Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music
Shepton Mallet, United KingdomNext edition not announced · last held 1970
This festival came to an end in 1970.
150K
Per day
1969
since
~58
Editions
Overview
About
Held on 27 and 28 June 1970 at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, this festival followed a first edition staged in Bath in 1969. It drew around 150,000 people for a bill mixing blues and progressive rock, featuring Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa and Santana. An adjoining field hosted a free alternative festival where Yes and Genesis performed.
Getting there
Location
Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset (1970) — Pavilion Recreation Ground, Bath, Somerset (1969)
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Past editions
1970Jun 27–29, 197022 artists
Pink Floyd
Santana
Canned Heat
Jefferson Airplane
Johnny Winter
The Moody BluesThe Byrds
Fairport ConventionDr. John
ColosseumCountry Joe McDonaldPentangleand DonovanHot TunaIt's a Beautiful DayJohn Mayall with Peter GreenKeef HartleyLed ZeppelinMaynard Ferguson Big BandSteppenwolfThe FlockFrank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
