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.
Heroes of Woodstock Tour The Heroes of Woodstock Tour was a North American concert tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock Festival. The tour featured several bands, most of which performed at the original Woodstock festival or feature members that performed at the festival. The musicians featured differed slightly from venue to venue but most of the concerts featured Jefferson Starship, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Canned Heat, Ten Years After and Tom Constanten. Some dates featured Melanie, Edgar Winter, John Sebastian, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Mountain and the Levon Helm Band. Country Joe McDonald hosted all of the concerts, playing a couple of songs in between the different sets.