Monterey International Pop Festival

The first large rock gathering, about 90,000 people. The Dead protested the commercialism of the event by setting up their own stage with "borrowed" equipment, and refused to sign a release for the documentary film.

Venue:
Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA, 6/18/67

Artists:
The Who
Grateful Dead
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company
Otis Redding
Booker T & the MGs

Setlist:
Cold Rain and Snow
Viola Lee Blues
Alligator >
Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)