that helped keep the early Big Sur Folk Festival physically intimate. It does not show a festival edition — John Wiley User:Jw4nvc - Santa Barbara, California — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Esalen Institute on the Big Sur cliffs in a later photograph. The image documents the setting and its limited space, not the temporary stage or audience of the 1960s.
Creator: Akos Kokai
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Esalen Institute on the Big Sur cliffs in a later photograph. The image documents the setting and its limited space, not the temporary stage or audience of the 1960s — Akos Kokai — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Joan Baez singing at the March on Washington in 1963. The photograph provides period context for the artist whose relationship with Nancy Carlen and Esalen was central to Big Sur's origins.
Creator: Scherman, Rowland, U.S. Information Agency. Press and Publications Service. (ca. 1953 - ca. 1978)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Joan Baez singing at the March on Washington in 1963. The photograph provides period context for the artist whose relationship with Nancy Carlen and Esalen was central to Big Sur's origins — Scherman, Rowland, U.S. Information Agency. Press and Publications Service. (ca. 1953 - ca. 1978) — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A later view across Esalen Institute toward the Pacific. Its terraces and coastline help explain why landscape and proximity were structural parts of the festival experience.
Creator: Sarah Stierch
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: A later view across Esalen Institute toward the Pacific. Its terraces and coastline help explain why landscape and proximity were structural parts of the festival experience — Sarah Stierch — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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The Big Sur coastline in a National Archives photograph. This regional landscape context is not a view of Esalen or a festival performance.
Creator: Dick Rowan
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Big Sur coastline in a National Archives photograph. This regional landscape context is not a view of Esalen or a festival performance — Dick Rowan — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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An archival photograph in the Wikimedia Commons Burg Waldeck festival series, retained with its item-level credit.
Creator: Mirdsson2
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: An archival photograph in the Wikimedia Commons Burg Waldeck festival series, retained with its item-level credit — Mirdsson2 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A second archival photograph in the Burg Waldeck festival series, documenting the event's physical and social setting.
Creator: Mirdsson2
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A second archival photograph in the Burg Waldeck festival series, documenting the event's physical and social setting — Mirdsson2 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A third licensed archival view associated directly with the Burg Waldeck festival series.
Creator: Mirdsson2
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A third licensed archival view associated directly with the Burg Waldeck festival series — Mirdsson2 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Odetta at the Burg Waldeck Festival in 1968, directly identified by the item-level source record.
Creator: Sverrir Mirdsson
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Odetta at the Burg Waldeck Festival in 1968, directly identified by the item-level source record — Sverrir Mirdsson — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Burg Waldeck meeting house in a later photograph, used as clearly dated site context.
Creator: onnola
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: The Burg Waldeck meeting house in a later photograph, used as clearly dated site context — onnola — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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L. Shankar and John McLaughlin at Jazz Bilzen in 1978, evidence of how far the programme had travelled from the festival’s mid-1960s jazz beginnings.
Creator: Chris Hakkens
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: L. Shankar and John McLaughlin at Jazz Bilzen in 1978, evidence of how far the programme had travelled from the festival’s mid-1960s jazz beginnings — Chris Hakkens — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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One Truth Band at Jazz Bilzen in 1978, when jazz-rock and electric virtuosity belonged to the festival’s changing vocabulary.
Creator: Chris Hakkens
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: One Truth Band at Jazz Bilzen in 1978, when jazz-rock and electric virtuosity belonged to the festival’s changing vocabulary — Chris Hakkens — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Philippe Catherine and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen at Jazz Bilzen in 1978, preserving the jazz line inside an increasingly rock-oriented programme.
Creator: Chris Hakkens
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Philippe Catherine and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen at Jazz Bilzen in 1978, preserving the jazz line inside an increasingly rock-oriented programme — Chris Hakkens — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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John McLaughlin at Jazz Bilzen in 1978. The surviving photographs document individual sets rather than a single unchanging idea of the festival.
Creator: Chris Hakkens
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: John McLaughlin at Jazz Bilzen in 1978. The surviving photographs document individual sets rather than a single unchanging idea of the festival — Chris Hakkens — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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The Jazz-Bilzenplein area in the town. This modern heritage photograph records the local setting, not the historical festival itself.
Creator: Kennes, Hilde
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: The Jazz-Bilzenplein area in the town. This modern heritage photograph records the local setting, not the historical festival itself — Kennes, Hilde — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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The sunburst Fender Stratocaster associated with Bob Dylan's electric Newport set. The instrument survives as material evidence of a performance surrounded by unusually durable mythology.
Creator: Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: The sunburst Fender Stratocaster associated with Bob Dylan's electric Newport set — Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Bob Dylan in 1965. This is a publicity portrait, not a Newport performance image, and is included to establish the artist at the moment his acoustic and electric work were rapidly converging.
Creator: Daniel Kramer (Albert Grossman Management)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Bob Dylan in 1965 — Daniel Kramer (Albert Grossman Management) — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band around 1967. This later publicity photograph is contextual: members of Butterfield's group helped give Dylan's Newport set its abrasive electric force.
Creator: Unknown photographer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band around 1967 — Unknown photographer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Pete Seeger in a documentary press photograph made before Newport 1965. He was central to the festival and to later arguments over what happened around the sound system during Dylan's set.
Creator: Fred Palumbo , World Telegram staff photographer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Pete Seeger in a documentary press photograph made before Newport 1965 — Fred Palumbo , World Telegram staff photographer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Bob Dylan playing with The Byrds in 1965. This is not Newport, but it shows the wider folk-rock exchange already under way in the same year.
Creator: Unknown photographer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Bob Dylan playing with The Byrds in 1965 — Unknown photographer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Papa Bue at Pori Jazz in 1970, directly identified by the item-level source record.
Creator: Jorma Komulainen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Papa Bue at Pori Jazz in 1970, directly identified by the item-level source record — Jorma Komulainen — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Pori Jazz in 1995, clearly labelled as later continuity beyond the guide's main 1966–1984 window.
Creator: Pentti Pere
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: Pori Jazz in 1995, clearly labelled as later continuity beyond the guide's main 1966–1984 window — Pentti Pere — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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A Pori Jazz stage in 2006, used as later infrastructure continuity rather than early-edition documentation.
Creator: Jansteri
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A Pori Jazz stage in 2006, used as later infrastructure continuity rather than early-edition documentation — Jansteri — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Pori Jazz in 2012, explicitly used as later institutional continuity.
Creator: kallerna
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Pori Jazz in 2012, explicitly used as later institutional continuity — kallerna — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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An aerial view of Pori Jazz at Kirjurinluoto in 1992, used as later site-scale context.
Creator: Hannu Vallas
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: An aerial view of Pori Jazz at Kirjurinluoto in 1992, used as later site-scale context — Hannu Vallas — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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Jimi Hendrix performing in Helsinki in 1967, close-period artist context for his documented Olympia appearance. This is not a Christmas on Earth photograph.
Creator: Anonymous Unknown author
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jimi Hendrix performing in Helsinki in 1967, close-period artist context for his documented Olympia appearance. This is not a Christmas on Earth photograph — Anonymous Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett in 1967, close-period artist context for the documented Olympia bill rather than event photography.
Creator: Hit Parader magazine This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 .
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett in 1967, close-period artist context for the documented Olympia bill rather than event photography — Hit Parader magazine This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 . — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Robert Wyatt of Soft Machine in 1967. Soft Machine played Christmas on Earth Continued; this image documents the musician, not the Olympia performance.
Creator: Ron Kroon for Anefo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Robert Wyatt of Soft Machine in 1967. Soft Machine played Christmas on Earth Continued; this image documents the musician, not the Olympia performance — Ron Kroon for Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience in May 1967, period artist context for the December bill and not an image of the festival.
Creator: Slowhand52
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The Jimi Hendrix Experience in May 1967, period artist context for the December bill and not an image of the festival — Slowhand52 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A second 1967 view of Jimi Hendrix in Helsinki, used as close-period artist context and not as Christmas on Earth documentation.
Creator: Marjut Valakivi
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A second 1967 view of Jimi Hendrix in Helsinki, used as close-period artist context and not as Christmas on Earth documentation — Marjut Valakivi — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Grace Slick, Marty Balin and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane at Fantasy Fair. The photograph places one of San Francisco's defining groups inside the mountain amphitheatre.
Creator: Bryan Costales ©2009 Bryan Costales, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Grace Slick, Marty Balin and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane at Fantasy Fair — Bryan Costales ©2009 Bryan Costales, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The decorated stage environment at Fantasy Fair shows how performance, handmade visual culture and landscape were treated as one experience.
Creator: Bryan Costales ©2009 Bryan Costales, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: The decorated stage environment at Fantasy Fair shows how performance, handmade visual culture and landscape were treated as one experience — Bryan Costales ©2009 Bryan Costales, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A candle booth among the Fantasy Fair crowd. Vendors, costumes and improvised decoration helped turn a concert programme into a temporary countercultural environment.
Creator: Bryan Costales ©2009 Bryan Costales, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A candle booth among the Fantasy Fair crowd — Bryan Costales ©2009 Bryan Costales, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Doors at Fantasy Fair in June 1967. Their appearance came just before Monterey Pop widened the national audience for the new festival circuit.
Creator: JustRadley
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Doors at Fantasy Fair in June 1967 — JustRadley — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A geodesic dome at Fantasy Fair. Its experimental architecture belonged to the event's broader vocabulary of participatory design and alternative living.
Creator: LaMont R DeBarbieri
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A geodesic dome at Fantasy Fair — LaMont R DeBarbieri — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A historical view toward the Jaarbeurs complex in Utrecht, used as venue-area context rather than festival documentation.
Creator: A. J. van der Wal
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A historical view toward the Jaarbeurs complex in Utrecht, used as venue-area context rather than festival documentation — A. J. van der Wal — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Jaarbeurs expansion in the late 1960s, documenting the venue complex around the festival era without depicting Flight to Lowlands Paradise.
Creator: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: The Jaarbeurs expansion in the late 1960s, documenting the venue complex around the festival era without depicting Flight to Lowlands Paradise — Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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An archival view of construction at the Jaarbeurs site, used to ground the venue history and not presented as a festival image.
Creator: Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: An archival view of construction at the Jaarbeurs site, used to ground the venue history and not presented as a festival image — Nederlandse Spoorwegen — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett in 1967, period artist context for the documented Utrecht programme and not an event photograph.
Creator: Hit Parader magazine This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 .
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett in 1967, period artist context for the documented Utrecht programme and not an event photograph — Hit Parader magazine This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 . — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Robert Wyatt of Soft Machine in 1967, close-period artist context for the festival's wider underground network.
Creator: Ron Kroon for Anefo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Robert Wyatt of Soft Machine in 1967, close-period artist context for the festival's wider underground network — Ron Kroon for Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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A 1967 publicity image for the Monterey International Pop Festival, part of the event's carefully organised presentation of a new pop generation.
Creator: Monterey International Pop Festival
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A 1967 publicity image for the Monterey International Pop Festival, part of the event's carefully organised presentation of a new pop generation — Monterey International Pop Festival — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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David Crosby at Monterey. The Byrds' appearance placed an established Los Angeles group inside a bill designed to cross scenes, audiences and styles.
Creator: Unknown photographer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: David Crosby at Monterey — Unknown photographer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Michelle Phillips at Monterey in 1967. The festival joined the commercial centre of California pop to newer underground and international currents.
Creator: Unknown photographer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Michelle Phillips at Monterey in 1967 — Unknown photographer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane at Monterey, where the San Francisco scene met a much wider public.
Creator: Michael Albov (mikegoat)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane at Monterey, where the San Francisco scene met a much wider public — Michael Albov (mikegoat) — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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An early advertisement for Monterey Pop. The surviving ephemera shows how a still-unfamiliar festival format was explained and sold.
Creator: Unknown photographer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: An early advertisement for Monterey Pop — Unknown photographer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Oscar Peterson and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen at Montreux in 1979. The festival's jazz foundation remained active even as its programme expanded.
Creator: Claude TRUONG-NGOC
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Oscar Peterson and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen at Montreux in 1979 — Claude TRUONG-NGOC — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Philip Catherine at Montreux in 1980, representing the European jazz-rock and fusion currents that travelled naturally through the festival.
Creator: Pattymooney
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Philip Catherine at Montreux in 1980, representing the European jazz-rock and fusion currents that travelled naturally through the festival — Pattymooney — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Cornell Dupree at Montreux on 2 July 1976. The archive preserves not only headline mythology but the working musicians who made its cross-genre programmes possible.
Creator: Lionel decoster
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Cornell Dupree at Montreux on 2 July 1976 — Lionel decoster — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Eric Gale at Montreux on 2 July 1976. His presence belongs to the festival's fluid border between jazz, studio craft, soul and electric fusion.
Creator: Lioneldecoster
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Eric Gale at Montreux on 2 July 1976 — Lioneldecoster — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A later view of the Montreux Jazz Festival, included as present-day site context. The modern event is larger than its early editions but remains tied to the lakeside town.
Creator: Schaer Chris
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A later view of the Montreux Jazz Festival, included as present-day site context — Schaer Chris — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A large audience at the Schaefer bandstand during a Judy Collins concert. This NARA photograph is direct documentation of the Central Park series.
Creator: Suzanne Szasz
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A large audience at the Schaefer bandstand during a Judy Collins concert. This NARA photograph is direct documentation of the Central Park series — Suzanne Szasz — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Jimi Hendrix performing in Helsinki in 1967. Central Park Conservancy documents Hendrix in the first Wollman Rink season; this is artist context, not a Schaefer-stage image.
Creator: Marjut Valakivi
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jimi Hendrix performing in Helsinki in 1967. Central Park Conservancy documents Hendrix in the first Wollman Rink season; this is artist context, not a Schaefer-stage image — Marjut Valakivi — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Jimi Hendrix in 1967, providing close-period context for the first summer series at Wollman Rink. The separate venue is explicit.
Creator: Anonymous Unknown author
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jimi Hendrix in 1967, providing close-period context for the first summer series at Wollman Rink. The separate venue is explicit — Anonymous Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A later Central Park view, used to locate the urban landscape around the summer series. It does not depict a historical concert.
Creator: Dietmar Rabich
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A later Central Park view, used to locate the urban landscape around the summer series. It does not depict a historical concert — Dietmar Rabich — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A second later Central Park view, used as clearly dated site context rather than 1960s or 1970s festival documentation.
Creator: Dietmar Rabich
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A second later Central Park view, used as clearly dated site context rather than 1960s or 1970s festival documentation — Dietmar Rabich — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Alexandra Palace green doors 2025 06 06. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream 1967; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: Keith Page
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Alexandra Palace green doors 2025 06 06. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream 1967; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Keith Page — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Alexandra Palace capital detail 2022 09 02. This licensed image supplies site or regional context for The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream 1967; it is not presented as a photograph of the historical festival.
Creator: The wub
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Alexandra Palace capital detail 2022 09 02. This licensed image supplies site or regional context for The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream 1967; it is not presented as a photograph of the historical festival — The wub — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Alexandra Palace Sept. 2016 01. This licensed image supplies site or regional context for The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream 1967; it is not presented as a photograph of the historical festival.
Creator: Philafrenzy
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Alexandra Palace Sept. 2016 01. This licensed image supplies site or regional context for The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream 1967; it is not presented as a photograph of the historical festival — Philafrenzy — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Alexandra Palace Sept. 2016 03. This licensed image supplies site or regional context for The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream 1967; it is not presented as a photograph of the historical festival.
Creator: Philafrenzy
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Alexandra Palace Sept. 2016 03. This licensed image supplies site or regional context for The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream 1967; it is not presented as a photograph of the historical festival — Philafrenzy — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Alexandra Palace Sept. 2016 02. This licensed image supplies site or regional context for The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream 1967; it is not presented as a photograph of the historical festival.
Creator: Philafrenzy
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Alexandra Palace Sept. 2016 02. This licensed image supplies site or regional context for The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream 1967; it is not presented as a photograph of the historical festival — Philafrenzy — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Mothers of Invention in 1968. This rights-cleared press photograph documents a central Songtage act in the festival year, not the Essen performance itself.
Creator: Ron Kroon for Anefo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: The Mothers of Invention in 1968. This rights-cleared press photograph documents a central Songtage act in the festival year, not the Essen performance itself — Ron Kroon for Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Frank Zappa with the Mothers of Invention in October 1968, days after the Essener Songtage; used as period artist context rather than as an Essen stage photograph.
Creator: ThomasFHH
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Frank Zappa with the Mothers of Invention in October 1968, days after the Essener Songtage; used as period artist context rather than as an Essen stage photograph — ThomasFHH — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Mothers of Invention performing in October 1968. The image is period context and is not presented as a photograph of the Songtage.
Creator: ThomasFHH
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The Mothers of Invention performing in October 1968. The image is period context and is not presented as a photograph of the Songtage — ThomasFHH — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention on stage in 1968, illustrating the international underground strand represented at Essen.
Creator: ThomasFHH
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention on stage in 1968, illustrating the international underground strand represented at Essen — ThomasFHH — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Mothers of Invention arriving at Schiphol in 1968, evidence of the touring network that connected European underground festivals and venues.
Creator: Ron Kroon for Anefo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: The Mothers of Invention arriving at Schiphol in 1968, evidence of the touring network that connected European underground festivals and venues — Ron Kroon for Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Pink Floyd performing in 1973. This later concert photograph is contextual; the group headlined Hyde Park free concerts in 1968 and 1970.
Creator: TimDuncan
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 3.0
Credit line: Pink Floyd performing in 1973 — TimDuncan — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0
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Blind Faith in 1969. This publicity photograph is not from Hyde Park, where the new supergroup gave its public debut before a vast free audience.
Creator: Island Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Blind Faith in 1969 — Island Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Hyde Park in a later photograph. Its open lawns and central location made the Royal Park unusually visible—and unusually contested—as a setting for free rock concerts.
Creator: N Chadwick
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Hyde Park in a later photograph — N Chadwick — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A later view of Hyde Park, included as present-day site context rather than evidence of a 1960s concert crowd.
Creator: Fred Romero from Paris, France
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: A later view of Hyde Park, included as present-day site context rather than evidence of a 1960s concert crowd — Fred Romero from Paris, France — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Soft Machine performing at Cosmopolite in Oslo in 2018. This later contextual image documents the continuing performance life of a group connected to Hyde Park’s free-concert network.
Creator: Tore Sætre
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Soft Machine performing in 2018 — Tore Sætre — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The 1969 Isle of Wight Festival at Woodside Bay, one of a valuable group of reusable contemporary photographs.
Creator: TimBrighton
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: The 1969 Isle of Wight Festival at Woodside Bay, one of a valuable group of reusable contemporary photographs — TimBrighton — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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A contemporary view of the 1969 festival, documenting the site before the far larger 1970 edition reshaped public memory.
Creator: TimBrighton
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: A contemporary view of the 1969 festival, documenting the site before the far larger 1970 edition reshaped public memory — TimBrighton — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Festivalgoers at Woodside Bay in 1969, when Bob Dylan’s return to performance transformed the event’s scale.
Creator: TimBrighton
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Festivalgoers at Woodside Bay in 1969, when Bob Dylan’s return to performance transformed the event’s scale — TimBrighton — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Woodside Bay during the 1969 festival. The photograph records the audience geography as well as the stage event.
