The Newport Pop Festival | |
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Genre | Rock, pop, etc. |
Dates | August 3–4, 1968 June 20–22, 1969 |
Location(s) | Costa Mesa, California (1968) Northridge, California (1969) |
Years active | 1968-1969 |
Attendance | 100,000 (1968) 200,000 (1969) |
The Newport Pop Festival, held in Costa Mesa, California, on August 3–4, 1968, was the first music concert ever to have more than 100,000 paid attendees. Its sequel, billed as Newport 69, was held in Northridge, California, on June 20–22, 1969, and had a total attendance estimated at 200,000.