| Isle of Wight Festival | |
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| Genre | Rock, pop |
| Dates | 20-23 June 2024 |
| Location(s) | Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight, England |
| Years active | 1968–1970 2002–2019 2021–present |
| Website | isleofwightfestival |
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The Isle of Wight Festival is a British music festival which takes place annually in Newport on the Isle of Wight, England.[1] It was originally a counterculture event held from 1968 to 1970.[2][3]
The 1970 event was by far the largest of these early festivals and the unexpectedly high attendance levels led, in 1971, to Parliament adding a section to the Isle of Wight County Council Act 1971 preventing overnight open-air gatherings of more than 5,000 people on the island without a special licence from the council. The event was revived in 2002.[4]
- ^ "Isle of Wight Festival". festivalessentials.net. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ "History Isle of Wight Festival History | Red Funnel Isle of Wight Ferries". Redfunnel.co.uk. 1 September 1970. Archived from the original on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ Perrone, Pierre (24 April 2013). "Richie Havens: Folk singer and songwriter who became a hero of the counter-culture". The Independent. London.
- ^ "Isle of Wight Festival History 1968–2013". Isleofwightfestival.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.