Creator: TimBrighton
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Woodside Bay during the 1969 festival. The photograph records the audience geography as well as the stage event — TimBrighton — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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The 1969 Isle of Wight audience, showing the intermediate scale between the 1968 experiment and the 1970 mass gathering.
Creator: TimBrighton
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: The 1969 Isle of Wight audience, showing the intermediate scale between the 1968 experiment and the 1970 mass gathering — TimBrighton — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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A documented historic exterior in Lochem from the Dutch heritage register, used as regional context and not as festival photography.
Creator: Unknown author Unknown author
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A documented historic exterior in Lochem from the Dutch heritage register, used as regional context and not as festival photography — Unknown author Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Lochem railway station in a heritage-register photograph, used to establish the town's transport geography without claiming to show Popmeeting.
Creator: A. J. van der Wal
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Lochem railway station in a heritage-register photograph, used to establish the town's transport geography without claiming to show Popmeeting — A. J. van der Wal — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The River Berkel at Lochem in a later photograph, clearly labelled as regional landscape context.
Creator: Michielverbeek
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The River Berkel at Lochem in a later photograph, clearly labelled as regional landscape context — Michielverbeek — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The wooded landscape at Grote Veld near Lochem, used to convey regional setting rather than to represent a historical festival scene.
Creator: Michielverbeek
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The wooded landscape at Grote Veld near Lochem, used to convey regional setting rather than to represent a historical festival scene — Michielverbeek — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Schouwburg Lochem in a later photograph, used as local live-culture context and not as evidence for Popmeeting's venue.
Creator: Michielverbeek
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: Schouwburg Lochem in a later photograph, used as local live-culture context and not as evidence for Popmeeting's venue — Michielverbeek — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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Marvin Gaye in 1968. This public-domain publicity photograph provides period artist context and is not presented as a Gulfstream Park performance image.
Creator: Tamla Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Marvin Gaye in 1968. This public-domain publicity photograph provides period artist context and is not presented as a Gulfstream Park performance image — Tamla Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Procol Harum in early 1968, providing period context for one of the groups documented at the December festival.
Creator: Unknown author Unknown author This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 .
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Procol Harum in early 1968, providing period context for one of the groups documented at the December festival — Unknown author Unknown author This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 . — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A historical view across Gulfstream Park. It documents the racetrack environment and predates the December 1968 festival.
Creator: Boston Public Library
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A historical view across Gulfstream Park. It documents the racetrack environment and predates the December 1968 festival — Boston Public Library — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Gulfstream Park entrance in a historical postcard, showing the permanent venue through which the festival audience later arrived.
Creator: Boston Public Library
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Gulfstream Park entrance in a historical postcard, showing the permanent venue through which the festival audience later arrived — Boston Public Library — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A historical crowd scene at Gulfstream Park. It predates the rock festival and is used only to explain the venue’s existing mass-audience infrastructure.
Creator: Gulf Stream Card & Distributing Co.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A historical crowd scene at Gulfstream Park. It predates the rock festival and is used only to explain the venue’s existing mass-audience infrastructure — Gulf Stream Card & Distributing Co. — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1968. This public-domain publicity photograph provides period artist context and is not presented as a Gulfstream Park performance image.
Creator: Reprise Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1968. This public-domain publicity photograph provides period artist context and is not presented as a Gulfstream Park performance image — Reprise Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A burned Fender Stratocaster attributed by its source record to Hendrix’s May 1968 Miami performance and later associated with Frank Zappa.
Creator: Von-zoid
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A burned Fender Stratocaster attributed by its source record to Hendrix’s May 1968 Miami performance and later associated with Frank Zappa — Von-zoid — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A historical postcard view of Gulfstream Park. It predates the festival and documents the racetrack environment rather than the May 1968 crowd.
Creator: Boston Public Library
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A historical postcard view of Gulfstream Park. It predates the festival and documents the racetrack environment rather than the May 1968 crowd — Boston Public Library — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Gulfstream Park’s clubhouse and grandstand in a historical postcard, showing permanent racetrack infrastructure later adapted for festival use.
Creator: Unknown author Unknown author
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Gulfstream Park’s clubhouse and grandstand in a historical postcard, showing permanent racetrack infrastructure later adapted for festival use — Unknown author Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A 1968 Shin-ei Uni-Vibe associated with Hendrix, representing the effects technology behind his rapidly evolving live sound.
Creator: ~Jen~ from Victoria BC, Canada
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: A 1968 Shin-ei Uni-Vibe associated with Hendrix, representing the effects technology behind his rapidly evolving live sound — ~Jen~ from Victoria BC, Canada — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Accessed: 2026-08-24
Jimi Hendrix in a late-1960s publicity photograph. Experience Hendrix confirms his Newport '69 performance at Devonshire Downs; this is period artist context, not a festival photograph.
Creator: Original photographer unknown
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jimi Hendrix in a late-1960s publicity photograph. Experience Hendrix confirms his Newport '69 performance at Devonshire Downs; this is period artist context, not a festival photograph — Original photographer unknown — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Jimi Hendrix during a 1967 television appearance. It provides close-period context for the confirmed 1969 set and is not presented as Newport documentation.
Creator: Unknown photographer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jimi Hendrix during a 1967 television appearance. It provides close-period context for the confirmed 1969 set and is not presented as Newport documentation — Unknown photographer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Jimi Hendrix in 1967, close-period context for his source-confirmed Newport '69 appearance. This is not a Devonshire Downs photograph.
Creator: Original photographer unknown
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jimi Hendrix in 1967, close-period context for his source-confirmed Newport '69 appearance. This is not a Devonshire Downs photograph — Original photographer unknown — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Accessed: 2026-08-25
Newport Boulevard in Costa Mesa before the 1968 festival. The licensed streetscape supplies local context and does not depict the fairgrounds event.
Creator: Orange County Archives from Orange County, California, United States of America
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Newport Boulevard in Costa Mesa before the 1968 festival. The licensed streetscape supplies local context and does not depict the fairgrounds event — Orange County Archives from Orange County, California, United States of America — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Accessed: 2026-08-25
A historical Orange County landscape from the regional archive, used only to locate the 1968 Costa Mesa story and not as festival documentation.
Creator: Unknown author Unknown author
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A historical Orange County landscape from the regional archive, used only to locate the 1968 Costa Mesa story and not as festival documentation — Unknown author Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Santa Clara County Fairgrounds entrance during a later community festival. It documents the continuing fairground site, not its appearance during the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival.
Creator: Unknown creator
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: The Santa Clara County Fairgrounds entrance during a later community festival. It documents the continuing fairground site, not its appearance during the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival — Unknown creator — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Accessed: 2026-08-24
The Doors performing for Danish television in 1968. This period image supplies lineup context for the first San Jose edition without claiming to show the fairgrounds stage.
Creator: Polfoto/Jan Persson
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Doors performing for Danish television in 1968. This period image supplies lineup context for the first San Jose edition without claiming to show the fairgrounds stage — Polfoto/Jan Persson — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Jimi Hendrix performing in Memphis in 1969. The contemporary newspaper photograph provides artist context for his San Jose appearance and is not a Northern California festival image.
Creator: James Shearin
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jimi Hendrix performing in Memphis in 1969. The contemporary newspaper photograph provides artist context for his San Jose appearance and is not a Northern California festival image — James Shearin — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Jefferson Airplane in a 1967 publicity photograph. The band represents the Bay Area network that linked the fairground experiment to the wider psychedelic scene.
Creator: RCA Records/photographer: Herb Greene
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jefferson Airplane in a 1967 publicity photograph. The band represents the Bay Area network that linked the fairground experiment to the wider psychedelic scene — RCA Records/photographer: Herb Greene — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A 1968 Jefferson Airplane concert advertisement. It is used as contemporary touring context, not as a poster for the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival.
Creator: Grape, Pacific Gas and Electric, WMMS, et al.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A 1968 Jefferson Airplane concert advertisement. It is used as contemporary touring context, not as a poster for the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival — Grape, Pacific Gas and Electric, WMMS, et al. — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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An unidentified performer at the 1968 Sky River Rock Festival. The item-level record identifies the event directly.
Creator: R. Frank, E. Low, K. Wright, N.S.S. John; no statement of who took what photo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: An unidentified performer at the 1968 Sky River Rock Festival. The item-level record identifies the event directly — R. Frank, E. Low, K. Wright, N.S.S. John; no statement of who took what photo — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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John Chambless in 1968, preserved in the Sky River archival grouping and credited through its item-level source record.
Creator: N.S.S. John
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: John Chambless in 1968, preserved in the Sky River archival grouping and credited through its item-level source record — N.S.S. John — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A July 1968 Helix page from the public-domain DPLA scan. It documents the counterculture network that organised and reported Sky River.
Creator: Dorpat, Paul
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A July 1968 Helix page from the public-domain DPLA scan. It documents the counterculture network that organised and reported Sky River — Dorpat, Paul — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Grateful Dead in 1970. HistoryLink documents the group's unscheduled arrival at the first Sky River; this is close-period artist context, not an event photograph.
Creator: Herb Greene
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Grateful Dead in 1970. HistoryLink documents the group's unscheduled arrival at the first Sky River; this is close-period artist context, not an event photograph — Herb Greene — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Washington State Historical Society, used as regional archive context for a festival reconstructed through Washington historical collections. It does not depict Sky River.
Creator: Joe Mabel
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The Washington State Historical Society, used as regional archive context for a festival reconstructed through Washington historical collections. It does not depict Sky River — Joe Mabel — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A surviving advertisement for the free concert at Altamont Raceway. Its confident simplicity gives no hint of the improvised organisation and danger that followed.
Creator: Unknown photographer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A surviving advertisement for the free concert at Altamont Raceway — Unknown photographer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Accessed: 2026-07-23
Altamont Motorsports Park in 2007. This is later location context, not a photograph of the 1969 concert.
Creator: Gateman1997 at English Wikipedia
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Altamont Motorsports Park in 2007 — Gateman1997 at English Wikipedia — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jefferson Airplane in a publicity photograph from around 1970. This contextual image was not taken at Altamont, where the group performed during the increasingly violent afternoon.
Creator: RCA Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jefferson Airplane in a publicity photograph from around 1970 — RCA Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Santana in 1969. This publicity photograph is contextual and was not made at Altamont; the band appeared early in the concert programme.
Creator: Distributed by Columbia Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Santana in 1969 — Distributed by Columbia Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Jefferson Airplane in 1967, before Altamont. This is a contextual publicity photograph, included to identify one of the San Francisco groups caught inside the event's unstable conditions.
Creator: RCA Records/photographer: Herb Greene
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jefferson Airplane in 1967, before Altamont — RCA Records/photographer: Herb Greene — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Saint Bavo church in Amougies. This present-day village view is location context, not a photograph of the festival tent in 1969.
Creator: PMRMaeyaert
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Saint Bavo church in Amougies — PMRMaeyaert — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-23
Amougies in a later photograph. The small Belgian village became the emergency home of a festival first planned for France.
Creator: Jean-Pol Grandmont
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.5
Credit line: Amougies in a later photograph — Jean-Pol Grandmont — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.5
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Accessed: 2026-07-23
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in Hamburg in 1968. This contextual photograph was not taken at Amougies; Zappa served as an onstage master of ceremonies and joined several festival improvisations.
Creator: ThomasFHH
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in Hamburg in 1968 — ThomasFHH — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Mothers of Invention at Schiphol in 1968. This is contextual rather than festival photography, documenting the European circuit from which Amougies drew part of its programme.
Creator: Ron Kroon for Anefo
Source: Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: The Mothers of Invention at Schiphol in 1968 — Ron Kroon for Anefo — Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Soft Machine performing in Oslo in 2018. This later contextual image is not an Amougies photograph; the group's 1969 appearance linked psychedelic rock, Canterbury composition and jazz improvisation.
Creator: Tore Sætre
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Soft Machine performing in Oslo in 2018 — Tore Sætre — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-23
Pee Wee Crayton by JT 1970 AABF. The item-level source record connects this licensed image directly to Ann Arbor Blues / Blues & Jazz Festival 1969–1974.
Creator: Eatonland
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Pee Wee Crayton by JT 1970 AABF. The item-level source record connects this licensed image directly to Ann Arbor Blues / Blues & Jazz Festival 1969–1974 — Eatonland — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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B.B. King, Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969. The item-level source record connects this licensed image directly to Ann Arbor Blues / Blues & Jazz Festival 1969–1974.
Creator: University of Michigan
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: B.B. King, Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969. The item-level source record connects this licensed image directly to Ann Arbor Blues / Blues & Jazz Festival 1969–1974 — University of Michigan — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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AABF 1969 Magic Sam JT. The item-level source record connects this licensed image directly to Ann Arbor Blues / Blues & Jazz Festival 1969–1974.
Creator: Eatonland
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: AABF 1969 Magic Sam JT. The item-level source record connects this licensed image directly to Ann Arbor Blues / Blues & Jazz Festival 1969–1974 — Eatonland — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Juke Boy Bonner AABF 1970 JT. The item-level source record connects this licensed image directly to Ann Arbor Blues / Blues & Jazz Festival 1969–1974.
Creator: Eatonland
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Juke Boy Bonner AABF 1970 JT. The item-level source record connects this licensed image directly to Ann Arbor Blues / Blues & Jazz Festival 1969–1974 — Eatonland — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Hound Dog Taylor 1970 AABF JT. The item-level source record connects this licensed image directly to Ann Arbor Blues / Blues & Jazz Festival 1969–1974.
Creator: Eatonland
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Hound Dog Taylor 1970 AABF JT. The item-level source record connects this licensed image directly to Ann Arbor Blues / Blues & Jazz Festival 1969–1974 — Eatonland — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Janis Joplin in 1969, providing period artist context for Atlanta’s first international pop festival.
Creator: Ashley Famous Agency/Albert B. Grossman-management
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Janis Joplin in 1969, providing period artist context for Atlanta’s first international pop festival — Ashley Famous Agency/Albert B. Grossman-management — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Janis Joplin during a 1969 television performance. This is period context, not an Atlanta festival photograph.
Creator: ABC Television-while the release has apparently been cut down, the ABC Television New York Avenue of the Americas address can be seen on it.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Janis Joplin during a 1969 television performance. This is period context, not an Atlanta festival photograph — ABC Television-while the release has apparently been cut down, the ABC Television New York Avenue of the Americas address can be seen on it. — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A public-domain 1969 performance montage of Janis Joplin, one of the event’s defining voices.
Creator: ABC Television
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A public-domain 1969 performance montage of Janis Joplin, one of the event’s defining voices — ABC Television — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Janis Joplin in 1970. This close-period portrait is used as artist context and is not presented as an Atlanta festival photograph.
Creator: Albert B. Grossman Management (personal manager), New York.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Janis Joplin in 1970. This close-period portrait is used as artist context and is not presented as an Atlanta festival photograph — Albert B. Grossman Management (personal manager), New York. — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A later archival film still connected with Creedence Clearwater Revival, included as artist context rather than festival documentation.
Creator: Eye Steel Film from Canada
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: A later archival film still connected with Creedence Clearwater Revival, included as artist context rather than festival documentation — Eye Steel Film from Canada — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Janis Joplin in a public-domain 1969 publicity photograph, used as period context rather than as a Mays Landing stage image.
Creator: Ashley Famous Agency/Albert B. Grossman-management
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Janis Joplin in a public-domain 1969 publicity photograph, used as period context rather than as a Mays Landing stage image — Ashley Famous Agency/Albert B. Grossman-management — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Accessed: 2026-08-24
Jefferson Airplane in 1967, providing period context for the festival’s broad psychedelic programme.
Creator: RCA Records/photographer: Herb Greene
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jefferson Airplane in 1967, providing period context for the festival’s broad psychedelic programme — RCA Records/photographer: Herb Greene — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Jefferson Airplane around 1970. The image is close-period artist context and is not presented as festival documentation.
Creator: RCA Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jefferson Airplane around 1970. The image is close-period artist context and is not presented as festival documentation — RCA Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A concert photograph linking two acts associated with the 1969 festival circuit; it was not taken at Atlantic City.
Creator: James M Shelley
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A concert photograph linking two acts associated with the 1969 festival circuit; it was not taken at Atlantic City — James M Shelley — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Accessed: 2026-08-24
Janis Joplin in 1970, a later artist portrait used to illuminate a programme whose visual archive is unusually thin.
Creator: Albert B. Grossman Management (personal manager), New York.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Janis Joplin in 1970, a later artist portrait used to illuminate a programme whose visual archive is unusually thin — Albert B. Grossman Management (personal manager), New York. — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A later view across Coldham's Common, one of the festival sites. The image supplies location context and does not depict the historical event.
Creator: Michael Trolove
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A later view across Coldham's Common, one of the festival sites. The image supplies location context and does not depict the historical event — Michael Trolove — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A later view of the railway-side landscape at Coldham's Common, used only to locate the free-festival story.
Creator: Bill Boaden
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A later view of the railway-side landscape at Coldham's Common, used only to locate the free-festival story — Bill Boaden — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A later fair being assembled on Midsummer Common, used as comparative site and temporary-infrastructure context rather than festival documentation.
Creator: David Gruar
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A later fair being assembled on Midsummer Common, used as comparative site and temporary-infrastructure context rather than festival documentation — David Gruar — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A later view of Midsummer Common, one of the festival locations. It is explicitly presented as site context.
Creator: Hugh Venables
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A later view of Midsummer Common, one of the festival locations. It is explicitly presented as site context — Hugh Venables — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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David Bowie in 1975, later artist context for his documented 1969 Cambridge appearance and not a festival photograph.
Creator: RCA Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: David Bowie in 1975, later artist context for his documented 1969 Cambridge appearance and not a festival photograph — RCA Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Jimi Hendrix in 1969. This period image documents the artist whose Denver set became the Experience’s final concert, not the Mile High Stadium performance itself.
Creator: James Shearin
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jimi Hendrix in 1969. This period image documents the artist whose Denver set became the Experience’s final concert, not the Mile High Stadium performance itself — James Shearin — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Accessed: 2026-08-24
A public-domain Hendrix publicity photograph, used as artist context rather than as an image of the Denver festival.
Creator: Original photographer unknown
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A public-domain Hendrix publicity photograph, used as artist context rather than as an image of the Denver festival — Original photographer unknown — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Accessed: 2026-08-24
Hendrix in 1967, illustrating the rapidly rising performer who would headline Denver two years later.
Creator: Unknown photographer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Hendrix in 1967, illustrating the rapidly rising performer who would headline Denver two years later — Unknown photographer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Accessed: 2026-08-24
Frank Zappa in 1969. The photograph provides period context for a Denver bill participant and was not taken at the festival.
Creator: ChStone
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Frank Zappa in 1969. The photograph provides period context for a Denver bill participant and was not taken at the festival — ChStone — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Led Zeppelin in a later promotional image. It is used as artist context for the Denver programme, not as evidence of the festival setting.
Creator: Atlantic Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Led Zeppelin in a later promotional image. It is used as artist context for the Denver programme, not as evidence of the festival setting — Atlantic Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The October 1969 festival poster, a primary visual source for the advertised programme.
Creator: Konrad Mallison
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The October 1969 festival poster, a primary visual source for the advertised programme — Konrad Mallison — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Accessed: 2026-08-24
A surviving 1969 set list, useful evidence for distinguishing performed music from poster billing.
