revive the Monterey International Pop Music Festival

I went last year, and it was fun!

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I was wondering why they never repeated this festival despite all its success, I found out why from this article

“Unfortunately, the establishment was not prepared for all of the activities of the underground, which is understandable. After the festival, a proposal was passed

to prevent the State Fair Board from booking any event that would attract more than two thousand visitors without the permission of the city. In other words: no more Pop Festivals.
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The significance of this is that Monterey, like so many other festivals to come, never had the chance to be repeated. While this let festivals like Woodstock and Altamont shape the course of rock music, it denied a chance for future Monterey International Pop Festivals to have their influence.”

Discouraging, yes, but I still think it’s possible for things to change by now.

Adding my memories of music festivals from 2002 just reminded me of how great they are and the Monterey International Pop Music Festival was one of the first and greatest (if not the first and the greatest?). Here is a great site from someone who actually attended

I found this line-up from this 60’s Music Festival website

Friday Evening,
June 16, 1967

The Association
The Paupers
Lou Rawls
Beverly
Johnny Rivers
Eric Burdon & The Animals
Simon & Garfunkel

Saturday Afternoon,
June 17, 1967

Canned Heat
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Country Joe & The Fish
Al Kooper
The Butterfield Blues Band
Quicksilver Messenger Service
The Steve Miller Band
The Electric Flag

Saturday Evening,
June 17, 1967

Moby Grape
Hugh Masekela
The Byrds
The Butterfield Blues Band
Laura Nyro
Jefferson Airplane
Booker T & The MG's (with the Mar-Keys)
Otis Redding

Sunday Afternoon,
June 18, 1967

Ravi Shankar

Sunday Evening,
June 18, 1967

The Blues Project
Big Brother & The Holding Company
The Group With No Name
Buffalo Springfield
The Who
The Grateful Dead
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Scott McKenzie
The Mamas & The Papas