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At Monterey Fairgounds: 1st Pop Music Festival Draws Large Crowds

Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 1967

MONTEREY — Thirty thousand people swelled the city of Monterey over the weekend for the first International Festival of Pop Music, held in the outdoor Monterey County Fairgrounds.

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