Newport Pop Festival
Southern California music festivals in 1968 and 1969
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The Newport Pop Festival was a rock festival held in Costa Mesa, California, on August 3–4, 1968. It was the first music concert ever to have more than 100,000 paid attendees. Its sequel, billed as Newport 69, was held in Northridge, California, on June 20–22, 1969, and had a total attendance estimated at 200,000.
Hundreds of people were injured in rioting outside Newport ’69. Due to $50,000 in damages done to neighborhood homes and businesses, an investigation was launched by the Los Angeles police commission. Outside the festival, teenagers threw bottles and rocks, and damaged property. An estimated 300 people were injured, some as young as 14. Fifteen police officials were injured, and about 75 rioters were arrested.
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