Original 1st printing 23 x 29" concert/event poster for the Strawberry Fields Festival, held at Mosport Park, near Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 8/7-9/1970. Art by Francoli, acts listed include: Chip Monck (Voice of Woodstock)*, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, Cactus, John Mills Cockell and Syrinx (Magic Moog Synthesizer), Leonard Cohen*, Eric Burdon & War, Grand Funk Railroad, Fat, Hog Heaven, Jethro Tull, King Biscuit Boy, Led Zeppelin*, Luke & the Apostles, Melanie, Mountain, Procol Harum, Sly & the Family Stone, Ten Years After, the Youngbloods, "And MORE!". *-did not appear. There are at least TWO different versions of this poster, this is the WHITE STOCK version. Thin glossy stock poster is in excellent (B+) condition; a bit of creasing along the top/bottom margins, a few thin vertical stress bends in the upper right quadrant, a number of tiny pinch ding creases and stray surface scuffs and a hint of moisture rippling to the paper, otherwise fine. ULTRA-UNCOMMON 1970 Festival poster from a mostly-forgotten Canadian event. While not all of the acts listed on the poster appeared, most of them did- including Jethro Tull, Grand Funk and most famously, Sly & the Family Stone, who closed out the event with a 5:30 AM set. Check out some fascinating footage of the event HERE; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8tpngdUmYk
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