Event
The Altamont Free Concert is held at the Altamont Speedway in northern California
6 Dec 1969 · 37.74° N, 121.56° W
What the records say
- When
- 6 Dec 1969
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 37.74° N, 121.56° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Altamont Free Concert.
Summary
The Altamont Free Concert is held at the Altamont Speedway in northern California. Hosted by the Rolling Stones, it is an attempt at a "Woodstock West" and is best known for the uproar of violence that occurred. It is viewed by many as the "end of the sixties."
2 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В Альтамонтский гоночный парк близ Трейси прошёл рок-фестиваль Альтамонт, ставший символом конца эры хиппи”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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