Classic Music Festivals
Instructions: From Woodstock to Monterey Pop, relive the legendary music festivals that defined generations!
- 1.
The original Woodstock festival in 1969 actually took place in which New York town?
AWoodstockBSaugertiesCKingstonDBethel - 2.
Which guitarist performed a legendary rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' at Woodstock?
ACarlos SantanaBJerry GarciaCPete TownshendDJimi Hendrix - 3.
The Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 introduced American audiences to which guitar legend?
AJeff BeckBJimmy PageCEric ClaptonDJimi Hendrix - 4.
How many days did the original Woodstock festival last?
A3 daysB2 daysC4 daysD5 days - 5.
Which tragic festival in December 1969 featured the Rolling Stones and violence by the Hells Angels?
AIsle of Wight FestivalBAltamont Free ConcertCAtlanta Pop FestivalDBath Festival - 6.
The Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 drew an estimated crowd of how many people?
A1,000,000B600,000C100,000D300,000 - 7.
Which band famously refused to go on stage at Woodstock until they were paid?
AThe Grateful DeadBThe WhoCCreedence Clearwater RevivalDJefferson Airplane - 8.
The Monterey Pop Festival was organized partly by which member of The Mamas & the Papas?
ADenny DohertyBMichelle PhillipsCJohn PhillipsDCass Elliot - 9.
Which soul singer delivered a show-stopping performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967?
AOtis ReddingBWilson PickettCJames BrownDAretha Franklin - 10.
Bob Dylan made his controversial switch to electric guitar at which 1965 festival?
APhiladelphia Folk FestivalBMonterey PopCCambridge Folk FestivalDNewport Folk Festival - 11.
Which California festival, held annually starting in 1967, was known as a major country rock event?
ABig Sur Folk FestivalBUS FestivalCTopanga Canyon FestivalDCoachella - 12.
The famous 'Summer Jam at Watkins Glen' in 1973 featured The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, and whom?
AThe BandBThe Rolling StonesCCrosby, Stills, Nash & YoungDLed Zeppelin - 13.
Steve Wozniak of Apple Computer fame organized which massive 1982-1983 music festival?
AFarm AidBLollapaloozaCCoachellaDThe US Festival - 14.
Which 1971 concert event at Madison Square Garden was organized by George Harrison for Bangladesh relief?
ARock AidBBand AidCThe Concert for BangladeshDLive Aid - 15.
Live Aid, the massive benefit concert held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia, took place in what year?
A1986B1985C1983D1984