The Orange Festival was held in 1975 and promoted as the French Woodstock.Where was the original Woodstock held?
Orange Festival The Orange Festival (also known as Orange 75) was a three-day music festival held 15-17 August 1975 at the Roman Theatre of Orange in Orange, France. At the time it was promoted as the "French Woodstock". A partial list of performers included Bad Company, Fairport Convention, Jess Roden, Procol Harum, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Climax Blues Band, Tangerine Dream, John Martyn and John Cale.
Free festival Free festivals are a combination of music, arts and cultural activities, for which often no admission is charged, but involvement is preferred. They are identifiable by being multi-day events connected by a camping community without centralised control. The pioneering free festival movement started in the UK in the 1970s.