| Isle of Wight Festival 1969 | |
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 Official festival poster | |
| Genre | Rock, folk, country, blues, jazz |
| Dates | 29–31 August 1969 |
| Location(s) | Woodside Bay, Wootton Creek, Isle of Wight, England |
| Coordinates | 50°44′06″N 1°13′48″W / 50.735°N 1.230°W |
| Founders | Rikki Farr, Ronnie Foulk, Ray Foulk |
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The 1969 Isle of Wight Festival was held on 29–31 August 1969 at Wootton Creek, on the Isle of Wight. The festival attracted an audience of approximately 150,000[1] to see acts including Bob Dylan, the Band, the Who, Free, Joe Cocker, the Bonzo Dog Band and the Moody Blues. It was the second of three music festivals held on the island between 1968 and 1970. Organised by Rikki Farr, Ronnie and Ray Foulk's Fiery Creations,[2] it became a legendary event, largely owing to the participation of Dylan, who had spent the previous three years in semi-retirement.[3] The event was well managed, in comparison to the recent Woodstock Festival, and trouble-free.
- ^ "2010 audio interview with Ray Foulk". 2 September 2010. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ Foulk, Ray; Foulk, Caroline (2015). Stealing Dylan from Woodstock. London: Medina Publishing. ISBN 9781909339507. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ Alan Clayson, George Harrison, Sanctuary (London, 2003), p. 274.