Creator: Konrad Mallison
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A surviving 1969 set list, useful evidence for distinguishing performed music from poster billing — Konrad Mallison — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Accessed: 2026-08-24
A later exterior view of the Grugahalle, the indoor arena that concentrated the festival’s sound, crowd and changeovers.
Creator: Unknown creator
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later exterior view of the Grugahalle, the indoor arena that concentrated the festival’s sound, crowd and changeovers — Unknown creator — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Grugahalle in its urban setting. This public-domain image provides venue context rather than festival documentation.
Creator: Wiki05
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Grugahalle in its urban setting. This public-domain image provides venue context rather than festival documentation — Wiki05 — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Accessed: 2026-08-24
A modern view of the Grugahalle, included to connect the historical series with the surviving building.
Creator: An-d
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A modern view of the Grugahalle, included to connect the historical series with the surviving building — An-d — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Accessed: 2026-08-24
George Wein with the Newport All-Stars. Wein worked with Laurel promoters Elzie Street and James Scott; this is organiser context, not a festival-stage photograph.
Creator: Todd Van Hoosear
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: George Wein with the Newport All-Stars. Wein worked with Laurel promoters Elzie Street and James Scott; this is organiser context, not a festival-stage photograph — Todd Van Hoosear — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Accessed: 2026-08-25
WETA's studio in 1969. The broadcaster's local-history archive is a principal source route for reconstructing Laurel; this photograph does not depict the festival.
Creator: Warren K. Leffler
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: WETA's studio in 1969. The broadcaster's local-history archive is a principal source route for reconstructing Laurel; this photograph does not depict the festival — Warren K. Leffler — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Accessed: 2026-08-25
A later view of Laurel Racetrack, the festival site. The later date is explicit and the image is used for venue context only.
Creator: FlugKerl2
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later view of Laurel Racetrack, the festival site. The later date is explicit and the image is used for venue context only — FlugKerl2 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Racing at Laurel Race Track. The licensed venue image explains the site's normal function and is not presented as concert documentation.
Creator: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Racing at Laurel Race Track. The licensed venue image explains the site's normal function and is not presented as concert documentation — Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A historical race at Laurel Race Course, used to document the venue's sporting identity before it hosted a pop festival.
Creator: Harris & Ewing, photographer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A historical race at Laurel Race Course, used to document the venue's sporting identity before it hosted a pop festival — Harris & Ewing, photographer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Chicago Transit Authority around 1969. SIUE's archive documents Chicago in the Mississippi River Festival programme; this is artist context rather than an SIUE stage photograph.
Creator: Hit Parader magazine This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 .
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Chicago Transit Authority around 1969. SIUE's archive documents Chicago in the Mississippi River Festival programme; this is artist context rather than an SIUE stage photograph — Hit Parader magazine This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 . — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Eagles in a 1975 press photograph. SIUE's archive documents the band in the festival series; this is artist context rather than an Edwardsville stage image.
Creator: Distributed by Asylum Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Eagles in a 1975 press photograph. SIUE's archive documents the band in the festival series; this is artist context rather than an Edwardsville stage image — Distributed by Asylum Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Grateful Dead in 1970. SIUE documents the group in the series; this is close-period artist context rather than festival photography.
Creator: Herb Greene
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Grateful Dead in 1970. SIUE documents the group in the series; this is close-period artist context rather than festival photography — Herb Greene — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Eagles in a later performance photograph. It identifies one documented festival-series artist while making the later date and different venue explicit.
Creator: Steve Alexander
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: The Eagles in a later performance photograph. It identifies one documented festival-series artist while making the later date and different venue explicit — Steve Alexander — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A historic Edwardsville landmark used as regional context for SIUE's festival series. It is not the tented festival venue.
Creator: Nyttend
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A historic Edwardsville landmark used as regional context for SIUE's festival series. It is not the tented festival venue — Nyttend — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Japanese folk singer Wataru Takada, used as artist context for the era and not as a Nakatsugawa stage photograph.
Creator: Masao Nakagami
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Japanese folk singer Wataru Takada, used as artist context for the era and not as a Nakatsugawa stage photograph — Masao Nakagami — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Naegi Toyama Historical Museum in Nakatsugawa, used as local history context rather than festival documentation.
Creator: Alpsdake
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Naegi Toyama Historical Museum in Nakatsugawa, used as local history context rather than festival documentation — Alpsdake — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Nakatsugawa City Nakasendo Historical Museum, used to locate the festival's regional setting.
Creator: Suikotei
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: Nakatsugawa City Nakasendo Historical Museum, used to locate the festival's regional setting — Suikotei — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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Red pine trees in the Nakatsugawa region, used as landscape context without claiming to show the festival site.
Creator: Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Red pine trees in the Nakatsugawa region, used as landscape context without claiming to show the festival site — Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan. — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A second licensed portrait of Wataru Takada, retained as artist context for Japan's folk movement.
Creator: Masao Nakagami
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A second licensed portrait of Wataru Takada, retained as artist context for Japan's folk movement — Masao Nakagami — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A surviving New Orleans Pop Festival poster. It is used as billing and design evidence; listed acts still require confirmation against contemporary performance reports.
Creator: Stephen St. Germain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A surviving New Orleans Pop Festival poster. It is used as billing and design evidence; listed acts still require confirmation against contemporary performance reports — Stephen St. Germain — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Janis Joplin in a 1969 publicity photograph. The period portrait provides artist context and is not presented as a Prairieville stage image.
Creator: Ashley Famous Agency/Albert B. Grossman-management
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Janis Joplin in a 1969 publicity photograph. The period portrait provides artist context and is not presented as a Prairieville stage image — Ashley Famous Agency/Albert B. Grossman-management — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Santana in a 1969 press photograph. The classic lineup connects New Orleans Pop to the rapidly moving post-Woodstock circuit without implying this photograph was taken in Louisiana.
Creator: Distributed by Columbia Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Santana in a 1969 press photograph. The classic lineup connects New Orleans Pop to the rapidly moving post-Woodstock circuit without implying this photograph was taken in Louisiana — Distributed by Columbia Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Jefferson Airplane in a 1967 publicity photograph. This label-issued image supplies lineup context rather than direct documentation of the New Orleans Pop Festival.
Creator: RCA Records/photographer: Herb Greene
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jefferson Airplane in a 1967 publicity photograph. This label-issued image supplies lineup context rather than direct documentation of the New Orleans Pop Festival — RCA Records/photographer: Herb Greene — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Grateful Dead at Chicago's Kinetic Playground. The separate venue photograph shows the band's indoor touring world and is not identified as their Prairieville performance.
Creator: Lvaughn7
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The Grateful Dead at Chicago's Kinetic Playground. The separate venue photograph shows the band's indoor touring world and is not identified as their Prairieville performance — Lvaughn7 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Festival founder George Wein with the Newport All-Stars in a later photograph, used to explain the curatorial institution behind Newport.
Creator: Todd Van Hoosear
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Festival founder George Wein with the Newport All-Stars in a later photograph, used to explain the curatorial institution behind Newport — Todd Van Hoosear — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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George Wein performing with the Newport All-Stars. This later image is institutional context, not a photograph of the 1969 festival.
Creator: Todd Van Hoosear
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: George Wein performing with the Newport All-Stars. This later image is institutional context, not a photograph of the 1969 festival — Todd Van Hoosear — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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The Newport All-Stars in a later performance photograph, illustrating Newport’s durable jazz network.
Creator: Todd Van Hoosear
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: The Newport All-Stars in a later performance photograph, illustrating Newport’s durable jazz network — Todd Van Hoosear — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A later stage view of George Wein and the Newport All-Stars, clearly separated from the 1969 historical record.
Creator: Todd Van Hoosear
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A later stage view of George Wein and the Newport All-Stars, clearly separated from the 1969 historical record — Todd Van Hoosear — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Led Zeppelin in 1971. This close-period promotional image gives artist context for Newport’s controversial rock crossover.
Creator: Atlantic Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Led Zeppelin in 1971. This close-period promotional image gives artist context for Newport’s controversial rock crossover — Atlantic Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Janis Joplin performing on television in 1969. This is period artist context and not a photograph of the Palm Beach festival.
Creator: ABC Television-while the release has apparently been cut down, the ABC Television New York Avenue of the Americas address can be seen on it.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Janis Joplin performing on television in 1969. This is period artist context and not a photograph of the Palm Beach festival — ABC Television-while the release has apparently been cut down, the ABC Television New York Avenue of the Americas address can be seen on it. — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Sly Stone at Woodstock in 1969. The exact event is identified because this image provides period context rather than Palm Beach documentation.
Creator: Hillel Italie
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Sly Stone at Woodstock in 1969. The exact event is identified because this image provides period context rather than Palm Beach documentation — Hillel Italie — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Jefferson Airplane around 1970, used as close-period artist context and not as evidence of the Palm Beach performance.
Creator: RCA Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Jefferson Airplane around 1970, used as close-period artist context and not as evidence of the Palm Beach performance — RCA Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad in 1970. This publicity image is close-period artist context, not a festival photograph.
Creator: Premier Talent Associates (management)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad in 1970. This publicity image is close-period artist context, not a festival photograph — Premier Talent Associates (management) — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The US single label for “Stand,” connecting the Palm Beach programme to Sly and the Family Stone’s breakthrough 1969 repertoire.
Creator: Epic Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The US single label for “Stand,” connecting the Palm Beach programme to Sly and the Family Stone’s breakthrough 1969 repertoire — Epic Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Procol Harum in 1968, used as close-period context for the group's confirmed 1 April Palm Springs-area performance. This is not a festival photograph.
Creator: Unknown author Unknown author This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 .
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Procol Harum in 1968, used as close-period context for the group's confirmed 1 April Palm Springs-area performance. This is not a festival photograph — Unknown author Unknown author This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 . — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band in a period photograph. The group is confirmed for 1 April; the image was not made at the Palm Springs festival.
Creator: Unknown photographer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band in a period photograph. The group is confirmed for 1 April; the image was not made at the Palm Springs festival — Unknown photographer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Ike and Tina Turner in 1971, providing close-period context for the Revue's confirmed 3 April appearance. This photograph documents the artists, not the festival.
Creator: Rob Mieremet / Adam Cuerden
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Ike and Tina Turner in 1971, providing close-period context for the Revue's confirmed 3 April appearance. This photograph documents the artists, not the festival — Rob Mieremet / Adam Cuerden — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Canned Heat at Kralingen in 1970. It provides close-period performer context for the confirmed Palm Springs appearance and is explicitly not presented as a California stage image.
Creator: Fotoburo De Boer
Source: Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Canned Heat at Kralingen in 1970. It provides close-period performer context for the confirmed Palm Springs appearance and is explicitly not presented as a California stage image — Fotoburo De Boer — Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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A historical view toward Palm Springs, used to establish the desert geography. It does not depict either 1969 concert site.
Creator: Eytel, Carl
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A historical view toward Palm Springs, used to establish the desert geography. It does not depict either 1969 concert site — Eytel, Carl — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Doors in a 1969 publicity photograph. The period image represents one of Seattle Pop's principal bookings and is not identified as a Gold Creek Park photograph.
Creator: Elektra Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Doors in a 1969 publicity photograph. The period image represents one of Seattle Pop's principal bookings and is not identified as a Gold Creek Park photograph — Elektra Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A 1969 Cash Box advertisement for The Soft Parade. It locates The Doors' Seattle appearance in the band's contemporary release cycle rather than documenting the festival itself.
Creator: Elektra
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A 1969 Cash Box advertisement for The Soft Parade. It locates The Doors' Seattle appearance in the band's contemporary release cycle rather than documenting the festival itself — Elektra — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Led Zeppelin in a 1971 promotional photograph. The later image provides band context for a group whose 1969 touring breakthrough included the Seattle Pop Festival.
Creator: Atlantic Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Led Zeppelin in a 1971 promotional photograph. The later image provides band context for a group whose 1969 touring breakthrough included the Seattle Pop Festival — Atlantic Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A 1969 vinyl edition of Led Zeppelin's debut album. The artifact anchors the band's festival appearance in its first-year recording context.
Creator: Atlantic Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A 1969 vinyl edition of Led Zeppelin's debut album. The artifact anchors the band's festival appearance in its first-year recording context — Atlantic Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Santana in a 1969 press photograph. The image represents the classic lineup that played Seattle and is not claimed as an on-site festival photograph.
Creator: Distributed by Columbia Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Santana in a 1969 press photograph. The image represents the classic lineup that played Seattle and is not claimed as an on-site festival photograph — Distributed by Columbia Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Texas International Pop Festival historical marker in Lewisville, documenting the event’s physical commemoration.
Creator: Brandon Cooper
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 3.0
Credit line: The Texas International Pop Festival historical marker in Lewisville, documenting the event’s physical commemoration — Brandon Cooper — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0
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A second view of the official historical marker, used to connect the vanished speedway event with its present-day public memory.
Creator: Danazar
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A second view of the official historical marker, used to connect the vanished speedway event with its present-day public memory — Danazar — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Santana in a 1969 press photograph. This is period artist context, not a Lewisville performance image.
Creator: Distributed by Columbia Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Santana in a 1969 press photograph. This is period artist context, not a Lewisville performance image — Distributed by Columbia Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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B. B. King performing in 1969 at Ann Arbor. The exact event is identified to avoid confusing it with his Texas set.
Creator: University of Michigan
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: B. B. King performing in 1969 at Ann Arbor. The exact event is identified to avoid confusing it with his Texas set — University of Michigan — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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A reusable studio image of Santana, included as artist context for the Latin-rock strand heard at Lewisville.
Creator: Santana MontanaReal
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A reusable studio image of Santana, included as artist context for the Latin-rock strand heard at Lewisville — Santana MontanaReal — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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John Lennon performing Give Peace a Chance in 1969. This is close-period context for his Toronto appearance, not a Varsity Stadium photograph.
Creator: Roy Kerwood
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.5
Credit line: John Lennon performing Give Peace a Chance in 1969. This is close-period context for his Toronto appearance, not a Varsity Stadium photograph — Roy Kerwood — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.5
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The Doors in 1969. The public-domain publicity photograph documents the festival's advertised headliner, not the Toronto performance itself.
Creator: Elektra Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Doors in 1969. The public-domain publicity photograph documents the festival's advertised headliner, not the Toronto performance itself — Elektra Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Little Richard in a 1960s publicity portrait, representing the first-generation rock-and-roll performers around whom the Revival was built.
Creator: Okeh Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Little Richard in a 1960s publicity portrait, representing the first-generation rock-and-roll performers around whom the Revival was built — Okeh Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Alice Cooper band in a publicity photograph. Their Toronto set connected the revival bill's rock-and-roll past with a more theatrical emerging underground.
Creator: Enigma Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Alice Cooper band in a publicity photograph. Their Toronto set connected the revival bill's rock-and-roll past with a more theatrical emerging underground — Enigma Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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John Lennon during his 1969 peace campaign. The image provides context for the public identity he carried into the hastily assembled Plastic Ono Band performance.
Creator: Roy Kerwood
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.5
Credit line: John Lennon during his 1969 peace campaign. The image provides context for the public identity he carried into the hastily assembled Plastic Ono Band performance — Roy Kerwood — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.5
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Contemporary newspaper coverage records Woodstock as news before later films, albums and anniversaries turned it into a global symbol.
Creator: Press and Sun-Bulletin/ Associated Press
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Contemporary newspaper coverage records Woodstock as news before later films, albums and anniversaries turned it into a global symbol — Press and Sun-Bulletin/ Associated Press — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A Woodstock admission ticket. The event began as a commercial production even though conditions at the site ultimately made ticket control impossible.
Creator: Anonymous
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A Woodstock admission ticket — Anonymous — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Mountain performing on Saturday night. Woodstock's schedule became a continuous, weather-disrupted sequence rather than a tidy succession of daily concerts.
Creator: James M Shelley
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Mountain performing on Saturday night — James M Shelley — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Sleeping bags and a peace-symbol pillow on the festival field: ordinary objects from an improvised temporary city.
Creator: James M Shelley
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Sleeping bags and a peace-symbol pillow on the festival field: ordinary objects from an improvised temporary city — James M Shelley — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A Shure Unisphere 565 associated with the Woodstock stage, a reminder that the legend depended on fragile, practical sound technology.
Creator: Jud McCranie
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A Shure Unisphere 565 associated with the Woodstock stage, a reminder that the legend depended on fragile, practical sound technology — Jud McCranie — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A later aerial view of the Soers stadium complex. It documents the venue, not the 1970 festival configuration.
Creator: Unknown creator
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later aerial view of the Soers stadium complex. It documents the venue, not the 1970 festival configuration — Unknown creator — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The main Aachen-Soers stadium in a later photograph, used to explain why the festival occupied a controlled arena rather than an open meadow.
Creator: BayernUli
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 3.0
Credit line: The main Aachen-Soers stadium in a later photograph, used to explain why the festival occupied a controlled arena rather than an open meadow — BayernUli — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0
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A later interior view of the Soers stadium; the 1970 stage and audience layout were different.
Creator: BayernUli
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 3.0
Credit line: A later interior view of the Soers stadium; the 1970 stage and audience layout were different — BayernUli — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0
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Roger Waters performing in 1970. This period photograph provides context for Pink Floyd’s Sunday appearance and was not taken in Aachen.
Creator: John Rettie - http://www.rocknrollphotographs.com/
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Roger Waters performing in 1970. This period photograph provides context for Pink Floyd’s Sunday appearance and was not taken in Aachen — John Rettie - http://www.rocknrollphotographs.com/ — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A public-domain period rock-concert image used for general production context; it does not depict the Aachen festival.
Creator: Erik Calonius
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A public-domain period rock-concert image used for general production context; it does not depict the Aachen festival — Erik Calonius — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Bath Festival stage in 1970. Its scale reveals how quickly British outdoor rock had moved beyond the compact blues-festival model.
Creator: Aspro ( talk ) 11:40, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 uk
Credit line: The Bath Festival stage in 1970 — Aspro ( talk ) 11:40, 7 August 2008 (UTC) — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0 uk
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The 1970 programme preserves the festival's own identity: blues remained in the title while progressive music announced a widening musical field.
Creator: Rathfelder
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: The 1970 programme preserves the festival's own identity: blues remained in the title while progressive music announced a widening musical field — Rathfelder — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Part of Bath's public-address system. Large outdoor audiences forced promoters and engineers to rethink how rock could fill open ground.
Creator: Aspro at English Wikipedia
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 uk
Credit line: Part of Bath's public-address system — Aspro at English Wikipedia — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0 uk
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Donovan and family at Bath in 1970, photographed within the social world surrounding the performances.
Creator: Dirk Herbert
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Donovan and family at Bath in 1970, photographed within the social world surrounding the performances — Dirk Herbert — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Royal Bath and West Showground in a later photograph. This is present-day location context, not an image of the 1970 festival.
Creator: Nigel Mykura
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: The Royal Bath and West Showground in a later photograph — Nigel Mykura — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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The Alice Cooper band in a publicity photograph. The group appears in the surviving Midsummer Rock programme; this is artist context rather than Crosley Field documentation.
