Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$540.00
Starting bid: $1.00
This vintage poster is mounted on board.
This colorful Original Poster was produced to advertise the 1968 Miami Pop Festival held at Gulfstream Park, a horse racing track in Hallandale Florida, just north of Miami. The Grateful Dead performed at the 3-day festival in late December along with many other popular acts of the day including Chuck Berry, Fleetwood Mac, Canned Heat, Marvin Gaye, Flatt & Scruggs, Joni Mitchell, Steppenwolf, and many more. The lineup was absolutely stellar.
Approximately 100,000 people were in attendance. It was the FIRST major rock festival on America's east coast. It was produced by Tom Rounds and Mel Lawrence, who had previously produced both the seminal KFRC Fantasy Fair and the Magic Mountain Music Festival in California.
The Grateful Dead played on the 29th and their set included a cosmic mix of Aoxomoxoa & Live-Dead material. Joni Mitchell invited former Hollies member and new love interest Graham Nash, as well as the great Richie Havens, to join her onstage to sing Dino Valenti's "Get Together".
This is the FIRST EXAMPLE we’ve ever offered in our auction of this difficult-to-find poster!
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: The Miami Pop Festival Gulfstream Park Poster
--GRADE: Not Graded, Mounted
--PERFORMERS: Grateful Dead, Chuck Berry, Fleetwood Mac, Canned Heat, Marvin Gaye, Flatt & Scruggs, Joni Mitchell, Steppenwolf, many more.
--VENUE: Gulfstream Park
--CITY: Hallandale, Florida
--DATE: 12/28-30/1968
--SIZE: 12.75 x 22
--PRINTING: Original Pre-Concert First Printing Poster
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