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| Summer Jam at Watkins Glen | |
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| Genre | Jam band music, rock music |
| Dates | July 28, 1973 |
| Location(s) | Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway outside of Watkins Glen, New York |
| Years active | 1973 |
| Founders | Shelly Finkel, Jim Koplik |
| Attendance | 600,000 |
| Website | Photographs of Summer Jam at Watkins Glen |
The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen was a July 1973 rock festival outside Watkins Glen, New York, that featured the Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead and the Band. The July 28, 1973, event long held the Guinness Book of World Records entry for "largest audience at a pop festival," with an estimated 600,000 fans in attendance at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway. Approximately 150,000 tickets were purchased in advance, the rest being admitted in what became a "free concert".