Pop festivals
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Pop festivals are live music events that center around multiple genres of popular music and feature related artists. Types of music present can include rock, hip-hop, jazz and country.{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the Types of Festivals {{!}} MDLBEAST |url=https://mdlbeast.com/xp-feed/music-industry/a-guide-to-the-types-of-festivals |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=mdlbeast.com |language=en}}
History
The first known Pop festival occurred during the Pythian Games, held around 600 B.C.{{Cite web |title=A Brief History Of Music Festivals – Glastonbury, Woodstock & More {{!}} HistoryExtra |url=https://www.historyextra.com/period/general-history/first-glastonbury-music-festivals-history/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.historyextra.com |language=en}} They were a precursor to the Olympic Games, and contained a music festival featuring popular music from the time.{{Cite web |last=Childers |first=Chad ChildersChad |date=2023-12-14 |title=What Was the First Music Festival? |url=https://loudwire.com/what-was-first-music-festival/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Loudwire |language=en}} In 1876, the first Bayreuth Festival was held in Germany. It was started by Richard Wagner and funded by the current German government at the time.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The History of Music Festivals |url=https://www.paamapp.com/blog/2013/01/08/the-history-of-music-festivals |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=PAAM |language=en}} The oldest Pop festival still held annually today is the Reading and Leeds Festival, first held in 1961. The festival centered around jazz music, and featured Chris Barber's Jazz Band and Ken Colyer's Jazzmen.{{Cite web |last=Goodwyn |first=Tom |date=2023-08-10 |title=A complete history of Reading & Leeds festival |url=https://discover.ticketmaster.co.uk/festivals/a-complete-history-of-reading-leeds-festival-58759/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Ticketmaster UK |language=en}} In later years it featured artists and bands from other genres, including Eminem, Björk, Nirvana, Kurt Cobain and the White Stripes.
Famous Pop Festivals
= Coachella =
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Coachella is an annual Pop festival held in Indio, California. It began in 1999 as a rock festival, and originally headlined Beck and Rage Against the Machine.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-20 |title=Coachella {{!}} Festival, History, Performers, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Coachella-Valley-Festival |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}} It was founded by Paul Tollett and Rick Van Santen and sold 25,000 tickets out of the expected 75,000.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-18 |title=Coachella began as a niche music festival — now it's a place to show off the latest fashion |url=https://www.deseret.com/23686766/coachella-music-festival-history-fashion/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}
= Glastonbury Festival =
The Glastonbury Festival is a Pop festival that began in 1970 in Pilton, England.{{Cite web |title=The history of Glastonbury Festival · V&A |url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-history-of-glastonbury-festival?srsltid=AfmBOoqEdFzedv9glWEjlEPRLZQvXQ5yhgucJNkZxK8sD-SFWwZnRY5g |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Victoria and Albert Museum |language=en}} It was founded by a dairy farmer and originally named the Pilton Pop Folk and Blues Festival, with the first event containing 1,500 attendees.{{Cite web |last=Life |first=Sound of |title=A Guide to Glastonbury Festival's History, Founder & Ethos {{!}} Sound of Life {{!}} Powered by KEF |url=https://www.soundoflife.com/blogs/experiences/the-legend-and-history-of-glastonbury-festival |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Sound of Life |language=en}} Notable performers throughout the years include David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, Beyoncé and Al Stewart.{{Cite web |last=Faye |date=2023-06-16 |title=Glastonbury Festival - A journey through time |url=https://www.theoccasionalkitchen.com/the-most-iconic-festival-on-earth-glastonbury-festival/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=The Occasional Kitchen |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Years |url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/performing-glastonbury/years/?srsltid=AfmBOoppIrSJm6Y1hzAI7bXFn5qp4oKLKaT8xlGWEUaIsUGhlJ0TsoyV |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.vam.ac.uk |language=en}}
= Monterey Pop Festival =
The Monterey International Pop Festival was a Pop festival held in 1967.{{Cite web |title=The Complete Monterey Pop Festival |url=https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/326-the-complete-monterey-pop-festival?srsltid=AfmBOorABOE8itzM0t9dAcaCT6zkxaCH3jfZsra9D_UFBWoRNal9N42t |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}} It was organized by Lou Adler and John Phillips, and was the first American commercial music festival.{{Cite web |title=The Monterey Pop Festival {{!}} Psychedelic Rock, Folk-Rock, Soul {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Monterey-Pop-Festival-1688427 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}} Notable performers included Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and the Mamas & the Papas.{{Cite web |last=חזיתי |first=FaceOff-עימות |date=2024-06-16 |title=Monterey International Pop Music Festival |url=https://en.faceoffrockshow.com/post/monterey-international-pop-music-festival-1 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=FaceOff - עימות חזית |language=en}}
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