Atlanta Pop Festival

American music festival [1969–1970]

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The Atlanta Pop Festival, held in 1969–1970, was a significant event in rock history. It is noted for invigorating the Southern rock movement of the 1970s by featuring numerous local groups on its lower-billed acts.1

Rock festivals in the United States saw a decline after approximately 1975, but experienced a revival in the 1990s with events like Lollapalooza and the Lilith Fair. The Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 is recognized as the first major commercial American rock festival.12

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…the post-Woodstock festivals, the Atlanta Pop Festival in 1969–70 was perhaps the most important to rock history. It packed the lower end of the bill with local groups and thereby invigorated the Southern rock movement of the 1970s. The Harlem Cultural Festival, held over six weekends in the summer of…
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…the post-Woodstock festivals, the Atlanta Pop Festival in 1969–70 was perhaps the most important to rock history. It packed the lower end of the bill with local groups and thereby invigorated the Southern rock movement of the 1970s. The Harlem Cultural Festival, held over six weekends in the summer of…
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