JULY/AUGUST | THE ANATOMY OF…
Social meaning
19th – 20th Century
Classical and Jazz
music festivals
emerged, catering to
cultured elites around
Europe and the US.
ID&C explores the sociopolitical roots of festivals
1940s
Folk music became
the soundtrack to
political movements of the day and artists like
Pete Seeger voiced concerns of a generation
1960s
Hippie culture explodes!
1967
25,000 people gathered at
the Monterey Pop Festival
to see Janis Joplin, The
Who, Simon & Garfunkel and Otis Redding live.
1967
The Festival scene we know
today has its roots in the famous
Californian ‘Summer of Love’
1968
The fi rst Isle of Wight Festival
started with an audience of
around 10,000 – 15,000 - by 1970
600,000 attended
1969
The fi rst Woodstock Festival took place.
400,000 people by some counts over 3 days
2002
Isle of White Festival was re-launched after a
ban from Parliament over concerns that the
huge numbers and raucous partying could
negatively impact the island
2014
Shambala Festival went
meat and fi sh free to reduce
it’s carbon footprint further
18
1970
Pilton Festival (AKA Glastonbury)
took place the day after Jimi
Hnedrix died, drawing a crowd
of 1,500 people who enjoyed a £1
ticket price and free milk
2004
Secret Garden Party started as an
alternative to mainstream music
festivals with 500 guests