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A rock festival is an open-air rock concert featuring many different performers, typically spread over two or three days and having a campsite and other amenities and forms of entertainment provided at the venue. [1] Some festivals are singular events, while others recur annually in the same location.
Musikfest, an eleven-day outdoor music festival held annually each August in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is the largest free music festival in the United States, drawing over 1.3 million attendees. This is a list of music festivals in the United States organized by state and then by name. It includes current and past notable festivals.
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival held on a 600-acre (2.4-km 2) dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969.Thirty-two acts performed during the sometimes rainy weekend in front of nearly half a million concertgoers.
Knebworth Festival. Pink Floyd in 1975. The Rolling Stones in 1976. The Knebworth Festival is a recurring open-air rock and pop concert held on the grounds of the Knebworth House in Knebworth, England. The festival first occurred in July 1974 when The Allman Brothers Band, The Doobie Brothers and other artists attracted 60,000 people.
Monsters of Rock was the first major festival event at Donington Park. It was regular, with few cancellations throughout its run. In 1988, due to poor conditions, two fans were killed after being crushed to death during Guns N' Roses set. This led to the festival's first cancellation in 1989. Cancellation happened again in 1993, and in 1997.
A rock festival, or rock fest, is a large-scale outdoor rock music concert, featuring multiple acts, often spread out over several days. Some rock festivals focus on specific genres of rock music, such as heavy metal festivals, industrial festivals, jam band festivals and punk rock festivals .
Festival Supreme. Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance. Firefly Music Festival. Flood City Music Festival. The Florida SpringFest. FloydFest. Forecastle Festival. Fortress Festival. Free Press Summer Fest.
Texxas Jam was the informal nickname of an annual summer rock concert called the Texxas World Music Festival (1978–1988). It was held in Dallas at the Cotton Bowl, and in Houston, at either the Astrodome or the Rice Stadium on the campus of Rice University . The original Texxas Jam was a three-day festival held over the Fourth of July weekend ...