The Isle of Wight Festival 1969
The opening of the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival was held in Wootton, August 30 and 31. He was very popular, attracting about 150,000 people. They went to the Festival orate to see Bob Dylan, The Who and Free. It was the second of three legendary festivals held on the island and all were between the years 1968 and 1970. Festival 1969 was considered well managed and relatively smooth, the event in 1970 was anything but. Jimi Hendrix, Chicago, The Doors, The Who, Joan Baez, and free to play before a crowd of 800,000 people this year. In 1970, opposition to the festival was much better organized than they were in previous years. White Island is always a favorite destination for pension accounting had to be done. It is a paradise to see the results of yachting. This affluent, more traditional-minded people condemn the invasion of hippies and freaks. Rent a few acres in order to keep the festival was easy in the early years, but in 1970 the festival with a board / committee approval and has vigorously campaigned against the inhabitants. This resulted in the festival not to access their favorite location and settle for East Afton Farm, Afton Down. It seems that this location was deliberately chosen to be insufficient for this purpose. One thing that has happened is that the site has allowed many people to camp on a hill overlooking the festival, she got everything for free preview. The Isle of Wight Festival had already built a solid reputation in 1968 and 1969, giants like Jefferson Airplane, T. Rex, The Move, Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan and Pretty Things have already been implemented. The Who in their stage of the foundation when they stage the festival. Festival organizers, Fiery Creations, it was determined that the 1970 event would be legendary, even in adversity, the festival certainly reached epic proportions. The fact that the island population of 100,000 inhabitants is considered, it is quite a feat to attract more than 150,000 in 1969 and to 800,000 in 1970. The 1970 Festival marked the end of the festival on the Isle of Wight for thirty-two.