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Last updated June 2021 :new photos Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Steppenwolf, Flock and Santana .
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Last updated June 2021 :new photos Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Steppenwolf, Flock and Santana .
Photo archive by Terry Farebrother .
Terry took 35 black and white images of the festival, capturing some rare moments such as the Pink Faires onstage playing for free outside the festival grounds and many candid shots of the crowd. The photographs are in chronological order .Most of the images have larger versions , mouse over the images to see which ones are available.
NB:Some images have had to be restored due to damage .Unfortunately, portions of these were beyond repair due to faulty developing.
Saturday June 27th 1970
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Market cross Shepton Mallet Saturday |
The gathering of the clans |
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Weathering the storm.
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After the rain |
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Grooving to an afternoon performance. Possibly Donovan.
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A standing ovation for Colosseum. |
Hangin' round between acts |
More rain on the way |
At last, the sun!
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Early evening
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Dusk .
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Lights on Saturday night |
Sunday June 28th 1970
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The Pink Fairies play Sunday Am outside the main arena |
The Pink Fairies |
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The Fairies do their thang |
View from the back |
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Chilling between acts |
Grabbin' some zzz's |
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Mid day .
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The stage must be around here somewhere..... |
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The main drag -Sunday |
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Crowds enjoy the brief spell of warmer weather in the afternoon on Sunday
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Early evening Sunday
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Ok , so it was Sunday, but we really would like to know what the fuck was going on in this picture ...... c'mon whoever is responsible for this- OWN UP ! |
Click on most of the images to see a larger version
If anyone has any more photos or recollections of the festival , please Contact us
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| 8 mm Film Archive Ross Mortimore's streaming Quicktime movie of the crowd features clear images of the stage PA , Colosseum onstage and bikers with Canned Heat at Bath as a soundtrack provided courtesy of Bob C . Bandwidth and copyright restrictions mean we cant host audio/video so you will have to do with stills at the moment until we can do an alternative stream elsewhere. Please don't bug us to add it , we will do it when we have the time.
External Links to Bath related merchandise ( with which we have NO commerical links whatsoever ) To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1970 Bath Festival we have brought out a special commemorative set. Anyone interested can view it on http://www.rockmusic-offer.co.uk/ A
limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters
and Freddie Bannisters books on the Bath ,Lincoln 71 and Knebworth festivals
can be bought online from
the link below : Led Zeppelin at Bath photogallery Visit the 1969 Bath Festival pages. |
