The 2nd Atlanta International Pop Festival

July 3rd, 4th & 5th, 1970
Middle Georgia Raceway
Byron, Georgia

2nd Atlanta International Pop Festival Poster
The 2nd Atlanta International Pop Festival was even bigger than the first. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported between 350,000 to 500,000 attendees at this festival. Perhaps closer to 200,000, this so called "Woodstock of the South" made an indelible impression on the South and helped propel The Allman Brothers Band and Southern Rock into the National spotlight. It's also the night Jimi Hendrix played his Star Spangled Banner-on the Fourth of July!!

Officials and civil authorities in the county were admirably hospitable to this cultural invasion - hosing down the crowd when it got too hot, and tolerating the traffic. Until the 1996 Olympics this event is thought to be the largest gathering in Georgia history.


Jimmy Hendrix - Purple Haze

2nd Atlanta International Pop Festival Handbill

Jimmy Hendrix - Straight Ahead

 

Jimmy Hendrix- Spanish Castle

 

 

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THE MUSIC

Procol Harum
Allman Brothers Band
B.B. King
Captain Beefheart
Chambers Brothers
Mountain
Ginger Bakers Air Force
Richie Havens
Jimi Hendrix
Hampton Grease Band
Taos
Bloodrock
Lee Michaels
John B. Sebastian
Jethro Tull
10 Years After
Spirit
Ravi Shankar
Terry Reid
Cactus
Gypsy

Georgia Journal
Summer 1992
photo courtesy of Carter Tomassi
Highway to Byron 1970
Traffic was backed up 100 miles to
The Varsity in Atlanta.
 
2nd Atlanta Pop Fest Websites
Several websites have popped up recently about classic concerts and festivals.These concerns The Atlanta International pop festival in 1970.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Atlanta_International_Pop_Festival_(1970)


http://www.messyoptics.com/bird/
APF_00.html


http://www.uwgb.edu/urs/
Ray_Hutchison_web_pages/second
international_atlanta_pop.htm
 
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