Creator: Enigma Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Alice Cooper band in a publicity photograph. The group appears in the surviving Midsummer Rock programme; this is artist context rather than Crosley Field documentation — Enigma Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad in 1970. The image supplies period context for an act preserved in Midsummer Rock and was not made at Crosley Field.
Creator: Premier Talent Associates (management)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad in 1970. The image supplies period context for an act preserved in Midsummer Rock and was not made at Crosley Field — Premier Talent Associates (management) — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Crosley Field in 1969, one year before the Summer Pop Festival. The photograph documents the venue rather than the concert.
Creator: Blake Bolinger from Central NJ, United States
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Crosley Field in 1969, one year before the Summer Pop Festival. The photograph documents the venue rather than the concert — Blake Bolinger from Central NJ, United States — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Mountain in 1970. The group appears in the surviving Midsummer Rock programme; this is period artist context, not a Crosley Field photograph.
Creator: Unknown author Unknown author
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Mountain in 1970. The group appears in the surviving Midsummer Rock programme; this is period artist context, not a Crosley Field photograph — Unknown author Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A 1970 trade advertisement for Traffic, one of the acts preserved in Midsummer Rock. The artifact supplies release-period context rather than festival photography.
Creator: Liberty Records / United Artists
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A 1970 trade advertisement for Traffic, one of the acts preserved in Midsummer Rock. The artifact supplies release-period context rather than festival photography — Liberty Records / United Artists — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Stonehenge Free Festival in 1984, a rare contemporary reusable view of the movement’s largest British centre.
Creator: Salix alba
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: The Stonehenge Free Festival in 1984, a rare contemporary reusable view of the movement’s largest British centre — Salix alba — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A later view of the Deeply Vale landscape, documenting one regional node rather than a festival crowd.
Creator: liz dawson
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A later view of the Deeply Vale landscape, documenting one regional node rather than a festival crowd — liz dawson — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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The landscape near Deeply Vale in a later photograph, used to locate the regional free-festival site.
Creator: liz dawson
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: The landscape near Deeply Vale in a later photograph, used to locate the regional free-festival site — liz dawson — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Dave Brock of Hawkwind, artist context for a band closely connected with Britain’s free-festival circuit.
Creator: SilverLoz
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Dave Brock of Hawkwind, artist context for a band closely connected with Britain’s free-festival circuit — SilverLoz — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Hawkwind’s tent at Reading in 1975. The exact event is identified; the image illustrates portable festival presence rather than a free-festival site.
Creator: David Major
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Hawkwind’s tent at Reading in 1975. The exact event is identified; the image illustrates portable festival presence rather than a free-festival site — David Major — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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The Band in 1969. This publicity photograph predates Festival Express and is used as artist context, not as an image made aboard the train.
Creator: Capitol Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Band in 1969 — Capitol Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Grateful Dead in 1970. The group's participation helped make the train itself a travelling musical community between the advertised concerts.
Creator: Herb Greene
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Grateful Dead in 1970 — Herb Greene — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Janis Joplin in 1970. This publicity portrait is contextual; surviving Festival Express footage preserves some of her final filmed live performances.
Creator: Grossman Glotzer Management Corporation
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Janis Joplin in 1970 — Grossman Glotzer Management Corporation — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Quicksilver Messenger Service in 1970. This is a publicity image rather than a train photograph, illustrating the broader North American rock circuit around the tour.
Creator: Capitol Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Quicksilver Messenger Service in 1970 — Capitol Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A Canadian National passenger train near Toronto in April 1970. It is not the Festival Express consist, but documents the railway setting through which the tour was conceived.
Creator: Marty Bernard from U.S.A.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A Canadian National passenger train near Toronto in April 1970 — Marty Bernard from U.S.A. — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The fields at Worthy Farm in a later photograph. This is location context, not a view of the small 1970 event or the 1971 Glastonbury Fayre.
Creator: Nigel Freeman
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: The fields at Worthy Farm in a later photograph — Nigel Freeman — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Michael Eavis in 2010. The photograph is later than the events described here; it identifies the Worthy Farm farmer who organised the first festival in 1970.
Creator: Geof Sheppard
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Michael Eavis in 2010 — Geof Sheppard — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The festival site near Pilton in 2022. The modern landscape is shown only to establish place; early Glastonbury had neither this scale nor this infrastructure.
Creator: Lewis Clarke
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: The festival site near Pilton in 2022 — Lewis Clarke — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A later view across the Glastonbury site. It should not be read as a reconstruction of the improvised 1970 or 1971 gatherings.
Creator: Lewis Clarke
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A later view across the Glastonbury site — Lewis Clarke — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Modern infrastructure at Worthy Farm. The contrast with the early festivals is the point: the permanent institution grew from two very different, fragile experiments.
Creator: Lewis Clarke
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Modern infrastructure at Worthy Farm — Lewis Clarke — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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MC5 in 1970. This public-domain publicity photograph documents the local Detroit force on the Goose Lake bill; it was not made at the festival.
Creator: Distributed by Atlantic Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: MC5 in 1970. This public-domain publicity photograph documents the local Detroit force on the Goose Lake bill; it was not made at the festival — Distributed by Atlantic Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Ian Anderson performing in Helsinki in January 1970. The photograph is close-period artist context for Jethro Tull at Goose Lake, not an image of the Michigan stage.
Creator: Leo Luoti / Helsingin Sanomat
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Ian Anderson performing in Helsinki in January 1970. The photograph is close-period artist context for Jethro Tull at Goose Lake, not an image of the Michigan stage — Leo Luoti / Helsingin Sanomat — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Faces in 1970. This public-domain publicity image supplies period context for the group that appeared at Goose Lake with Rod Stewart.
Creator: Warner Bros. Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Faces in 1970. This public-domain publicity image supplies period context for the group that appeared at Goose Lake with Rod Stewart — Warner Bros. Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Ten Years After in a 1970 trade advertisement. It is used as period artist context and is not presented as festival photography.
Creator: Deram / London Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Ten Years After in a 1970 trade advertisement. It is used as period artist context and is not presented as festival photography — Deram / London Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Chicago Transit Authority around 1969, shortly before the group performed at Goose Lake under the shorter name Chicago. This is contextual publicity material.
Creator: Hit Parader magazine This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 .
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Chicago Transit Authority around 1969, shortly before the group performed at Goose Lake under the shorter name Chicago. This is contextual publicity material — Hit Parader magazine This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 . — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Festivalgoers at Kralingen in June 1970. The crowd greatly exceeded the attendance for which organisers had planned.
Creator: Rob Mieremet (ANEFO)
Source: Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Festivalgoers at Kralingen in June 1970 — Rob Mieremet (ANEFO) — Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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A wide view of audience and stage in the Kralingse Bos, showing the festival as both concert and temporary settlement.
Creator: Anefo
Source: Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: A wide view of audience and stage in the Kralingse Bos, showing the festival as both concert and temporary settlement — Anefo — Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Canned Heat at Kralingen. American blues rock shared the programme with British folk-rock, psychedelic and experimental acts.
Creator: Fotoburo De Boer
Source: Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Canned Heat at Kralingen — Fotoburo De Boer — Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Fairport Convention at Kralingen, evidence of the festival's range beyond a single idea of psychedelic rock.
Creator: Fotoburo De Boer
Source: Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Fairport Convention at Kralingen, evidence of the festival's range beyond a single idea of psychedelic rock — Fotoburo De Boer — Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Tickets from Holland Pop Festival. Like other gatherings of the period, Kralingen balanced organised admission with a crowd larger than its planned capacity.
Creator: Rob Mieremet (ANEFO)
Source: Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Tickets from Holland Pop Festival — Rob Mieremet (ANEFO) — Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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The Grateful Dead in 1970. Hollywood marked the group's first UK performance; this is artist context rather than Staffordshire festival photography.
Creator: Herb Greene
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Grateful Dead in 1970. Hollywood marked the group's first UK performance; this is artist context rather than Staffordshire festival photography — Herb Greene — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Black Sabbath in 1970, close-period artist context for a documented Hollywood performer and not an image made at the festival.
Creator: Warner Bros. Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Black Sabbath in 1970, close-period artist context for a documented Hollywood performer and not an image made at the festival — Warner Bros. Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Free in 1970, close-period context for the documented Hollywood bill. The image was not made at the Staffordshire site.
Creator: Rob Mieremet
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Free in 1970, close-period context for the documented Hollywood bill. The image was not made at the Staffordshire site — Rob Mieremet — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Ginger Baker with Jack Bruce in 1967, artist context for Ginger Baker's Air Force at Hollywood and not festival documentation.
Creator: Unknown author Unknown author This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 .
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Ginger Baker with Jack Bruce in 1967, artist context for Ginger Baker's Air Force at Hollywood and not festival documentation — Unknown author Unknown author This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 . — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A 1970 Traffic trade advertisement, release-period context for a documented Hollywood act and not a performed-set photograph.
Creator: Liberty Records / United Artists
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A 1970 Traffic trade advertisement, release-period context for a documented Hollywood act and not a performed-set photograph — Liberty Records / United Artists — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The festival field at Afton Down in 1970, where the scale of the audience transformed a rural site into a temporary city.
Creator: Roland Godefroy
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 3.0
Credit line: The festival field at Afton Down in 1970, where the scale of the audience transformed a rural site into a temporary city — Roland Godefroy — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0
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Festivalgoers at Afton Down. Roland Godefroy's photographs document the physical environment around the performances.
Creator: Roland Godefroy
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Festivalgoers at Afton Down — Roland Godefroy — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The audience at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, photographed across a long event whose timetable stretched from 26 to 30 August.
Creator: Roland Godefroy
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The audience at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, photographed across a long event whose timetable stretched from 26 to 30 August — Roland Godefroy — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A view across the crowded festival site. Distance, weather and terrain were part of the listening experience at this scale.
Creator: Roland Godefroy
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A view across the crowded festival site — Roland Godefroy — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Life on the grounds at the 1970 festival: the event was not only a bill of performers but a prolonged social and logistical experiment.
Creator: Roland Godefroy
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Life on the grounds at the 1970 festival: the event was not only a bill of performers but a prolonged social and logistical experiment — Roland Godefroy — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A tent at Powder Ridge in 1970. It is used explicitly as comparative infrastructure context for the same national festival wave, not as a Kickapoo Creek photograph.
Creator: Armandd
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A tent at Powder Ridge in 1970. It is used explicitly as comparative infrastructure context for the same national festival wave, not as a Kickapoo Creek photograph — Armandd — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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MC5 in 1970, representing the neighbouring Midwestern festival circuit discussed in this guide. No Kickapoo Creek performance claim is attached to this image.
Creator: Distributed by Atlantic Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: MC5 in 1970, representing the neighbouring Midwestern festival circuit discussed in this guide. No Kickapoo Creek performance claim is attached to this image — Distributed by Atlantic Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Ian Anderson performing in 1970, used as comparative context for the contemporaneous Midwestern festival economy. It is not identified as a Kickapoo Creek appearance.
Creator: Leo Luoti / Helsingin Sanomat
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Ian Anderson performing in 1970, used as comparative context for the contemporaneous Midwestern festival economy. It is not identified as a Kickapoo Creek appearance — Leo Luoti / Helsingin Sanomat — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Faces in 1970, part of a visual comparison with the neighbouring Goose Lake programme. This is not evidence for the Kickapoo Creek lineup.
Creator: Warner Bros. Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Faces in 1970, part of a visual comparison with the neighbouring Goose Lake programme. This is not evidence for the Kickapoo Creek lineup — Warner Bros. Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Chicago Transit Authority around 1969, used to illustrate the wider Midwestern touring environment. It is not presented as a Kickapoo Creek performance photograph.
Creator: Hit Parader magazine This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 .
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Chicago Transit Authority around 1969, used to illustrate the wider Midwestern touring environment. It is not presented as a Kickapoo Creek performance photograph — Hit Parader magazine This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 . — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Fairport Convention, Cropredy 1982. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: Tony 1212
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Fairport Convention, Cropredy 1982. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Tony 1212 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Elton John 1. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: Eddie
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Elton John 1. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Eddie — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Pretty Things go Saltburn4 (9973349944). This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: deargdoom57
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Pretty Things go Saltburn4 (9973349944). This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — deargdoom57 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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De Engelse folkgroup Pentangle., Bestanddeelnr 922 1752. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: Anefo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: De Engelse folkgroup Pentangle., Bestanddeelnr 922 1752. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Fairport Convention 1971. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: Heikki Innanen / Museovirasto
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: Fairport Convention 1971. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Krumlin Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Heikki Innanen / Museovirasto — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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The Fehmarn audience in 1970, a contemporary view of the weather-exposed festival ground.
Creator: Detlef Hansen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The Fehmarn audience in 1970, a contemporary view of the weather-exposed festival ground — Detlef Hansen — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Overnight life in the Fehmarn festival camp, documenting the temporary settlement behind the advertised programme.
Creator: Detlef Hansen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Overnight life in the Fehmarn festival camp, documenting the temporary settlement behind the advertised programme — Detlef Hansen — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The 1970 tent camp on Fehmarn, showing how weather and logistics shaped the audience experience.
Creator: Detlef Hansen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The 1970 tent camp on Fehmarn, showing how weather and logistics shaped the audience experience — Detlef Hansen — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Alexis Korner performing at Fehmarn, one of the surviving images that confirms an actual stage appearance.
Creator: Detlef Hansen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Alexis Korner performing at Fehmarn, one of the surviving images that confirms an actual stage appearance — Detlef Hansen — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jimi Hendrix at Fehmarn on 6 September 1970, the final concert performance of his life.
Creator: Detlef Hansen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Jimi Hendrix at Fehmarn on 6 September 1970, the final concert performance of his life — Detlef Hansen — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Led Zeppelin in a 1971 promotional image. It is close-period artist context and is not presented as a Winnipeg performance photograph.
Creator: Atlantic Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Led Zeppelin in a 1971 promotional image. It is close-period artist context and is not presented as a Winnipeg performance photograph — Atlantic Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Winnipeg Arena in a later view. The building is the historical subject; the image does not show Man-Pop in progress.
Creator: Unknown photographer, Winnipeg Tribune, 18 October 1954, page 22.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Winnipeg Arena in a later view. The building is the historical subject; the image does not show Man-Pop in progress — Unknown photographer, Winnipeg Tribune, 18 October 1954, page 22. — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Robert Plant at Palermo Pop in 1970. The exact event is named to avoid confusing this period image with Man-Pop.
Creator: Salvatore Agricoli
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Robert Plant at Palermo Pop in 1970. The exact event is named to avoid confusing this period image with Man-Pop — Salvatore Agricoli — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Bill Henderson of Chilliwack in a later artist photograph, representing the Canadian strand of the Man-Pop programme.
Creator: Rob Pankratz
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Bill Henderson of Chilliwack in a later artist photograph, representing the Canadian strand of the Man-Pop programme — Rob Pankratz — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, used as civic context for the provincially sponsored centennial festival.
Creator: No machine-readable author provided. Canucks4ever83~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, used as civic context for the provincially sponsored centennial festival — No machine-readable author provided. Canucks4ever83~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Ourimbah pub in a later photograph. It records the small town surrounding the January 1970 gathering and is not presented as a festival building.
Creator: darkliight
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Ourimbah pub in a later photograph. It records the small town surrounding the January 1970 gathering and is not presented as a festival building — darkliight — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The roadside shops at Ourimbah in a later photograph, providing a sense of the local scale against which roughly ten thousand visitors arrived.
Creator: darkliight
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The roadside shops at Ourimbah in a later photograph, providing a sense of the local scale against which roughly ten thousand visitors arrived — darkliight — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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An early twentieth-century postcard of Ourimbah Public School. The public-domain image supplies historical place context for the settlement that hosted Australia's first rock festival.
Creator: Broadhurst, William Henry, 1855-1927
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: An early twentieth-century postcard of Ourimbah Public School. The public-domain image supplies historical place context for the settlement that hosted Australia's first rock festival — Broadhurst, William Henry, 1855-1927 — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Burns Store at Ourimbah in an early twentieth-century postcard. It documents the town's pre-festival streetscape and is used as location context.
Creator: Broadhurst, William Henry, 1855-1927
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Burns Store at Ourimbah in an early twentieth-century postcard. It documents the town's pre-festival streetscape and is used as location context — Broadhurst, William Henry, 1855-1927 — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Ourimbah Creek in a later photograph. The wooded landscape helps explain the setting remembered in accounts and in the documentary Once Around the Sun.
Creator: Doug Beckers from Avoca Beach, Australia
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Ourimbah Creek in a later photograph. The wooded landscape helps explain the setting remembered in accounts and in the documentary Once Around the Sun — Doug Beckers from Avoca Beach, Australia — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Mick Farren, the underground writer and activist who organised Phun City.
Creator: keith morris
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Mick Farren, the underground writer and activist who organised Phun City — keith morris — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A later view of Ecclesden Common, the festival area. The modern date is explicit and the image is used for site context.
Creator: Simon Carey
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A later view of Ecclesden Common, the festival area. The modern date is explicit and the image is used for site context — Simon Carey — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Windsor Great Park, used as comparative context for the later free-festival culture that Phun City helped precede. It is not Phun City.
Creator: Peter Jordan
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Windsor Great Park, used as comparative context for the later free-festival culture that Phun City helped precede. It is not Phun City — Peter Jordan — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Stonehenge Free Festival in 1984, explicitly used as later comparative evidence for the free-festival lineage rather than Phun City documentation.
Creator: Salix alba
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Stonehenge Free Festival in 1984, explicitly used as later comparative evidence for the free-festival lineage rather than Phun City documentation — Salix alba — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A Hawkwind tent in 1975, comparative visual context for the infrastructure of the later British free-festival network.
Creator: David Major
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: A Hawkwind tent in 1975, comparative visual context for the infrastructure of the later British free-festival network — David Major — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Gabriel Parra at Piedra Roja, directly identified by the item-level source record.
Creator: Paul Lowry
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Gabriel Parra at Piedra Roja, directly identified by the item-level source record — Paul Lowry — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Eduardo Parra in archive material connected with Piedra Roja, retained with its source record.
Creator: Paul Lowry
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Eduardo Parra in archive material connected with Piedra Roja, retained with its source record — Paul Lowry — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Los Jaivas at Piedra Roja, directly identified by the Commons item record.
Creator: Paul Lowry
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Los Jaivas at Piedra Roja, directly identified by the Commons item record — Paul Lowry — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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An archival image directly associated with the Piedra Roja festival.
Creator: Paul Lowry
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: An archival image directly associated with the Piedra Roja festival — Paul Lowry — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Lágrima Seca at the Piedra Roja festival, directly identified by the source record.
Creator: Paul Lowry
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Lágrima Seca at the Piedra Roja festival, directly identified by the source record — Paul Lowry — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Pinkpop in 1978. By the end of the decade the annual Pentecost gathering had become a durable part of Dutch live culture.
Creator: Rob Hauer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Pinkpop in 1978 — Rob Hauer — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Festivalgoers at Pinkpop in 1978, eight years after the first event and during the festival's ninth edition at Geleen's Sportpark Burgemeester Damen.
Creator: Rob Hauer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Festivalgoers at Pinkpop in 1978, eight years after the first event and during the festival's ninth edition at Geleen's Sportpark Burgemeester Damen — Rob Hauer — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Phil Lynott with Thin Lizzy at Pinkpop in 1978. The booking reflects the festival's strong relationship with hard rock during the decade.
