4 July 2025

The first edition of the Atlanta International Pop Festival was held at the Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta, on the July Fourth weekend, 1969, today 56 years ago, more than a month before Woodstock.

Crowd numbers estimates ranged from the high tens of thousands to
as high as 150,000, with few problems reported other than those related
to the hot weather.

ARTISTS

Blood, Sweat & Tears
Booker T. & the M.G.’s
The Butterfield Blues Band
Canned Heat
Chicago Transit Authority
Joe Cocker
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Dave Brubeck Trio w/ Gerry Mulligan
Delaney and Bonnie and Friends

Grand Funk Railroad

Ian & Sylvia
Tommy James and the Shondells
Janis Joplin
Al Kooper

Led Zeppelin

Pacific Gas & Electric
Johnny Rivers
Spirit
The Staple Singers
Sweetwater
Ten Wheel Drive
Johnny Winter