JIMI HENDRIX ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL POP FESTIVAL 1970 CONCERT TICKET Ephemera

  
ORIGINAL 3 Day Concert ticket stub for the Atlanta International Pop Festival held at the Middle Georgia Raceway from July 3-5, 1970. The festival included performances by Jimi Hendrix, the Allman Brothers, Grand Funk Railroad, Bob Seger, and many others. Performers Over thirty acts performed on the main stage during the course of the event: The Allman Brothers Band Ballin' Jack Bloodrock Bloomsbury People Cactus Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys Chakra The Chambers Brothers Goose Creek Symphony Grand Funk Railroad Gypsy Memphis State University cast of "Hair" Hampton Grease Band Handle Richie Havens Hedge & Donna The Jimi Hendrix Experience It's a Beautiful Day Johnny Jenkins B. King Lee Michaels Mott the Hoople Mountain Poco Procol Harum Radar Rare Earth Terry Reid Rig Savage Grace John Sebastian Bob Seger System Spirit Ten Years After U. Kyds Johnny Winter Jimi Hendrix performed at around midnight on the Fourth of July to the largest American audience of his career, presenting his unique rendition of the "Star-Spangled Banner" to accompany the celebratory fireworks display.

The Anunga Runga Tribe of the musical HAIR, which had performed for two weeks in April 1970 on the campus of Memphis State University, was the last act to perform, following Richie Havens, who opened his set at dawn on Monday morning (July 6) with his version of, Here Comes the Sun.