Creator: Chris Hakkens
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Phil Lynott with Thin Lizzy at Pinkpop in 1978 — Chris Hakkens — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Phil Lynott and Scott Gorham at Pinkpop in 1978, photographed during a period when the programme mixed established rock with newer currents.
Creator: Chris Hakkens
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Phil Lynott and Scott Gorham at Pinkpop in 1978, photographed during a period when the programme mixed established rock with newer currents — Chris Hakkens — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Thin Lizzy's 1978 lineup at Pinkpop. A series article uses selected appearances to trace change rather than pretending to reproduce every bill.
Creator: Chris Hakkens
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Thin Lizzy's 1978 lineup at Pinkpop — Chris Hakkens — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A tent at Powder Ridge during the 1970 gathering. The image documents the encampment that formed even though the advertised festival had been stopped.
Creator: Armandd
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A tent at Powder Ridge during the 1970 gathering. The image documents the encampment that formed even though the advertised festival had been stopped — Armandd — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Melanie Safka at Powder Ridge, the principal performer repeatedly documented as having played despite the court-blocked programme.
Creator: Armandd
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Melanie Safka at Powder Ridge, the principal performer repeatedly documented as having played despite the court-blocked programme — Armandd — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A later view down Powder Ridge's Middlefield slope. This modern site photograph explains the natural-amphitheatre setting and does not depict the 1970 crowd.
Creator: Morrowlong
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A later view down Powder Ridge's Middlefield slope. This modern site photograph explains the natural-amphitheatre setting and does not depict the 1970 crowd — Morrowlong — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Melanie Safka in 1970. The public-domain trade photograph provides close-period artist context alongside the surviving Powder Ridge performance image.
Creator: Buddah
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Melanie Safka in 1970. The public-domain trade photograph provides close-period artist context alongside the surviving Powder Ridge performance image — Buddah — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Janis Joplin in 1969. She was advertised for Powder Ridge but did not perform; the caption preserves that distinction rather than turning the cancelled bill into a false lineup.
Creator: Ashley Famous Agency/Albert B. Grossman-management
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Janis Joplin in 1969. She was advertised for Powder Ridge but did not perform; the caption preserves that distinction rather than turning the cancelled bill into a false lineup — Ashley Famous Agency/Albert B. Grossman-management — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Ruisrock’s first edition on Ruissalo island in August 1970, photographed by the Finnish Heritage Agency.
Creator: V. K. Hietanen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: Ruisrock’s first edition on Ruissalo island in August 1970, photographed by the Finnish Heritage Agency — V. K. Hietanen — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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A second contemporary view of the first Ruisrock, documenting how the island landscape and audience occupied the same frame.
Creator: V. K. Hietanen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: A second contemporary view of the first Ruisrock, documenting how the island landscape and audience occupied the same frame — V. K. Hietanen — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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Tasavallan Presidentti at Ruisrock in 1971, showing Finnish progressive rock inside the international festival programme.
Creator: Keijo Laajisto
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: Tasavallan Presidentti at Ruisrock in 1971, showing Finnish progressive rock inside the international festival programme — Keijo Laajisto — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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Vesa Aaltonen at Ruisrock in 1971, a period image from the festival’s rapidly expanding second year.
Creator: Heikki Innanen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: Vesa Aaltonen at Ruisrock in 1971, a period image from the festival’s rapidly expanding second year — Heikki Innanen — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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A second contemporary view of Vesa Aaltonen at Ruisrock 1971, documenting the stage as well as the performer.
Creator: Esa Pyysalo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A second contemporary view of Vesa Aaltonen at Ruisrock 1971, documenting the stage as well as the performer — Esa Pyysalo — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The surviving 1970 Atlanta International Pop Festival programme, a primary visual record of how the event presented itself.
Creator: Unknown creator
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The surviving 1970 Atlanta International Pop Festival programme, a primary visual record of how the event presented itself — Unknown creator — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A historical marker commemorating the second Atlanta festival and its site in Byron, Georgia.
Creator: Text and photograph by Bmankin1
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: A historical marker commemorating the second Atlanta festival and its site in Byron, Georgia — Text and photograph by Bmankin1 — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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The festival’s historical marker in its modern landscape; this image documents commemoration, not the 1970 crowd.
Creator: Brendanghs
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The festival’s historical marker in its modern landscape; this image documents commemoration, not the 1970 crowd — Brendanghs — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Peach County marker records the festival’s local afterlife and the scale later attributed to the gathering.
Creator: Michael Rivera
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The Peach County marker records the festival’s local afterlife and the scale later attributed to the gathering — Michael Rivera — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1968. This public-domain image provides period context for Hendrix’s 1970 Atlanta appearance.
Creator: Warner/Reprise Records Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1968. This public-domain image provides period context for Hendrix’s 1970 Atlanta appearance — Warner/Reprise Records Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Rotary Connection in a Cadet Records publicity photograph. Wisconsin Historical Society records confirm the group at Sound Storm; this is artist context, not a York Farm photograph.
Creator: Distributed by Cadet Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Rotary Connection in a Cadet Records publicity photograph. Wisconsin Historical Society records confirm the group at Sound Storm; this is artist context, not a York Farm photograph — Distributed by Cadet Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Grateful Dead in 1970. The group is confirmed in Wisconsin Historical Society's Sound Storm catalogue; this image is period context.
Creator: Herb Greene
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Grateful Dead in 1970. The group is confirmed in Wisconsin Historical Society's Sound Storm catalogue; this image is period context — Herb Greene — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Illinois Speed Press in a publicity photograph. The group is confirmed in the Sound Storm photographic catalogue; this is not an event-stage image.
Creator: Columbia Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Illinois Speed Press in a publicity photograph. The group is confirmed in the Sound Storm photographic catalogue; this is not an event-stage image — Columbia Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A period Rotary Connection advertisement, used to locate the confirmed Sound Storm appearance in the group's contemporary recording history.
Creator: Cadet Concept Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A period Rotary Connection advertisement, used to locate the confirmed Sound Storm appearance in the group's contemporary recording history — Cadet Concept Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A licensed farm landscape used only as comparative visual context for a rural festival site. It is not York Farm in Wisconsin and is labelled accordingly.
Creator: DS Pugh
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A licensed farm landscape used only as comparative visual context for a rural festival site. It is not York Farm in Wisconsin and is labelled accordingly — DS Pugh — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A later concert at Mosport Park, used to explain the race-circuit setting shared with Strawberry Fields. It does not depict the 1970 audience.
Creator: TorontoGuy79
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later concert at Mosport Park, used to explain the race-circuit setting shared with Strawberry Fields. It does not depict the 1970 audience — TorontoGuy79 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Ian Anderson performing in 1970. Jethro Tull is documented at Strawberry Fields; this is close-period artist context, not a Mosport photograph.
Creator: Leo Luoti / Helsingin Sanomat
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Ian Anderson performing in 1970. Jethro Tull is documented at Strawberry Fields; this is close-period artist context, not a Mosport photograph — Leo Luoti / Helsingin Sanomat — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Ten Years After in 1970, providing period context for the documented Strawberry Fields programme. The image was not made at the festival.
Creator: Deram / London Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Ten Years After in 1970, providing period context for the documented Strawberry Fields programme. The image was not made at the festival — Deram / London Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Procol Harum in a late-1960s photograph, used as performer context for the documented Mosport bill and not as event photography.
Creator: Unknown author Unknown author This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 .
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Procol Harum in a late-1960s photograph, used as performer context for the documented Mosport bill and not as event photography — Unknown author Unknown author This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Dcameron814 . — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Chris Copping Procol Harum 1975. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Strawberry Fields Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: Jim Summaria
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Chris Copping Procol Harum 1975. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Strawberry Fields Festival 1970; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Jim Summaria — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A later landscape at Milo McIver State Park. It documents the site selected for Vortex I, not the 1970 gathering itself.
Creator: --b--
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A later landscape at Milo McIver State Park. It documents the site selected for Vortex I, not the 1970 gathering itself — --b-- — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Milo McIver State Park in 2021, used to explain the rural geography of Vortex I rather than to reconstruct the historical crowd.
Creator: Another Believer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Milo McIver State Park in 2021, used to explain the rural geography of Vortex I rather than to reconstruct the historical crowd — Another Believer — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A modern wooded view of Milo McIver State Park, clearly separated from the festival’s 1970 visual record.
Creator: Another Believer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A modern wooded view of Milo McIver State Park, clearly separated from the festival’s 1970 visual record — Another Believer — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Governor Tom McCall in a public-domain government photograph. This later image provides political context for the administration that enabled Vortex I.
Creator: David Falconer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Governor Tom McCall in a public-domain government photograph. This later image provides political context for the administration that enabled Vortex I — David Falconer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Tom McCall with his official car in a 1974 government photograph, illustrating the public figure who accepted the political risk of Vortex I.
Creator: David Falconer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Tom McCall with his official car in a 1974 government photograph, illustrating the public figure who accepted the political risk of Vortex I — David Falconer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Little Richard in a 1960s publicity portrait. Iowa local histories associate him with the Wadena programme; this is period artist context, not a festival photograph.
Creator: Okeh Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Little Richard in a 1960s publicity portrait. Iowa local histories associate him with the Wadena programme; this is period artist context, not a festival photograph — Okeh Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Iowa farmland photographed in 1971. It supplies regional landscape context for the Wadena farm site and does not depict the festival.
Creator: Joseph W. Jackson III
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Iowa farmland photographed in 1971. It supplies regional landscape context for the Wadena farm site and does not depict the festival — Joseph W. Jackson III — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A tent at Powder Ridge in 1970, used as comparative evidence for the temporary-camp infrastructure faced by Wadena and related festivals.
Creator: Armandd
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A tent at Powder Ridge in 1970, used as comparative evidence for the temporary-camp infrastructure faced by Wadena and related festivals — Armandd — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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MC5 in 1970, representing the neighbouring Midwestern festival circuit. The caption makes no claim that MC5 performed at Wadena.
Creator: Distributed by Atlantic Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: MC5 in 1970, representing the neighbouring Midwestern festival circuit. The caption makes no claim that MC5 performed at Wadena — Distributed by Atlantic Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Ten Years After in 1970, used as comparative context for the 1970 festival circuit rather than as Wadena lineup evidence.
Creator: Deram / London Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Ten Years After in 1970, used as comparative context for the 1970 festival circuit rather than as Wadena lineup evidence — Deram / London Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A contemporary Anefo photograph of a banner at the 1972 Vietnamweide gathering in Amsterdamse Bos.
Creator: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: A contemporary Anefo photograph of a banner at the 1972 Vietnamweide gathering in Amsterdamse Bos — Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Stage construction for the 1972 Vietnamweide gathering, photographed by Anefo as part of the event record.
Creator: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Stage construction for the 1972 Vietnamweide gathering, photographed by Anefo as part of the event record — Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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A second contemporary view of stage construction at the 1972 multidisciplinary gathering.
Creator: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: A second contemporary view of stage construction at the 1972 multidisciplinary gathering — Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Production work in Amsterdamse Bos for Vietnamweide in April 1972, preserved by the Dutch National Archives.
Creator: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Production work in Amsterdamse Bos for Vietnamweide in April 1972, preserved by the Dutch National Archives — Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Pink Floyd in 1971, period artist context for the group’s free Amsterdamse Bos concert that June.
Creator: Capitol Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Pink Floyd in 1971, period artist context for the group’s free Amsterdamse Bos concert that June — Capitol Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Paraf at BOOM Festival in Novi Sad in 1978, directly identified by the Wikimedia Commons item record.
Creator: Selver88
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Paraf at BOOM Festival in Novi Sad in 1978, directly identified by the Wikimedia Commons item record — Selver88 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Accessed: 2026-08-25
YU Grupa at a later performance, clearly labelled as artist context for Yugoslav rock rather than BOOM documentation.
Creator: Mirjana Tomić
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: YU Grupa at a later performance, clearly labelled as artist context for Yugoslav rock rather than BOOM documentation — Mirjana Tomić — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Accessed: 2026-08-25
A monument to the Yugoslav rock group Smak, used as later cultural-memory context rather than a festival photograph.
Creator: Miomir Magdevski
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A monument to the Yugoslav rock group Smak, used as later cultural-memory context rather than a festival photograph — Miomir Magdevski — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Maribor in a 1963 archival image, used as pre-festival city context for BOOM's first host location.
Creator: Roko Čupić, Scanned by RokTheCroat
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Maribor in a 1963 archival image, used as pre-festival city context for BOOM's first host location — Roko Čupić, Scanned by RokTheCroat — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A later view of Maribor from Pohorje, used to locate the travelling festival's first city without implying event documentation.
Creator: Unknown creator
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later view of Maribor from Pohorje, used to locate the travelling festival's first city without implying event documentation — Unknown creator — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Atchafalaya Basin in a public-domain government photograph. It documents the river landscape near McCrea, not the festival site itself.
Creator: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Atchafalaya Basin in a public-domain government photograph. It documents the river landscape near McCrea, not the festival site itself — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Bald cypress in the Atchafalaya Basin, showing the wet Louisiana environment that framed the Celebration of Life.
Creator: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Bald cypress in the Atchafalaya Basin, showing the wet Louisiana environment that framed the Celebration of Life — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Ike and Tina Turner in 1971. This rights-cleared photograph provides period artist context and is not presented as a McCrea stage image.
Creator: Rob Mieremet / Adam Cuerden
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Ike and Tina Turner in 1971. This rights-cleared photograph provides period artist context and is not presented as a McCrea stage image — Rob Mieremet / Adam Cuerden — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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John Sebastian performing in East Lansing in 1970. The location is stated because this is close-period artist context, not Celebration of Life documentation.
Creator: Jim McClear
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: John Sebastian performing in East Lansing in 1970. The location is stated because this is close-period artist context, not Celebration of Life documentation — Jim McClear — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Chuck Berry in a public-domain publicity portrait, included as artist context for a performer confirmed by the McCrea research archive.
Creator: Universal Attractions (management)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Chuck Berry in a public-domain publicity portrait, included as artist context for a performer confirmed by the McCrea research archive — Universal Attractions (management) — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A surviving poster for Festival de Ancón 1971, directly identified by the item-level record.
Creator: Feloarias
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A surviving poster for Festival de Ancón 1971, directly identified by the item-level record — Feloarias — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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La Estrella station in a later photograph, used to locate the municipality and not as festival documentation.
Creator: Juan Pablo Salazar Ochoa
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: La Estrella station in a later photograph, used to locate the municipality and not as festival documentation — Juan Pablo Salazar Ochoa — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A modern montage of Medellín, used as regional context for the nearby festival site.
Creator: Sebastian Reategui
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: A modern montage of Medellín, used as regional context for the nearby festival site — Sebastian Reategui — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Accessed: 2026-08-25
An 1889 map of Medellín, used as historical city context rather than event evidence.
Creator: Alumnos de la Escuela de Minas (Hoy Facultad de Minas de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: An 1889 map of Medellín, used as historical city context rather than event evidence — Alumnos de la Escuela de Minas (Hoy Facultad de Minas de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia) — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Accessed: 2026-08-25
A later view of Medellín, used to establish the festival's regional setting.
Creator: Michu2709
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A later view of Medellín, used to establish the festival's regional setting — Michu2709 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A surviving ticket for Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro, directly connected with the 1971 event.
Creator: LUGIAsaurio
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A surviving ticket for Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro, directly connected with the 1971 event — LUGIAsaurio — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A later view of Lake Avándaro, used as regional geography and not as festival documentation.
Creator: B.jars
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A later view of Lake Avándaro, used as regional geography and not as festival documentation — B.jars — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A later view of Avándaro in Valle de Bravo, used to locate the festival area.
Creator: GaroroNa
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A later view of Avándaro in Valle de Bravo, used to locate the festival area — GaroroNa — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A wooded landscape near Avándaro, used as regional setting without implying an event photograph.
Creator: Brisa del mar 13
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A wooded landscape near Avándaro, used as regional setting without implying an event photograph — Brisa del mar 13 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A later view in Valle de Bravo, explicitly labelled as local context rather than festival evidence.
Creator: Brisa del mar 13
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A later view in Valle de Bravo, explicitly labelled as local context rather than festival evidence — Brisa del mar 13 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Ilosaarirock Festival in 2007, explicitly used as later continuity rather than formative-era documentation.
Creator: Mikael Ropponen. Original uploader was Trinne at en.wikipedia
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Ilosaarirock Festival in 2007, explicitly used as later continuity rather than formative-era documentation — Mikael Ropponen. Original uploader was Trinne at en.wikipedia — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Henkka Seppälä at Ilosaarirock in 2009, a later festival image showing the institution's continuing programme.
Creator: Tuomas Vitikainen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Henkka Seppälä at Ilosaarirock in 2009, a later festival image showing the institution's continuing programme — Tuomas Vitikainen — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Geordie Walker at Ilosaarirock in 2009, clearly labelled as later continuity.
Creator: Tuomas Vitikainen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Geordie Walker at Ilosaarirock in 2009, clearly labelled as later continuity — Tuomas Vitikainen — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Ilosaarirock main stage in 2018, used to show later institutional scale rather than the 1970s site.
Creator: 3xJohnny
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The Ilosaarirock main stage in 2018, used to show later institutional scale rather than the 1970s site — 3xJohnny — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A later view of Ilosaari in Joensuu, used as site geography without claiming to show the early festival.
Creator: Arto J
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later view of Ilosaari in Joensuu, used as site geography without claiming to show the early festival — Arto J — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Annabel Lamb at Kalvøya Festival in 1984, directly identified by the source record.
Creator: Bjarte Hetland
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Annabel Lamb at Kalvøya Festival in 1984, directly identified by the source record — Bjarte Hetland — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Finn Kalvik, a documented performer in Kalvøya's early programme. This separate portrait supplies artist context.
Creator: Stig Ove Voll
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.5
Credit line: Finn Kalvik, a documented performer in Kalvøya's early programme. This separate portrait supplies artist context — Stig Ove Voll — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.5
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Kristin Berglund at a later festival performance, clearly labelled as artist context rather than Kalvøya documentation.
Creator: Svein M Agnalt
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Kristin Berglund at a later festival performance, clearly labelled as artist context rather than Kalvøya documentation — Svein M Agnalt — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The island of Kalvøya in a later photograph, used as site geography without claiming to show the festival.
Creator: Chell Hill
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: The island of Kalvøya in a later photograph, used as site geography without claiming to show the festival — Chell Hill — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A historical view of Sandvika with Kalvøya in the background, used to locate the island setting.
Creator: Unknown author Unknown author
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A historical view of Sandvika with Kalvøya in the background, used to locate the island setting — Unknown author Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Black Sabbath in a period publicity photograph. The band was Myponga's principal international attraction; this is artist context rather than South Australian festival documentation.
Creator: Warner Bros. Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Black Sabbath in a period publicity photograph. The band was Myponga's principal international attraction; this is artist context rather than South Australian festival documentation — Warner Bros. Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Black Sabbath in close-period magazine imagery, used as artist context for Myponga rather than event documentation.
Creator: Majalah Varianada
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Black Sabbath in close-period magazine imagery, used as artist context for Myponga rather than event documentation — Majalah Varianada — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Black Sabbath in 1970, close-period artist context for the 1971 Australian appearance.
