This is for an original full ticket for the 1970 Atlanta
International Pop Festival which was held on July 3,4 and 5 in a soybean field
next to the Middle Georgia Raceway in Byron Georgia. The festival would
actually last until the morning of July 6 with Richie Havens awakening the
crowd with a version of “Here Comes the Sun”. Georgia’s Governor Lester Maddox
had tried to stop the concert from happening but his objections started too
late to have any effect on the show. Georgia would pass laws to prevent
concerts like this and an Atlanta Pop 3 would never come to pass. Like the 1969
Woodstock event, the Pop Festival was promoted as 3 days of Peace Love and
Music. The crowd size is still debated to this day but the estimates have put
it between 150,000 and 600,000. A 14.00 weekend ticket would have given you the
opportunity to see over 30 acts, including Jimi Hendrix, The Allman Brothers,
Grand Funk Railroad, BB King, Lee Michaels, Johnny Winter, Bob Segar, Ten Years
After, Procol Harum, Mountain, Mott the Hoople, Spirit and more. Jimi Hendrix
would play on the 4th of July and would play the Star Spangled
Banner while the fireworks exploded behind him at midnight. A documentary film
about the performance was released in 2012 and featured footage and interviews
of most of the acts at the concert. The footage of Hendrix’s performance was
found untouched over 30 years after it was filmed and was released as “Jimi
Hendrix Electric Church” and features great visual and audio quality along with
Hendrix playing the Star Spangled Banner against a backdrop of fireworks going
off in the Georgia night. The ticket is the real deal and has been encapsulated
and graded a PSA 3 which is the second highest ever graded on the population
report. The next time you fork over 250.00 to see a band of old timers play in
a casino, just remember what 14.00 would have bought you in 1970. Extremely
rare and a must have for any Hendrix fan. Remeber that this is a full ticket and not a stub.
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