The Festival Calendar 2010



Isle of Wight Festival

Start Date: 11th June 2010

Isle of Wight Music Festival 11th 12th and 13th June 2009

Start Date

11th June 2010

End Date

13th June 2010

Details

The original Isle of Wight Festivals were landmark moments for their time - they sit alongside Glastonbury and Woodstock in festival history. The first Isle of Wight festival took place on 31st August - 1st September 1968 and featured the likes of T- Rex and Fairport Convention. The 1970 Isle of Wight festival was a five day marathon featuring The Doors, Hawkwind and Joan Baez. Jimi Hendrix also played at the festival in 1970 just weeks before his untimely death. Flower power At the height of the flower-power era, hundreds of thousands of music fans came from all over the world to chill out in the fields of the Isle of Wight. They packed onto the Isle of Wight ferry from the mainland for up to five days (although some stayed considerably longer) of live rock, communal living, free love and mind-bending substances. Besides all the peace, love and latrines, there was the music - non-stop performances from some of the greatest pop musicians of any era.

Line Up

To be confirmed

Location

Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight

Website

http://www.isleofwightfestival.com

Ticket Details

http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/tickets.aspx


 

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