Creator: Warner Bros. Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Black Sabbath in 1970, close-period artist context for the 1971 Australian appearance — Warner Bros. Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Myponga landscape in a later photograph, used as regional context and not as festival documentation.
Creator: Shav Bird
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 3.0
Credit line: The Myponga landscape in a later photograph, used as regional context and not as festival documentation — Shav Bird — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0
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A later landscape view near Myponga Dam, used to locate the region without claiming to show the festival site.
Creator: Daniel Mee
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: A later landscape view near Myponga Dam, used to locate the region without claiming to show the festival site — Daniel Mee — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Reading Festival in 1975, when the National Jazz, Blues and Rock Festival had developed a strong progressive, blues and hard-rock identity.
Creator: David Major
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Reading Festival in 1975, when the National Jazz, Blues and Rock Festival had developed a strong progressive, blues and hard-rock identity — David Major — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-23
Festivalgoers at Reading in 1975. The event's continuity depended as much on its recurring audience and practical routines as on headline names.
Creator: David Major
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Festivalgoers at Reading in 1975 — David Major — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Babe Ruth at Reading in 1975, one performance within a programme spanning blues-derived rock, progressive music and harder forms.
Creator: David Major
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Babe Ruth at Reading in 1975, one performance within a programme spanning blues-derived rock, progressive music and harder forms — David Major — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Hawkwind's transparent tent at Reading in 1975: a glimpse of the visual culture and improvised architecture around the main performances.
Creator: David Major
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Hawkwind's transparent tent at Reading in 1975: a glimpse of the visual culture and improvised architecture around the main performances — David Major — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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The Village Stores at Reading in 1975. Festival history also lives in food, stalls, shelter and the temporary systems built around a crowd.
Creator: David Major
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: The Village Stores at Reading in 1975 — David Major — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Accessed: 2026-07-23
The Orange Stage in 2006. This later image documents the durable tent form introduced to Roskilde in 1978, not a 1970s edition.
Creator: Torstein Haldorsen from The beautifull city of Trondheim, Norway, The Royal Bananarepublic of Bømmelulu, Norway
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: The Orange Stage in 2006. This later image documents the durable tent form introduced to Roskilde in 1978, not a 1970s edition — Torstein Haldorsen from The beautifull city of Trondheim, Norway, The Royal Bananarepublic of Bømmelulu, Norway — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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A later view of the Roskilde site, used to show the long-term institution that grew from the 1971 student experiment.
Creator: Halfdanj at English Wikipedia
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A later view of the Roskilde site, used to show the long-term institution that grew from the 1971 student experiment — Halfdanj at English Wikipedia — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Orange Stage during a later festival. Its structure is the historical subject; the performance shown is not from the 1970s.
Creator: Bill Ebbesen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: The Orange Stage during a later festival. Its structure is the historical subject; the performance shown is not from the 1970s — Bill Ebbesen — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A later Orange Stage view that helps explain how the 1978 “Orange One” became Roskilde’s visual emblem.
Creator: Bill Ebbesen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later Orange Stage view that helps explain how the 1978 “Orange One” became Roskilde’s visual emblem — Bill Ebbesen — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A later crowd at the Orange Stage, used as institutional afterlife rather than evidence for a specific 1970s audience.
Creator: Bill Ebbesen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later crowd at the Orange Stage, used as institutional afterlife rather than evidence for a specific 1970s audience — Bill Ebbesen — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Elton John in a period performance photograph. He is documented at Vilar de Mouros in 1971; this is artist context rather than event photography.
Creator: Eddie
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Elton John in a period performance photograph. He is documented at Vilar de Mouros in 1971; this is artist context rather than event photography — Eddie — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band at a later performance, used as artist context for the documented 1971 programme.
Creator: Moehre1992
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Manfred Mann's Earth Band at a later performance, used as artist context for the documented 1971 programme — Moehre1992 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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An exhibition about censorship and public opinion under Estado Novo, used as political context rather than festival imagery.
Creator: GualdimG
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: An exhibition about censorship and public opinion under Estado Novo, used as political context rather than festival imagery — GualdimG — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Carnation Revolution memory in Lisbon, used to explain the transformed political context of the 1982 revival.
Creator: Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Carnation Revolution memory in Lisbon, used to explain the transformed political context of the 1982 revival — Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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A second Lisbon image connected with Carnation Revolution memory, clearly presented as political context.
Creator: Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: A second Lisbon image connected with Carnation Revolution memory, clearly presented as political context — Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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A modern view of farmland near Weeley. It documents the rural setting, not the 1971 festival field itself.
Creator: JThomas
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A modern view of farmland near Weeley. It documents the rural setting, not the 1971 festival field itself — JThomas — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A later view of the road environment near Weeley, useful for understanding access to a site never designed for a national crowd.
Creator: terry joyce
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A later view of the road environment near Weeley, useful for understanding access to a site never designed for a national crowd — terry joyce — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Weeley railway station in a modern photograph, included as transport context rather than festival documentation.
Creator: Nigel Thompson
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Weeley railway station in a modern photograph, included as transport context rather than festival documentation — Nigel Thompson — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Marc Bolan of T. Rex in a reusable artist photograph. It is not a photograph of the group’s Weeley appearance.
Creator: Eva Rinaldi
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Marc Bolan of T. Rex in a reusable artist photograph. It is not a photograph of the group’s Weeley appearance — Eva Rinaldi — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Reusable artwork associated with T. Rex’s 1971 hit “Hot Love,” providing musical context for Weeley’s headline attraction.
Creator: Franzbehrmann
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Reusable artwork associated with T. Rex’s 1971 hit “Hot Love,” providing musical context for Weeley’s headline attraction — Franzbehrmann — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A later industrial view at Bickershaw Colliery, documenting the landscape around the festival rather than the 1972 field.
Creator: David Ingham
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A later industrial view at Bickershaw Colliery, documenting the landscape around the festival rather than the 1972 field — David Ingham — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Bickershaw Colliery shortly before closure, showing the industrial geography behind the festival’s northern setting.
Creator: David Long
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Bickershaw Colliery shortly before closure, showing the industrial geography behind the festival’s northern setting — David Long — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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The former colliery line in a later photograph, used as site context and not as a view of the 1972 event.
Creator: David Long
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: The former colliery line in a later photograph, used as site context and not as a view of the 1972 event — David Long — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A public-domain record image connected with the Grateful Dead’s 1972 repertoire, used as listening context for their marathon Bickershaw set.
Creator: Warner Bros. Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A public-domain record image connected with the Grateful Dead’s 1972 repertoire, used as listening context for their marathon Bickershaw set — Warner Bros. Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Reusable artwork associated with Captain Beefheart’s 1972 period, providing artist context rather than festival documentation.
Creator: Michig
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Reusable artwork associated with Captain Beefheart’s 1972 period, providing artist context rather than festival documentation — Michig — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Canned Heat at Ruisrock in 1971. The exact event is identified because the photograph provides close-period artist context for Bull Island.
Creator: Heikki Innanen / Museovirasto
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: Canned Heat at Ruisrock in 1971. The exact event is identified because the photograph provides close-period artist context for Bull Island — Heikki Innanen / Museovirasto — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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Black Sabbath in a public-domain publicity photograph. The group was advertised for Bull Island; the image does not prove a performance there.
Creator: Warner Bros. Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Black Sabbath in a public-domain publicity photograph. The group was advertised for Bull Island; the image does not prove a performance there — Warner Bros. Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Cheech and Chong in a 1972 publicity photograph, providing period context for their documented Bull Island appearance.
Creator: William Morris Agency (management)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Cheech and Chong in a 1972 publicity photograph, providing period context for their documented Bull Island appearance — William Morris Agency (management) — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Ozzy Osbourne in a 1972 music magazine. Black Sabbath was advertised for Bull Island, but this image does not prove that the group performed.
Creator: Majalah Varianada
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Ozzy Osbourne in a 1972 music magazine. Black Sabbath was advertised for Bull Island, but this image does not prove that the group performed — Majalah Varianada — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Black Sabbath in a 1972 music magazine. The group is part of the advertised programme, which remains separate from the confirmed performance record.
Creator: Majalah Varianada
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Black Sabbath in a 1972 music magazine. The group is part of the advertised programme, which remains separate from the confirmed performance record — Majalah Varianada — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Faces with Rod Stewart in 1970, close-period artist context for the documented Bardney programme and not a festival photograph.
Creator: Warner Bros. Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Faces with Rod Stewart in 1970, close-period artist context for the documented Bardney programme and not a festival photograph — Warner Bros. Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Rod Stewart and Ron Wood with the Faces in 1975. The later performance supplies artist context for their 1972 Bardney appearance.
Creator: Jim Summaria, http://www.jimsummariaphoto.com/
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Rod Stewart and Ron Wood with the Faces in 1975. The later performance supplies artist context for their 1972 Bardney appearance — Jim Summaria, http://www.jimsummariaphoto.com/ — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Beach Boys in Finland in 1969, close-period context for their documented Great Western Express appearance and not a Bardney image.
Creator: Olin, Rafael
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: The Beach Boys in Finland in 1969, close-period context for their documented Great Western Express appearance and not a Bardney image — Olin, Rafael — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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Tupholme Abbey near the 1972 festival land, used as later site context rather than event documentation.
Creator: Gary Brothwell
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Tupholme Abbey near the 1972 festival land, used as later site context rather than event documentation — Gary Brothwell — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A second licensed view of Tupholme Abbey, locating the Bardney setting without claiming to show the festival.
Creator: Ron Strutt
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A second licensed view of Tupholme Abbey, locating the Bardney setting without claiming to show the festival — Ron Strutt — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Mar y Sol in daylight, showing the temporary performance landscape on Puerto Rico's north coast.
Creator: Puyapr
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Mar y Sol in daylight, showing the temporary performance landscape on Puerto Rico's north coast — Puyapr — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Mar y Sol soundboard, a rare contemporary view of the production system behind the official live recordings.
Creator: Puyapr
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: The Mar y Sol soundboard, a rare contemporary view of the production system behind the official live recordings — Puyapr — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Shower facilities at Mar y Sol. The photograph records the practical life of the temporary settlement as clearly as the advertised music.
Creator: Puyapr
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Shower facilities at Mar y Sol. The photograph records the practical life of the temporary settlement as clearly as the advertised music — Puyapr — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The beach during Mar y Sol, where the coastal setting shaped audience movement, camping and the festival's visual identity.
Creator: Puyapr
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: The beach during Mar y Sol, where the coastal setting shaped audience movement, camping and the festival's visual identity — Puyapr — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A wide view of the Mar y Sol stage, documenting the scale of the production against the exposed coastal landscape.
Creator: Puyapr
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A wide view of the Mar y Sol stage, documenting the scale of the production against the exposed coastal landscape — Puyapr — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Diggers Rest in a later aerial photograph. The image documents the rural edge of Melbourne in which the Sunbury festivals occupied a private farm; it is not a view of the festival itself.
Creator: Graeme Bartlett
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Diggers Rest in a later aerial photograph. The image documents the rural edge of Melbourne in which the Sunbury festivals occupied a private farm; it is not a view of the festival itself — Graeme Bartlett — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Diggers Rest viewed from the southeast in a later photograph. The surviving open landscape helps locate the festival story without claiming that the pictured ground was the stage site.
Creator: Graeme Bartlett
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Diggers Rest viewed from the southeast in a later photograph. The surviving open landscape helps locate the festival story without claiming that the pictured ground was the stage site — Graeme Bartlett — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Billy Thorpe performing in Sydney in 2000. This later photograph provides artist context for the Aztecs frontman whose Sunbury appearances became central to the festival's mythology.
Creator: Sport the library
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Billy Thorpe performing in Sydney in 2000. This later photograph provides artist context for the Aztecs frontman whose Sunbury appearances became central to the festival's mythology — Sport the library — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Spectrum performing in Adelaide in 2009. The later image documents a key Australian group associated with the formative Sunbury era and is not presented as a 1970s festival photograph.
Creator: Michael Hunter fstix
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Spectrum performing in Adelaide in 2009. The later image documents a key Australian group associated with the formative Sunbury era and is not presented as a 1970s festival photograph — Michael Hunter fstix — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Daddy Cool drummer Gary Young in a later portrait. Daddy Cool's presence helps place Sunbury within the emerging Australian rock circuit rather than as a copy of an overseas bill.
Creator: Teana Amor
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Daddy Cool drummer Gary Young in a later portrait. Daddy Cool's presence helps place Sunbury within the emerging Australian rock circuit rather than as a copy of an overseas bill — Teana Amor — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Windsor Great Park in a modern landscape photograph. The image documents place, not a historical encampment.
Creator: Peter Jordan
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Windsor Great Park in a modern landscape photograph. The image documents place, not a historical encampment — Peter Jordan — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Nik Turner with Hawkwind in 1974, providing period artist context for Britain’s free-festival network.
Creator: Jim Summaria
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Nik Turner with Hawkwind in 1974, providing period artist context for Britain’s free-festival network — Jim Summaria — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Stacia with Hawkwind during the 1974 Hall of the Mountain Grill tour. This is period context, not a Windsor stage photograph.
Creator: David W. Lawrence
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Stacia with Hawkwind during the 1974 Hall of the Mountain Grill tour. This is period context, not a Windsor stage photograph — David W. Lawrence — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Nik Turner on stage in 1974, illustrating the sound-and-light culture linked to free festivals.
Creator: David W. Lawrence
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Nik Turner on stage in 1974, illustrating the sound-and-light culture linked to free festivals — David W. Lawrence — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Lemmy with Hawkwind in 1974. The image provides close-period artist context and does not depict Windsor.
Creator: David W. Lawwrence
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Lemmy with Hawkwind in 1974. The image provides close-period artist context and does not depict Windsor — David W. Lawwrence — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Bill Graham in 1974, direct organiser context for the Day on the Green series he launched in the Bay Area.
Creator: Tony Morelli
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Bill Graham in 1974, direct organiser context for the Day on the Green series he launched in the Bay Area — Tony Morelli — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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A second 1974 photograph of Bill Graham, used to tell the series' production and promotion history rather than to imply an Oakland stage location.
Creator: Australian Information Service
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A second 1974 photograph of Bill Graham, used to tell the series' production and promotion history rather than to imply an Oakland stage location — Australian Information Service — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Bill Graham with other American music-industry figures, illustrating the professional promotion network around stadium-era rock.
Creator: Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: Bill Graham with other American music-industry figures, illustrating the professional promotion network around stadium-era rock — Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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A Bay Area landscape used to establish regional context for the Oakland series. It is not a Day on the Green audience photograph.
Creator: Jawed Karim ( talk · contribs )
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A Bay Area landscape used to establish regional context for the Oakland series. It is not a Day on the Green audience photograph — Jawed Karim ( talk · contribs ) — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A second Bay Area view, used as licensed geographic context and explicitly not as historical concert documentation.
Creator: Jawed Karim ( talk · contribs )
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A second Bay Area view, used as licensed geographic context and explicitly not as historical concert documentation — Jawed Karim ( talk · contribs ) — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Black Sabbath in a period publicity photograph. The band is confirmed on the Ngāruawāhia bill; this is artist context rather than New Zealand festival documentation.
Creator: Warner Bros. Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Black Sabbath in a period publicity photograph. The band is confirmed on the Ngāruawāhia bill; this is artist context rather than New Zealand festival documentation — Warner Bros. Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Fairport Convention performing in 1970. The group is confirmed at Ngāruawāhia; the image supplies close-period context and was not made in Waikato.
Creator: Fotoburo De Boer
Source: Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Fairport Convention performing in 1970. The group is confirmed at Ngāruawāhia; the image supplies close-period context and was not made in Waikato — Fotoburo De Boer — Nationaal Archief / Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Black Sabbath's original lineup in 1973, close-period artist context for the documented Ngāruawāhia appearance.
Creator: Premier
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Black Sabbath's original lineup in 1973, close-period artist context for the documented Ngāruawāhia appearance — Premier — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The former Ngāruawāhia railway station site in a later photograph, used as local transport context rather than festival documentation.
Creator: Johnragla
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The former Ngāruawāhia railway station site in a later photograph, used as local transport context rather than festival documentation — Johnragla — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Ngāruawāhia in 1959, used as pre-festival town context.
Creator: Whites Aviation Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Ngāruawāhia in 1959, used as pre-festival town context — Whites Aviation Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Grateful Dead in 1970, close-period context for one of Summer Jam's three principal acts. This is not a Watkins Glen photograph.
Creator: Herb Greene
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Grateful Dead in 1970, close-period context for one of Summer Jam's three principal acts. This is not a Watkins Glen photograph — Herb Greene — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Band in 1969, providing period artist context for the group's Summer Jam appearance. The image was not made at Watkins Glen.
Creator: Capitol Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Band in 1969, providing period artist context for the group's Summer Jam appearance. The image was not made at Watkins Glen — Capitol Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A second rights-cleared Grateful Dead period image, used for the long-form live-rock story and not presented as event documentation.
Creator: Herb Greene
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A second rights-cleared Grateful Dead period image, used for the long-form live-rock story and not presented as event documentation — Herb Greene — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, used as performer context for Summer Jam. The item-level record does not identify Watkins Glen as its location.
Creator: Carl Lender
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, used as performer context for Summer Jam. The item-level record does not identify Watkins Glen as its location — Carl Lender — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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The Grateful Dead at Chicago's Kinetic Playground, explicitly labelled as separate venue context rather than a Watkins Glen photograph.
Creator: Lvaughn7
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The Grateful Dead at Chicago's Kinetic Playground, explicitly labelled as separate venue context rather than a Watkins Glen photograph — Lvaughn7 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A participant's view connected with California Jam I. The speedway infrastructure was repurposed for an audience and broadcast operation on an enormous scale.
Creator: Mark Pearcy
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.5
Credit line: A participant's view connected with California Jam I — Mark Pearcy — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.5
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Accessed: 2026-07-23
A contemporary California Jam advertisement. Its compressed list of attractions turns a complicated television and concert production into a single mass-market promise.
Creator: Mlpearc
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A contemporary California Jam advertisement — Mlpearc — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A California Jam flyer from 1974. Surviving promotion helps reconstruct how the festival sold scale, variety and a full day of rock.
Creator: Mlpearc
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A California Jam flyer from 1974 — Mlpearc — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Ozzy Osbourne with Black Sabbath before the California Jam crowd. The image connects the performers to the scale of the speedway audience.
Creator: UCLA Library Special Collections
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Ozzy Osbourne with Black Sabbath before the California Jam crowd — UCLA Library Special Collections — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Ozzy Osbourne at California Jam in 1974. The Los Angeles Times photograph documents one of the festival's major heavy-rock performances.
Creator: Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: Ozzy Osbourne at California Jam in 1974 — Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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The crowd for the Rolling Stones at Knebworth in 1976. The scale shows how the estate had become a major destination within Britain's outdoor rock circuit.
Creator: Sérgio Valle Duarte
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 3.0
Credit line: The crowd for the Rolling Stones at Knebworth in 1976 — Sérgio Valle Duarte — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0
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A broad view of the 1976 Knebworth audience. The photograph documents the temporary city of spectators as clearly as it documents the distant stage.
Creator: Sérgio Valle Duarte
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 3.0
Credit line: A broad view of the 1976 Knebworth audience — Sérgio Valle Duarte — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0
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Pink Floyd at Knebworth in 1975. Their large-scale performance helped establish the festival as a home for ambitious, technologically demanding rock.
