show: Hollywood Music Festival, Leycett, 1970

The Hollywood Music Festival was held on the 23rd and 24th May 1970 at Leycett in an area called Hollywood on the grounds of Ted Askeys Lower Farm at Finney Green, between Silverdale and Leycett near Newcastle-under-Lyme.It was the first of the major festivals held inn the summer of 1970 and it was followed by the Isle of Wight Festival. It featured Mungo Jerry (first performance of In The Summertime), the first performance of The Grateful Dead in the UK and the bands Black Sabbath, Free, Ginger Bakers Air Force, Traffic, Jos Feliciano, Quintessence and Family.The company responsible for the festival was Onsite Ltd, who promptly went bankrupt and were unable to pay the festival
staff. Previously lost behind-the-scenes filming and filming from the crowd bring to life this well-remembered event in our
patch of North Staffordshire. We set the scene with a look at the music scene from RocknRoll through to Northern Soul.An archive film show from Ray Johnson.