The
Monterey International Pop Festival
The idea for the Monterey International Pop Festival
came out of the mid-60's belief that what had been pop music was now a
much more serious art form, and could take its place alongside jazz. The
idea for the festival is originally credited to Alan Pariser, heir to the
Sweetheart paper fortune, who conceptualized the concert while attending
the 1966 Monterey Jazz festival. Funds were raised for the concert, the
site was established, and the idea that the proceeds were to go to charity
was born. Artists agreed to perform for free, and the Summer of Love was
born. The first major music festival was held on June 16, 17 and 18, 1967
at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California.
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