Creator: Richard Humphrey
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Pink Floyd at Knebworth in 1975 — Richard Humphrey — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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The Rolling Stones' Knebworth stage in 1976, when theatrical scale and an exceptionally long bill turned the estate into an all-day endurance event.
Creator: Richard Humphrey
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: The Rolling Stones' Knebworth stage in 1976, when theatrical scale and an exceptionally long bill turned the estate into an all-day endurance event — Richard Humphrey — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Knebworth House in a later site photograph. The estate setting gave the concerts a visual identity unlike a stadium or purpose-built arena.
Creator: Casanovafly91
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Knebworth House in a later site photograph — Casanovafly91 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Yoko Ono and John Lennon in 1973, close-period artist context for Ono's documented One Step appearance and not a festival photograph.
Creator: Bernard Gotfryd
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Yoko Ono and John Lennon in 1973, close-period artist context for Ono's documented One Step appearance and not a festival photograph — Bernard Gotfryd — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Lake Isuzu in Kaiseizan Park in a later photograph, used as site geography rather than event documentation.
Creator: Miyuki Meinaka
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Lake Isuzu in Kaiseizan Park in a later photograph, used as site geography rather than event documentation — Miyuki Meinaka — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Koriyama Pioneers sculpture in Kaiseizan Park, used as local civic context.
Creator: Miyuki Meinaka
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: The Koriyama Pioneers sculpture in Kaiseizan Park, used as local civic context — Miyuki Meinaka — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A preserved steam locomotive in Kaiseizan Park, used to orient the reader within the modern park.
Creator: Sugikats
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A preserved steam locomotive in Kaiseizan Park, used to orient the reader within the modern park — Sugikats — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cherry trees in Kaiseizan Park in a later photograph, clearly presented as location context.
Creator: Sugikats
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Cherry trees in Kaiseizan Park in a later photograph, clearly presented as location context — Sugikats — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Ozark Music Festival stage and crowd from the right, showing how the fairgrounds were absorbed into a temporary rock city.
Creator: Matthew's Photos
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Ozark Music Festival stage and crowd from the right, showing how the fairgrounds were absorbed into a temporary rock city — Matthew's Photos — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A second contemporary view across the Ozark stage and audience, useful evidence for scale without pretending the attendance was precisely counted.
Creator: Matthew's Photos
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A second contemporary view across the Ozark stage and audience, useful evidence for scale without pretending the attendance was precisely counted — Matthew's Photos — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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An 'Arrive Stoned' sign at Ozark in 1974, a participant-made fragment of the event's informal visual culture.
Creator: Nowheat
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: An 'Arrive Stoned' sign at Ozark in 1974, a participant-made fragment of the event's informal visual culture — Nowheat — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Missouri State Fair entrance in a later photograph. It documents the permanent civic venue that was overwhelmed by the 1974 gathering.
Creator: 25or6to4
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The Missouri State Fair entrance in a later photograph. It documents the permanent civic venue that was overwhelmed by the 1974 gathering — 25or6to4 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Blue Öyster Cult in 1974. This public-domain publicity image provides period artist context and is not presented as an Ozark stage photograph.
Creator: Columbia Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Blue Öyster Cult in 1974. This public-domain publicity image provides period artist context and is not presented as an Ozark stage photograph — Columbia Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Stonehenge Free Festival in 1984, the last full edition before access was blocked the following year.
Creator: Salix alba
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: The Stonehenge Free Festival in 1984, the last full edition before access was blocked the following year — Salix alba — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The box that once contained the ashes of Wally Hope, a material link to the founder figure and mythology of the festival.
Creator: Richard Avery
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The box that once contained the ashes of Wally Hope, a material link to the founder figure and mythology of the festival — Richard Avery — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Rollo Maughfling, a participant in the alternative spiritual culture surrounding Stonehenge.
Creator: Simon King
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Rollo Maughfling, a participant in the alternative spiritual culture surrounding Stonehenge — Simon King — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A public-domain historical illustration of imagined Druidic ceremony, used to show the long prehistory of solstice interpretation rather than the 1970s festival.
Creator: Charles Hamilton Smith
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A public-domain historical illustration of imagined Druidic ceremony, used to show the long prehistory of solstice interpretation rather than the 1970s festival — Charles Hamilton Smith — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The summer-solstice sunrise at Stonehenge in 2005. This later image documents the enduring ritual landscape, not the free festival itself.
Creator: Unknown creator
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: The summer-solstice sunrise at Stonehenge in 2005. This later image documents the enduring ritual landscape, not the free festival itself — Unknown creator — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A 1974 World Series of Rock print advertisement. It documents promoted billing and remains distinct from a performed-lineup ledger.
Creator: The Beach Boys, Belkin Productions, Cleveland Stadium, Joe Walsh and Barnstorm, Lynyrd Skynyrd, REO Speedwagon, Tokyo Shaprio, WMMS, et al.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A 1974 World Series of Rock print advertisement. It documents promoted billing and remains distinct from a performed-lineup ledger — The Beach Boys, Belkin Productions, Cleveland Stadium, Joe Walsh and Barnstorm, Lynyrd Skynyrd, REO Speedwagon, Tokyo Shaprio, WMMS, et al. — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Beach Boys in a period television photograph, artist context for the first 1974 Cleveland show and not a Municipal Stadium image.
Creator: Unknown author Unknown author
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Beach Boys in a period television photograph, artist context for the first 1974 Cleveland show and not a Municipal Stadium image — Unknown author Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, whose archive preserves the series as regional live-music history.
Creator: Erik Drost
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, whose archive preserves the series as regional live-music history — Erik Drost — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Pink Floyd at Knebworth in 1975. The group later appeared in the Cleveland series; this separate performance is clearly labelled as artist context.
Creator: Richard Humphrey
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Pink Floyd at Knebworth in 1975. The group later appeared in the Cleveland series; this separate performance is clearly labelled as artist context — Richard Humphrey — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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The Faces with Rod Stewart in 1970, close-period artist context for Stewart's later World Series of Rock appearance and not a stadium photograph.
Creator: Warner Bros. Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The Faces with Rod Stewart in 1970, close-period artist context for Stewart's later World Series of Rock appearance and not a stadium photograph — Warner Bros. Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Francisco Franco in 1968, used as political context for the dictatorship under which the first Canet Rock was organised.
Creator: Anonymous Unknown author
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Francisco Franco in 1968, used as political context for the dictatorship under which the first Canet Rock was organised — Anonymous Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A Memorial Democràtic exhibition space, used as later public-memory context for Catalonia's democratic transition.
Creator: Kippelboy
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: A Memorial Democràtic exhibition space, used as later public-memory context for Catalonia's democratic transition — Kippelboy — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Material connected with the Nova Cançó movement, used as cultural context for Canet Rock's Catalan programme.
Creator: Own work
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Material connected with the Nova Cançó movement, used as cultural context for Canet Rock's Catalan programme — Own work — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Canet de Mar railway station, used to locate the coastal town and audience journey rather than as festival documentation.
Creator: Frederic Bordas Altarriba
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Canet de Mar railway station, used to locate the coastal town and audience journey rather than as festival documentation — Frederic Bordas Altarriba — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A historic square and defensive tower in Canet de Mar, used as town context without claiming to depict the festival.
Creator: Josep Salvany i Blanch
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A historic square and defensive tower in Canet de Mar, used as town context without claiming to depict the festival — Josep Salvany i Blanch — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Brazilian progressive rock group O Terço, a documented Águas Claras act; this separate image supplies artist context.
Creator: As fotos da Virada!
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Brazilian progressive rock group O Terço, a documented Águas Claras act; this separate image supplies artist context — As fotos da Virada! — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A second licensed image of O Terço, used as performer context rather than festival photography.
Creator: As fotos da Virada!
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A second licensed image of O Terço, used as performer context rather than festival photography — As fotos da Virada! — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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O Terço at a later performance, clearly labelled as artist context for the Águas Claras programme.
Creator: As fotos da Virada!
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: O Terço at a later performance, clearly labelled as artist context for the Águas Claras programme — As fotos da Virada! — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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The coat of arms of Iacanga, used as municipal context for the festival's host area.
Creator: Unknown creator
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The coat of arms of Iacanga, used as municipal context for the festival's host area — Unknown creator — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A later view in the municipality of Iacanga, used as regional context and not as festival documentation.
Creator: Trabalho realizado pela ENFA (Empresa Nacional de Fotos Aéreas) sob supervisão do IGG
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A later view in the municipality of Iacanga, used as regional context and not as festival documentation — Trabalho realizado pela ENFA (Empresa Nacional de Fotos Aéreas) sob supervisão do IGG — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A later view through Bracknell Forest towards Caesar's Camp, the documented 1978 stop in the mobile People's Free Festival story.
Creator: bruce
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A later view through Bracknell Forest towards Caesar's Camp, the documented 1978 stop in the mobile People's Free Festival story — bruce — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A modern view of Caesar's Camp. It documents the 1978 site landscape, not the gathering itself.
Creator: Simon Burchell
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A modern view of Caesar's Camp. It documents the 1978 site landscape, not the gathering itself — Simon Burchell — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Woodland at Caesar's Camp in a later photograph, used to explain how temporary culture occupied changing sites.
Creator: Simon Burchell
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Woodland at Caesar's Camp in a later photograph, used to explain how temporary culture occupied changing sites — Simon Burchell — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The surviving landscape at Caesar's Camp, photographed long after the 1978 festival.
Creator: Simon Burchell
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The surviving landscape at Caesar's Camp, photographed long after the 1978 festival — Simon Burchell — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The earthworks at Caesar's Camp, a material trace of the place rather than visual evidence of the free-festival crowd.
Creator: Alan Hunt
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: The earthworks at Caesar's Camp, a material trace of the place rather than visual evidence of the free-festival crowd — Alan Hunt — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Talking Heads in a 1979 publicity photograph, close-period artist context for their documented 1978 Werchter appearance.
Creator: Ron Pownall; Distributed by Sire Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Talking Heads in a 1979 publicity photograph, close-period artist context for their documented 1978 Werchter appearance — Ron Pownall; Distributed by Sire Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Talking Heads in 1980, used as period artist context rather than Torhout or Werchter event photography.
Creator: Distributed by Sire Records . Photographer uncredited.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Talking Heads in 1980, used as period artist context rather than Torhout or Werchter event photography — Distributed by Sire Records . Photographer uncredited. — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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The Werchter festival field in a later photograph, used to locate the long-running event's site.
Creator: No machine-readable author provided. Matriochka~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: The Werchter festival field in a later photograph, used to locate the long-running event's site — No machine-readable author provided. Matriochka~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A modern Rock Werchter stage, explicitly used to show the later scale of the institution rather than its formative decade.
Creator: Haggis MacHaggis
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: A modern Rock Werchter stage, explicitly used to show the later scale of the institution rather than its formative decade — Haggis MacHaggis — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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A later view in Werchter, used as local context without presenting it as a historical festival scene.
Creator: DirkVE
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later view in Werchter, used as local context without presenting it as a historical festival scene — DirkVE — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A later view over the Weser landscape at Vlotho, used as regional site context and not as a festival photograph.
Creator: BangertNo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 3.0
Credit line: A later view over the Weser landscape at Vlotho, used as regional site context and not as a festival photograph — BangertNo — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0
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The Weser meadows at Vlotho in a later photograph, clearly presented as site context for the free-festival story.
Creator: Grugerio
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: The Weser meadows at Vlotho in a later photograph, clearly presented as site context for the free-festival story — Grugerio — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A map of the protected Weser meadows at Vlotho, used to orient the reader geographically.
Creator: Own work
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: A map of the protected Weser meadows at Vlotho, used to orient the reader geographically — Own work — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Members of Bröselmaschine, used as performer context for the German free-festival network and not as a Vlotho stage photograph.
Creator: Rumpelwicht
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Members of Bröselmaschine, used as performer context for the German free-festival network and not as a Vlotho stage photograph — Rumpelwicht — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Bröselmaschine at a much later performance, explicitly labelled as artist context rather than 1970s event documentation.
Creator: Frank Schwichtenberg
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Bröselmaschine at a much later performance, explicitly labelled as artist context rather than 1970s event documentation — Frank Schwichtenberg — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A modern sign at Watchfield, used to anchor the festival in the Oxfordshire village beside the former airfield rather than as a photograph of the 1975 gathering.
Creator: Des Blenkinsopp
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A modern sign at Watchfield, used to anchor the festival in the Oxfordshire village beside the former airfield rather than as a photograph of the 1975 gathering — Des Blenkinsopp — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Modern farmland at Watchfield. The image provides landscape context and does not claim to show the 1975 festival field.
Creator: Andrew Smith
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Modern farmland at Watchfield. The image provides landscape context and does not claim to show the 1975 festival field — Andrew Smith — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Gong in 1974, close-period artist context for the communal progressive and space-rock culture associated with Watchfield.
Creator: TimDuncan
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 3.0
Credit line: Gong in 1974, close-period artist context for the communal progressive and space-rock culture associated with Watchfield — TimDuncan — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0
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Hawkwind’s tent at Reading in 1975. The exact venue is identified; this image documents the group’s contemporary festival presence rather than Watchfield itself.
Creator: David Major
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Hawkwind’s tent at Reading in 1975. The exact venue is identified; this image documents the group’s contemporary festival presence rather than Watchfield itself — David Major — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Nik Turner with Hawkwind in 1974, period artist context for the free-festival network.
Creator: Jim Summaria
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Nik Turner with Hawkwind in 1974, period artist context for the free-festival network — Jim Summaria — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Mill Reservoir in Deeply Vale. The later photograph records the valley landscape in which a small free gathering grew into a meeting point for hippies, punks and new wave.
Creator: liz dawson
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Mill Reservoir in Deeply Vale. The later photograph records the valley landscape in which a small free gathering grew into a meeting point for hippies, punks and new wave — liz dawson — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Overgrown remains of the old works at Deeply Vale. The image shows how post-industrial land and rural space overlapped around the festival environment.
Creator: liz dawson
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Overgrown remains of the old works at Deeply Vale. The image shows how post-industrial land and rural space overlapped around the festival environment — liz dawson — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Copped Hill Farm in Ashworth Valley in a later photograph. It provides wider geographical context for the Rochdale and Bury landscape around Deeply Vale.
Creator: michael ely
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Copped Hill Farm in Ashworth Valley in a later photograph. It provides wider geographical context for the Rochdale and Bury landscape around Deeply Vale — michael ely — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Ashworth Valley Reservoir in a later view, documenting the moorland and water infrastructure surrounding the free-festival terrain.
Creator: David Dixon
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Ashworth Valley Reservoir in a later view, documenting the moorland and water infrastructure surrounding the free-festival terrain — David Dixon — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Dobb Wood in Ashworth Valley. This later landscape image anchors the account in the physical geography of the valley and is not a photograph of a festival performance.
Creator: John Westhead
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Dobb Wood in Ashworth Valley. This later landscape image anchors the account in the physical geography of the valley and is not a photograph of a festival performance — John Westhead — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Macroom Castle Arch, Co Cork geograph.org.uk 7673154. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Macroom Mountain Dew Festival 1976–1982; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: Colin Park
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Macroom Castle Arch, Co Cork geograph.org.uk 7673154. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Macroom Mountain Dew Festival 1976–1982; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Colin Park — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Elvis Costello (51410104359). This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Macroom Mountain Dew Festival 1976–1982; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: Matt Johnson from Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Elvis Costello (51410104359). This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Macroom Mountain Dew Festival 1976–1982; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Matt Johnson from Omaha, Nebraska, United States — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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London Olympics Opening Ceremony Mike Oldfield. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Macroom Mountain Dew Festival 1976–1982; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: Nick Webb
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: London Olympics Opening Ceremony Mike Oldfield. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Macroom Mountain Dew Festival 1976–1982; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Nick Webb — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Rory Gallagher in St Louis. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Macroom Mountain Dew Festival 1976–1982; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: Al Cikas
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Rory Gallagher in St Louis. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Macroom Mountain Dew Festival 1976–1982; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Al Cikas — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Signs 1190414, Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland. This licensed image supplies site or regional context for Macroom Mountain Dew Festival 1976–1982; it is not presented as a photograph of the historical festival.
Creator: Mucklagh
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: Signs 1190414, Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland. This licensed image supplies site or regional context for Macroom Mountain Dew Festival 1976–1982; it is not presented as a photograph of the historical festival — Mucklagh — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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A later Paléo Festival scene in Nyon, used to show the institution's continuity beyond this guide's 1976–1984 window.
Creator: Unknown creator
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later Paléo Festival scene in Nyon, used to show the institution's continuity beyond this guide's 1976–1984 window — Unknown creator — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Later production work at Paléo Festival, explicitly used as continuity and infrastructure context rather than early-edition documentation.
Creator: Manuguf
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Later production work at Paléo Festival, explicitly used as continuity and infrastructure context rather than early-edition documentation — Manuguf — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A later Paléo Festival image from Nyon, clearly separated from the formative 1976–1984 editions.
Creator: Marc Mongenet
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A later Paléo Festival image from Nyon, clearly separated from the formative 1976–1984 editions — Marc Mongenet — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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An aerial view of the Colovray site in Nyon, used as later venue geography and not as festival photography.
Creator: Alexey M.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: An aerial view of the Colovray site in Nyon, used as later venue geography and not as festival photography — Alexey M. — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A historical view of Nyon from the southwest, providing city and lakeside context for the festival's origins.
Creator: Matthäus Merian / Joseph Plepp
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A historical view of Nyon from the southwest, providing city and lakeside context for the festival's origins — Matthäus Merian / Joseph Plepp — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A later exterior view of the Grugahalle, the broadcast venue that became synonymous with the Rockpalast Nights.
Creator: Unknown creator
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later exterior view of the Grugahalle, the broadcast venue that became synonymous with the Rockpalast Nights — Unknown creator — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Patti Smith in a documented 1979 Rockpalast performance at Essen, a contemporary image of the series itself.
Creator: Bodow
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Patti Smith in a documented 1979 Rockpalast performance at Essen, a contemporary image of the series itself — Bodow — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Paul Barrere and Lowell George of Little Feat, period artist context for the first Rocknacht in July 1977.
Creator: Jean-Luc
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Paul Barrere and Lowell George of Little Feat, period artist context for the first Rocknacht in July 1977 — Jean-Luc — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Lowell George of Little Feat, whose appearance helped establish the first all-night Rockpalast broadcast.
Creator: Jean-Luc
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Lowell George of Little Feat, whose appearance helped establish the first all-night Rockpalast broadcast — Jean-Luc — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Roger McGuinn in 1976, close-period performer context for the inaugural Rocknacht.
Creator: Columbia Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Roger McGuinn in 1976, close-period performer context for the inaugural Rocknacht — Columbia Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Los Angeles Times coverage published the day after California Jam II, preserving the event's immediate media framing as well as its scale.
Creator: Robert Hilburn, Los Angeles Times
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Los Angeles Times coverage published the day after California Jam II, preserving the event's immediate media framing as well as its scale — Robert Hilburn, Los Angeles Times — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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California Jam II from the air on 18 March 1978. The photograph shows the speedway converted into a highly organized mass-media rock site.
