Was Woodstock Festival in Illinois?
Was Woodstock Festival in Illinois?
Woodstock came to Central Illinois: The Kickapoo Creek Rock Festival.
Who played at Kickapoo?
Some authorities estimated attendance at nearly 60,000. The bands who played included BB King, Canned Heat, Country Joe and the Fish, Delaney and Bonnie, Butterfield Blues Band, Rick Nielsen and Fuse, New Colony 6, Dan Fogelberg, REO Speedwagon and the Amboy Dukes.
When was Kickapoo Creek music Festival?
1970
The festival took place on Memorial Day weekend, May 30-31, 1970, and featured music, nudity, the open sale of drugs, and rainstorms that turned the farm into a muddy mess.
Will there be a Woodstock 2021?
Preparations are underway for the first concert of the 2021 Woodstock Summer Concert Series on Saturday, June 12th when The Black Jacket Symphony will recreate Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ classic album “Damn the Torpedoes” live at the Northside Hospital-Cherokee Amphitheater.
Was there a 50th anniversary Woodstock concert?
Thousands celebrate Woodstock’s 50th anniversary at Bethel Woods concerts (photos) Thousands came out to the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Upstate New York over the weekend to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair.
What happened at Kickapoo Creek?
Held on Dave Lewis’ farm between Fri May 29, 1970 – Sun May 31, 1970, this was Illinois’s hilariously-named version of Woodstock. It angered The Man, it frightened the local townsfolk and it had the local clergy declare it an embodiment of evil.
What was the incident at Kickapoo Creek?
Would Woodstock ever happen again?
No future for another Woodstock A concert such as Woodstock is likely not an ideal option as people recover from COVID-19 anxiety with crowds. Woodstock 50 could’ve happened, but the odds were against organizers.
Was there any violence at Woodstock?
No incidents of violence occurred at the Woodstock festival. Most of the 80 arrests at Woodstock were made on drug charges involving LSD, amphetamines and heroin. The Festival had been scheduled to be held in Walkill, New York.
