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January1st JanuaryThe Move play at The Cavendish, Sheffield. 2nd JanuaryThe Byrds, Fleetwood Mac and John Hammond play The Fillmore Auditorium with lights by Brotherhood of Light The Grateful Dead play the Fillmore East, New York with lights by The Joshua Light Show 3rd JanuarySam Gopal and Black Sabbath play The Marquee Club, London. The Move play The Cavendish Club, Sheffield. 4th JanuarySoft Machine play Fairfield Concert Hall, London 5th JanuaryCaravan & Pony play The Star, Croydon, Lightshow by Mass Spectrometer Light Show 12th JanuarySteamhammer & Smiley play The Star, Croydon, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show 22nd JanuarySomething Else play The Star, Croydon, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show 24th JanuaryAtomic Rooster & Genesis play Ewell Technical College, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show 26th JanuaryIdle Race play The Star, Croydon, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show 31st JanuaryColoured Raisins & Elliot play Newman College, Birmingham, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show February2nd FebruaryRare Bird & Creepy John Thomas play The Star, Croydon, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show 3rd FebruaryNorthern Polytechnic, Holloway Road, London N.7. All-night Charity Ball in aid of the Campaign to Clear Hostels and Slums. John Peel presents Edgar Broughton, Steamhammer, Sam Apple Pie, Kripple Vidion, Forest, Wishbone Ash, My Cake, Wildmouth, Key Largo 6th FebruaryMothers, Birmingham: John Peel Presents Black Sabbath 7th FebruaryEel Pie Island, Twickenham: Siren, Medicine Head, John Peel. 12th FebruaryMott The Hoople play The Eden Park Hotel, Elmers End, Beckenham, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show 14th February
19th FebruaryJuicy Lucy play Eden Park Hotel, Beckenham, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show 26th FebruaryQuintessence play Eden Park Hotel, Beckenham, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show 28th FebruaryBob Kerr’s Whoopee Band & Hard Meat play Leicester University, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show March3rd MarchBenefit for Air Waves Peoples Radio at the Carousel Ballroom with the Grateful Dead, Shades of Joy, The Gestalt Fool Theatre Family and the New Generation Singers. 5th MarchFree play The Eden Park Hotel, Beckenham, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show 29th MarchVictoria Park, London: Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament Festival For Life. Liverpool Scene, Toe Fat, Black Sabbath, Arthur Brown, Mike Absalom, Marc Brierley, John Peel. April13th AprilAtomic Rooster & Easy Leaf play the Kingston Hotel, Surrey, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show 19th AprilStray, Clarke-Hutchinson, Boris, Dr. Strangely Strange, Train & Rufus Stone play Thomas Bennet School, Crawley, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show 20th AprilThe Strawbs and Comus play The Kingston Hotel, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show 27th AprilMott The Hoople & Easy Leaf play The Kingston Hotel, Light show by Mass Spectrometer Light Show May8th MayEast of Eden, May Blitz , Graham Bond, Climax Chicago Blues Band, Raw Spirit, Black August Group, Nick Drake, John Martyn play at Intiation, Bedford College, Regents Park, London. 21st MayMighty Baby, Hawkwind, Medicine Head and Innocent Child play at the Casino South Shore, Blackpool with lights by the Lumina Lightshow. 23rd 24th MayTHE HOLLYWOOD FESTIVAL, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire with (Saturday) Demon Fuzz, Trader Horne, Screaming Lord Sutch, Mungo Jerry, Family, Titus Groan, Mike Cooper, Ginger Bakers Airforce, Tony Joe White. (Sunday) The Flaming Groovies, Black Sabbath, Wildmouth, Quintessence, Colosseum, Free, Grateful Dead, Mungo Jerry, Jose Feliciano, Traffic. JuneJune 27th/28th Bath Festival Of Blues and Progressive Music, Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet. July4th JulyUriah Heep, East of Eden, Simon Dupree’s Big Sound play outdoor concert at Portsmouth Stadium, Light show by Cerebrum Lights 7th JulyNew Riders of the Purple Sage play The Matrix Club, San Fransisco. 9th JulyGenesis, Chicago Climax, Wild Wally & Mirrors play Kingston Polytechnic, Light show by Cerebrum Lights 18th JulyFree concert in Hyde Park, London featuring Pink Floyd, Roy Harper, Kevin Ayers, Edgar Broughton Band, Formerly Fat Harry and Lol Coxhill. 24th to 26th July Phun City at Ecclesden Common, Worthing, Sussex. Organised by Mick Farren and artist Edward Barker and funded by the International Times. Originally intended to be a paying festival, Phun City turned into Britains first free festival. July 26th The MC5, Humble Pie, May Blitz play at the Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, London.
August6th to 9th August The Tenth National Jazz and Blues Festival, Plumpton Race Track, Streat, East Sussex with Jellybread, Fox, Samuel Purdy, Castle, Family, The Groundhogs, Rare Bird, Steamhammer, Daddy Longlegs, Patto, Clark Hutchinson, Cat Stevens, Fotheringay, The Strawbs, Magna Carta, Grannys New Intentions, Made In Sweden, Chicago Climax Blues Band, Gracious, Quatermass, Peter Green, Taste, Keef Hartley, Black Sabbath, Jackson Heights, Hardin York, Love Affair, East Of Eden, Wild Angels, The Incredible String Band, Turley Richards, Every Which Way, Burnin’ Red Ivanhoe, Van Der Graaf Generator, Colosseum, Yes, Juicy Lucy, Chris Barber, Caravan, Audience, Fat Mattress, Hard Meat and Tervor Bilmuss. 14th/15th/16th AugustThe Yorkshire Folk, Blues & Jazz Festival, Krumlin, Barkisland, Yorkshire featuring (Saturday) Atomic Rooster, Elton John, Juicy Lucy, The Groundhogs, Pretty Things, Alexis Korner, Kinks, Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Ralph McTell, Pink Floyd, Taste.(Sunday) Ginger Baker's Airforce, Mungo Jerry, Taste, Edgar Broughton, Yes, Quintessence, Steamhammer, Mike Westbrook Concert Orchestra, National Head Band and Their Heavy Friends, Greatest Show On Earth, Jan Dukes De Grey and 70 Piece Choir. 23rd AugustKeef Hartley’s Big Band & Hardin and York play Fillmore South, Croydon, Light show by Cerebrum Lights September12th SeptemberFree concert in Hyde Park, London featuring Canned Heat, Eric Burdon and War and John Sebastian. 17th SeptemberJimi Hendrix dies from a combination of alcohol and barbiturates at a London Hotel. 26th SeptemberBlitzkrieg play Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, Light show by Cerebrum Lights October3rd OctoberYes and Band of Roadies play Watford Technical College, Light show by Cerebrum Lights 4th OctoberJanis Joplin dies from an overdose of heroin and alcohol, alone in a hotel room. November27th NovemberSyn play The Pied Bull, Islington, Light show by Cerebrum Lights December4th DecemberSyn play The Pied Bull, Islington (again!), Light show by Cerebrum Lights 11th DecemberThe Strawbs play Hobbits Garden, Wimbledon, Light show by Cerebrum Lights |