Creator: George Rose, Los Angeles Times
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: California Jam II from the air on 18 March 1978. The photograph shows the speedway converted into a highly organized mass-media rock site — George Rose, Los Angeles Times — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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Carlos Santana performing in Leiden in 1978. The period photograph provides artist context and is not presented as a California Jam II stage image.
Creator: Chris Hakkens
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Carlos Santana performing in Leiden in 1978. The period photograph provides artist context and is not presented as a California Jam II stage image — Chris Hakkens — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Nancy Wilson and Roger Fisher of Heart in 1978. This period artist photograph provides lineup context without implying that it was taken at Ontario Motor Speedway.
Creator: Jim Summaria, http://jimsummariaphoto.com
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Nancy Wilson and Roger Fisher of Heart in 1978. This period artist photograph provides lineup context without implying that it was taken at Ontario Motor Speedway — Jim Summaria, http://jimsummariaphoto.com — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The 1978 California 500 program cover. It documents the permanent motorsport identity of Ontario Motor Speedway, the infrastructure temporarily repurposed by California Jam II.
Creator: Ontario Motor Speedway
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: The 1978 California 500 program cover. It documents the permanent motorsport identity of Ontario Motor Speedway, the infrastructure temporarily repurposed by California Jam II — Ontario Motor Speedway — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A contemporary public-domain photograph of Canada Jam at Mosport on 26 August 1978.
Creator: Unknown author
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: A contemporary public-domain photograph of Canada Jam at Mosport on 26 August 1978 — Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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A later concert at the Mosport circuit, now Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. It illustrates the venue’s continuing use for music and does not depict Canada Jam.
Creator: TorontoGuy79
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later concert at the Mosport circuit, now Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. It illustrates the venue’s continuing use for music and does not depict Canada Jam — TorontoGuy79 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A modern circuit view at Mosport, used as venue context rather than festival documentation.
Creator: TorontoGuy79
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A modern circuit view at Mosport, used as venue context rather than festival documentation — TorontoGuy79 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The modern event centre at Mosport. The 1978 production occupied a different temporary configuration.
Creator: TorontoGuy79
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: The modern event centre at Mosport. The 1978 production occupied a different temporary configuration — TorontoGuy79 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Village People filming “In the Navy” in close-period public-domain footage; performer context, not their Canada Jam appearance.
Creator: USN
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Village People filming “In the Navy” in close-period public-domain footage; performer context, not their Canada Jam appearance — USN — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Split Enz at Nambassa in January 1979, directly identified by the item-level record.
Creator: Nambassa Trust and Peter Terry
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Split Enz at Nambassa in January 1979, directly identified by the item-level record — Nambassa Trust and Peter Terry — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A scene at the five-day Nambassa festival in 1981, directly identified by the source record.
Creator: The original uploader was Mombas at English Wikipedia .
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.5
Credit line: A scene at the five-day Nambassa festival in 1981, directly identified by the source record — The original uploader was Mombas at English Wikipedia . — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.5
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Negative Theatre on Nambassa's main stage in 1979, directly documented by the item record.
Creator: The original uploader was Mombas at English Wikipedia .
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Negative Theatre on Nambassa's main stage in 1979, directly documented by the item record — The original uploader was Mombas at English Wikipedia . — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Barry McGuire on Nambassa's main stage in 1979, directly identified by the source record.
Creator: The original uploader was Mombas at English Wikipedia .
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.5
Credit line: Barry McGuire on Nambassa's main stage in 1979, directly identified by the source record — The original uploader was Mombas at English Wikipedia . — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.5
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Mahana at Nambassa's Redhat Theatre in 1981, directly identified by the item record.
Creator: The original uploader was Mombas at English Wikipedia .
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.5
Credit line: Mahana at Nambassa's Redhat Theatre in 1981, directly identified by the item record — The original uploader was Mombas at English Wikipedia . — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.5
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A contemporary photograph from the Rock Against Racism carnival in Victoria Park in 1978.
Creator: Danny Birchall
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: A contemporary photograph from the Rock Against Racism carnival in Victoria Park in 1978 — Danny Birchall — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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A second contemporary view of Rock Against Racism in 1978, documenting the political music culture around the carnival.
Creator: Sarah Wyld
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A second contemporary view of Rock Against Racism in 1978, documenting the political music culture around the carnival — Sarah Wyld — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A later aerial view of Victoria Park, used to explain the scale and geography of the 1978 carnival site.
Creator: Matt Brown from London, England
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: A later aerial view of Victoria Park, used to explain the scale and geography of the 1978 carnival site — Matt Brown from London, England — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Mick Jones of The Clash in 1978. This period portrait provides performer context and is not a Victoria Park stage photograph.
Creator: UCLA Library Special Collections
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Mick Jones of The Clash in 1978. This period portrait provides performer context and is not a Victoria Park stage photograph — UCLA Library Special Collections — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Victoria Park in a later photograph, connecting the historic march destination with the surviving public landscape.
Creator: Ewan Munro from London, UK
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Victoria Park in a later photograph, connecting the historic march destination with the surviving public landscape — Ewan Munro from London, UK — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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A later view at the Westfalenhallen transit stop, documenting access to the broadcast venue rather than a 1978 concert.
Creator: User:ReferenceBK
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later view at the Westfalenhallen transit stop, documenting access to the broadcast venue rather than a 1978 concert — User:ReferenceBK — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A modern view of the Westfalenhallen site. The 1978–1980 broadcast stages used a different temporary production layout.
Creator: Joehawkins
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A modern view of the Westfalenhallen site. The 1978–1980 broadcast stages used a different temporary production layout — Joehawkins — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Nina Hagen Band in 1979, close-period context for the group’s December 1978 Dortmund performance.
Creator: Wolfgang Autenrieth
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Nina Hagen Band in 1979, close-period context for the group’s December 1978 Dortmund performance — Wolfgang Autenrieth — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Herman Brood and His Wild Romance in 1979, close-period artist context for the Dortmund sessions.
Creator: Suyk, Koen / Anefo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Herman Brood and His Wild Romance in 1979, close-period artist context for the Dortmund sessions — Suyk, Koen / Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Herman Brood in 1979, one year after the documented Westfalenhalle broadcast.
Creator: Koen Suyk / Anefo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Herman Brood in 1979, one year after the documented Westfalenhalle broadcast — Koen Suyk / Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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The Cotton Bowl in 1977, one year before the first Texxas Jam, showing the stadium structure that framed the annual event.
Creator: Prebbleqram
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The Cotton Bowl in 1977, one year before the first Texxas Jam, showing the stadium structure that framed the annual event — Prebbleqram — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A later aerial view of the Cotton Bowl, used to explain the enclosed scale of the Texxas Jam venue.
Creator: Luis Tamayo from Dallas, Texas, USA, USA
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: A later aerial view of the Cotton Bowl, used to explain the enclosed scale of the Texxas Jam venue — Luis Tamayo from Dallas, Texas, USA, USA — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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The Cotton Bowl in a modern Fair Park photograph, documenting the surviving venue rather than a Texxas Jam edition.
Creator: Michael Barera
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The Cotton Bowl in a modern Fair Park photograph, documenting the surviving venue rather than a Texxas Jam edition — Michael Barera — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Nancy Wilson and Roger Fisher of Heart in 1978, period performer context for the first Texxas Jam.
Creator: Jim Summaria, http://jimsummariaphoto.com
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Nancy Wilson and Roger Fisher of Heart in 1978, period performer context for the first Texxas Jam — Jim Summaria, http://jimsummariaphoto.com — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nancy Wilson of Heart in 1978. This is close-period artist context, not a photograph of the Cotton Bowl set.
Creator: Jim Summaria, http://www.jimsummariaphoto.com/
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Nancy Wilson of Heart in 1978. This is close-period artist context, not a photograph of the Cotton Bowl set — Jim Summaria, http://www.jimsummariaphoto.com/ — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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The former Queens Hall site in Leeds in a later photograph, used to locate Futurama's first venue.
Creator: Linda Spashett Storye book
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 3.0
Credit line: The former Queens Hall site in Leeds in a later photograph, used to locate Futurama's first venue — Linda Spashett Storye book — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0
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A second later view of the former Queens Hall site. The later date is explicit and no event-photograph claim is made.
Creator: Linda Spashett Storye book
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 3.0
Credit line: A second later view of the former Queens Hall site. The later date is explicit and no event-photograph claim is made — Linda Spashett Storye book — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0
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John Lydon with Public Image Ltd in 1980, artist context for Futurama's documented post-punk network and not a Leeds performance photograph.
Creator: Acroterion
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: John Lydon with Public Image Ltd in 1980, artist context for Futurama's documented post-punk network and not a Leeds performance photograph — Acroterion — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jah Wobble with Public Image Ltd in 1980, period artist context for the Futurama programme rather than event documentation.
Creator: Acroterion
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Jah Wobble with Public Image Ltd in 1980, period artist context for the Futurama programme rather than event documentation — Acroterion — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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John Lydon and Keith Levene with Public Image Ltd in 1980. The separate Atlanta performance is clearly labelled as artist context.
Creator: Acroterion
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: John Lydon and Keith Levene with Public Image Ltd in 1980. The separate Atlanta performance is clearly labelled as artist context — Acroterion — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Havana theatre originally known as Teatro Blanquita and later as the Karl Marx Theatre, venue for Havana Jam in 1979.
Creator: No machine-readable author provided. JEDIKNIGHT1970 assumed (based on copyright claims).
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.5
Credit line: The Havana theatre originally known as Teatro Blanquita and later as the Karl Marx Theatre, venue for Havana Jam in 1979 — No machine-readable author provided. JEDIKNIGHT1970 assumed (based on copyright claims). — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.5
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A later view of the Karl Marx Theatre, used to document the surviving venue rather than the 1979 stage configuration.
Creator: Mosbo6
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A later view of the Karl Marx Theatre, used to document the surviving venue rather than the 1979 stage configuration — Mosbo6 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Trio of Doom, one of the American ensembles assembled for Havana Jam, in a reusable period image.
Creator: Chris Hakkens and Brian McMillen (original photos), Misterpither (compilation)
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Trio of Doom, one of the American ensembles assembled for Havana Jam, in a reusable period image — Chris Hakkens and Brian McMillen (original photos), Misterpither (compilation) — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Billy Joel in 1978, close-period performer context for his Havana Jam appearance.
Creator: Distributed by Columbia Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Billy Joel in 1978, close-period performer context for his Havana Jam appearance — Distributed by Columbia Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Stephen Stills at the Woodstock Reunion in 1979. The exact event is identified because this provides period context, not a Havana performance image.
Creator: Bob Sanderson ( User:Rtsanderson )
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Stephen Stills at the Woodstock Reunion in 1979. The exact event is identified because this provides period context, not a Havana performance image — Bob Sanderson ( User:Rtsanderson ) — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Siekiera performing at Jarocin in 1984, directly identified by the item-level source record.
Creator: Mirosław Makowski, uploaded by CLI
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Siekiera performing at Jarocin in 1984, directly identified by the item-level source record — Mirosław Makowski, uploaded by CLI — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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An image associated directly with Jarocin Festival 1984 in the Wikimedia Commons festival category.
Creator: Piotr Antoni Wysocki
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: An image associated directly with Jarocin Festival 1984 in the Wikimedia Commons festival category — Piotr Antoni Wysocki — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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KSU in Jarocin-related archive material, retained with its item-level source and licence record.
Creator: Jerzy Jernas at Polish Wikipedia
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: KSU in Jarocin-related archive material, retained with its item-level source and licence record — Jerzy Jernas at Polish Wikipedia — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Idee Fixe at Jarocin in 1985, one year beyond this guide's main window and clearly labelled as later continuity.
Creator: Madeformusicteam
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Idee Fixe at Jarocin in 1985, one year beyond this guide's main window and clearly labelled as later continuity — Madeformusicteam — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jarocin Rock Music Festival in 1993, explicitly used as later continuity rather than evidence for the 1980–1984 editions.
Creator: K.M.Krawczyk
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Jarocin Rock Music Festival in 1993, explicitly used as later continuity rather than evidence for the 1980–1984 editions — K.M.Krawczyk — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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April Wine June 29, 1981 (2120608099). This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Monsters of Rock 1980–1984; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: H. Michael Karshis from San Antonio, USA
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: April Wine June 29, 1981 (2120608099). This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Monsters of Rock 1980–1984; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — H. Michael Karshis from San Antonio, USA — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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Judas Priest dal viṿ a Cardiff in dal 1981. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Monsters of Rock 1980–1984; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: Watt Dabney
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: Judas Priest dal viṿ a Cardiff in dal 1981. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Monsters of Rock 1980–1984; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Watt Dabney — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Scorpions (1984 Polygram Records publicity photo). This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Monsters of Rock 1980–1984; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: PolyGram Records
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Scorpions (1984 Polygram Records publicity photo). This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Monsters of Rock 1980–1984; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — PolyGram Records — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Saxon Wembley 21.03.24. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Monsters of Rock 1980–1984; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: Mewhen123
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Credit line: Saxon Wembley 21.03.24. This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Monsters of Rock 1980–1984; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Mewhen123 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0
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April Wine (4889506974). This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Monsters of Rock 1980–1984; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so.
Creator: Harry (Howard) Potts
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Credit line: April Wine (4889506974). This licensed image supplies documented performer or period context for Monsters of Rock 1980–1984; it is not presented as a photograph of the festival unless the item-level source says so — Harry (Howard) Potts — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0
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Visitors at Parkpop in The Hague's Zuiderpark. The Nationaal Archief item record identifies the festival directly.
Creator: Rob Bogaerts / Anefo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Visitors at Parkpop in The Hague's Zuiderpark. The Nationaal Archief item record identifies the festival directly — Rob Bogaerts / Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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A group of punk visitors at Parkpop in Zuiderpark, documented in the Nationaal Archief festival series.
Creator: Rob Bogaerts / Anefo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: A group of punk visitors at Parkpop in Zuiderpark, documented in the Nationaal Archief festival series — Rob Bogaerts / Anefo — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Gruppo Sportivo performing in Amsterdam in 1978, close-period artist context for the documented Parkpop programme and not a Zuiderpark image.
Creator: Fotopersbureau De Boer
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: Gruppo Sportivo performing in Amsterdam in 1978, close-period artist context for the documented Parkpop programme and not a Zuiderpark image — Fotopersbureau De Boer — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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Tygers of Pan Tang at a later performance, explicitly used as artist context rather than 1980s Parkpop documentation.
Creator: Dario De Marco
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain
Credit line: Tygers of Pan Tang at a later performance, explicitly used as artist context rather than 1980s Parkpop documentation — Dario De Marco — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
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Killing Joke at a later performance in Paris, clearly labelled as artist context for the Parkpop bill.
Creator: Alchemica
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Killing Joke at a later performance in Paris, clearly labelled as artist context for the Parkpop bill — Alchemica — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A Chapman Stick demonstration at the US Festival in 1982 or 1983, documenting how instruments, technology and promotion shared space with the main stages.
Creator: Michael Kollwitz
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: A Chapman Stick demonstration at the US Festival in 1982 or 1983, documenting how instruments, technology and promotion shared space with the main stages — Michael Kollwitz — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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A wide view across the September 1982 US Festival, showing the scale of the audience and the engineered concert landscape at Glen Helen.
Creator: Swanny
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A wide view across the September 1982 US Festival, showing the scale of the audience and the engineered concert landscape at Glen Helen — Swanny — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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U2 performing at the US Festival in Devore on 30 May 1983, a direct stage document from the second edition's Rock Day.
Creator: James LaMantia
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: U2 performing at the US Festival in Devore on 30 May 1983, a direct stage document from the second edition's Rock Day — James LaMantia — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Glen Helen Regional Park in a later photograph. The landscape image documents the wider site but not the temporary festival grounds as they appeared in 1982 or 1983.
Creator: Johnwayne Stroud
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Glen Helen Regional Park in a later photograph. The landscape image documents the wider site but not the temporary festival grounds as they appeared in 1982 or 1983 — Johnwayne Stroud — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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Steve Wozniak at a computer convention in 1983. The period portrait provides organizer context for the technologist whose vision and funding created the US Festival.
Creator: Alan Light
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Credit line: Steve Wozniak at a computer convention in 1983. The period portrait provides organizer context for the technologist whose vision and funding created the US Festival — Alan Light — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0
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A collage of Zaječar landmarks, used as modern city context for the festival's long local history.
Creator: Zeks127
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0
Credit line: A collage of Zaječar landmarks, used as modern city context for the festival's long local history — Zeks127 — Wikimedia Commons — CC0
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A civic building in Zaječar, used as local institutional context and not as festival documentation.
Creator: Ванилица
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A civic building in Zaječar, used as local institutional context and not as festival documentation — Ванилица — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Supporters at the Zaječar stadium in 2008, used only as later venue-area context and not as a Gitarijada crowd.
Creator: Srbijanka
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: Supporters at the Zaječar stadium in 2008, used only as later venue-area context and not as a Gitarijada crowd — Srbijanka — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
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A bridge over the Timok near Zaječar, providing regional geography rather than event imagery.
Creator: Unknown author Unknown author
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A bridge over the Timok near Zaječar, providing regional geography rather than event imagery — Unknown author Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
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A 1986 Gitarijada poster from Zadar, explicitly used as comparative Yugoslav rock-competition context and not as a Zaječar artifact.
Creator: Amisa55
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A 1986 Gitarijada poster from Zadar, explicitly used as comparative Yugoslav rock-competition context and not as a Zaječar artifact — Amisa55 — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
Changes: Converted to WebP and resized; no generative or compositional alterations.
Accessed: 2026-08-25
The Soviet rock group Integral on stage, used as wider Soviet rock context without claiming this photograph was made at Tbilisi-80.
Creator: Творческая студия Бари Алибасова
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: The Soviet rock group Integral on stage, used as wider Soviet rock context without claiming this photograph was made at Tbilisi-80 — Творческая студия Бари Алибасова — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
Changes: Converted to WebP and resized; no generative or compositional alterations.
Accessed: 2026-08-25
Integral at a live performance, used as artist and circuit context rather than direct festival documentation.
Creator: Творческий центр Бари Алибасова
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Integral at a live performance, used as artist and circuit context rather than direct festival documentation — Творческий центр Бари Алибасова — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
Changes: Converted to WebP and resized; no generative or compositional alterations.
Accessed: 2026-08-25
A poster connected with Integral, used as Soviet rock-culture context and retained with its item-level source record.
Creator: Творческая студия Бари Алибасова
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: A poster connected with Integral, used as Soviet rock-culture context and retained with its item-level source record — Творческая студия Бари Алибасова — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
Changes: Converted to WebP and resized; no generative or compositional alterations.
Accessed: 2026-08-25
Integral in a television image, illustrating the mediated Soviet rock environment around Tbilisi-80.
Creator: Творческая студия Бари Алибасова
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit line: Integral in a television image, illustrating the mediated Soviet rock environment around Tbilisi-80 — Творческая студия Бари Алибасова — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0
Changes: Converted to WebP and resized; no generative or compositional alterations.
Accessed: 2026-08-25
A later panoramic view of Tbilisi, used to locate the festival city rather than as event photography.
Creator: User:Ggia
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit line: A later panoramic view of Tbilisi, used to locate the festival city rather than as event photography — User:Ggia — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0
Changes: Converted to WebP and resized; no generative or compositional alterations.
Accessed: 2026-08-25
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