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The Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival was a rock festival held on the Labor Day weekend of 1972 near Griffin, Indiana on Bull Island, Illinois. A crowd estimated at 200,000 to 300,000 attended the concert. ImageMetadata File history File links Bull_island_ticket_1. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Bull_island_ticket_1. ... U2 at Live Aid A rock festival, or rock fest, is a large-scale outdoor rock music concert, featuring multiple acts, often spread out over several days. ... Labour Day (or Labor Day) is an annual holiday that resulted from efforts of the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. ... Griffin is a town located in Posey County, Indiana. ...

The promoters of Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival had originally planned the festival to be held at Chandler, Indiana a small town near Evansville, Indiana. However, various court battles stopped the festival from performance anywhere in Indiana. Shortly before the start of the concert, the promoters decided upon a site near Griffin, Indiana referred to locally as "Bull Island". Chandler is a town located in Warrick County, Indiana. ... Evansville is a city located in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. ...

Due to the changing course of the Wabash River, Bull Island is located east of the Wabash River but is part of the State of Illinois. Thus, Bull Island was out of the jurisdiction of the various Indiana courts. The local Illinois government in the small town of Carmi, Illinois, was surprised that the venue had suddenly ended up in its backyard, and was unable to stop the concert. The Wabash River is a 475 mi (765 km) long river in the eastern United States that flows southwest from northwest Ohio near St. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Senators Richard Durbin (D) Barack Obama (D) Official languages English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... Carmi is a city located in White County, Illinois. ...

The scheduled lineup included Black Sabbath, Joe Cocker, Allman Brothers, John Mayall, Cheech & Chong, Canned Heat, Fleetwood Mac, Ballinjack, Amboy Dukes, Bob Seger, Bang, The Doors, Ravi Shankar, Albert King, Brownsville Station, Mike Quatro, Gentle Giant, Black Oak Arkansas, The Eagles, The Chambers Brothers, Boones Farm, Slade, Nazareth, and Delbert & Glenn. However, only a few bands such as The Doors, Black Oak Arkansas, Cheech & Chong, and Gentle Giant actually performed. This article is about the British heavy metal band. ... Joe Cocker Joe Cocker (born John Robert Cocker, May 20, 1944) is a pop music singer. ... The Allman Brothers Band is a pioneering and innovative Southern rock group from Macon, Georgia originally popular in the 1970s, described by Rolling Stones George Kimball in 1971 as the best . ... John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers was a pioneering British blues band that included such luminaries as: Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (both later in Cream), Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood (later all in Fleetwood Mac), Mick Taylor (later in The Rolling Stones), Don Harris, Harvey Mandel, Larry Taylor (Canned... Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, Cheech and Chong, were a comedy duo who found a wide audience in the 1960s and 1970s for their stand_up routines, which were based upon the 1960s hippie, free love and (especially) drug culture movements. ... Canned Heat album cover Canned Heat is a blues-rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1965. ... Fleetwood Mac during their 1970s commercial heyday. ... A Detroit-based rock band, best remembered for their hit single Journey to the Center of the Mind, the Amboy Dukes also launched the career of the Motorcity Madman, Ted Nugent. ... Robert Clark Bob Seger (born May 6, 1945) was an important figure in American rock and roll and pop music in the 1970s and 1980s, and continues to be influential today. ... bang is: A loud noise, like an explosion. ... The Doors, Legacy (Clockwise from top right): Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek The Doors (formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California) were a popular and influential American rock band. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Albert King Albert King (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992) was an influential American Blues guitarist and singer. ... Brownsville Station is a Metrorail station in Miami, Florida. ... Gentle Giant was a British band considered to be one of the quintessential progressive rock bands of the 1970s. ... Black Oak Arkansas, a southern rock-band formed 1970 in Black Oak, Arkansas. ... The Eagles are an American rock music group that originally came together in Los Angeles, California in the early 1970s. ... African-American familial rock group, originally from Mississippi. ... Slade was a British rock band. ... Nazareth (Arabic الناصرة an-Nāṣirah; Hebrew נָצְרַת, Standard Hebrew Náẓərat, Tiberian Hebrew Nāṣəraṯ) is an ancient town in northern Israel. ... The Doors, Legacy (Clockwise from top right): Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek The Doors (formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California) were a popular and influential American rock band. ... Black Oak Arkansas, a southern rock-band formed 1970 in Black Oak, Arkansas. ... Gentle Giant was a British band considered to be one of the quintessential progressive rock bands of the 1970s. ...

Since Bull Island was technically part of Illinois but the only access was through Indiana, police protection and crowd control during the festival were non-existent. The only police near the festival were three county sheriffs from White County, Illinois. The concert became a "free concert" on the evening of the first day. White County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ...

Bull Island was accessible by only two roads, causing massive traffic backups for 20 miles (30 km) from the festival.

Over the three days, the festival drifted steadily into anarchy. Food and water were in short supply. A torrential rain soaked the festival. A truck bringing food into the festival was hijacked, looted and burned. Drugs were freely available in a make-shift "shopping district" where pushers proudly displayed their wares. Various bands cancelled. Three concert goers drowned in the Wabash River.

While Woodstock was a festival of love and tolerance, the Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival was a clear indication that the days of peace, love and rock & roll were over. Woodstock may refer to: Woodstock Music and Art Festival, a 1969 U.S. rock festival which inspired a 1970 Warner Bros. ...