The Beatles
The Cyrkle
The Ronettes
The Remains
Candlestick Park
San Francisco, CA
Bob Dylan & The Hawks
Manchester Free Trade Hall
Manchester, UK
The Beach Boys
Lovin' Spoonful
Chad & Jeremy, Percy Sledge
The Outsiders, The Leaves
Sir Douglas Quintet, Jefferson Airplane
The Byrds
San Francisco Cow Palace
San Francisco, CA
The Doors
Iron Butterfly
Berkeley Community Theatre
Berkeley, CA
Rolling Stones
The McCoys, The Standells
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Buffalo, NY
The Schaefer Music Festival was a recurring music festival held in the summer between 1967 and 1976 at Wollman Rink in New York City's Central Park. It featured a number of notable performances.
Beginning life in 1966 as the 'Rheingold Central Park Music Festival', the series was sponsored by F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company, brewer of Schaefer Beer.
The F. and M. Schaefer Brewing Company took over sponsorship of the Central Park Music Festival in 1968, from Rheingold beer. The cost of the annual music festival was about $500,000, and admissions, at $1 per person in 1968, were expected to bring in $250,000 to $270,000 for the summer program, leaving a deficit, picked up by Schaefer, of more than $200,000. "Until Schaefer decided to assume sponsorship, the prospect was that the ticket price [from 1967] would have to be doubled. The $2, [Commissioner of Parks August Heckscher] said, would have been 'too expensive for a lot of New Yorkers.'
In the 1960s, before the rise of corporate concert organizers and ticket agents, top rated bands would often play for free (especially in San Francisco) or for amounts that resulted in reasonable concert ticket prices. Just before the Schaefer Music Festival kicked off in the summer of 1968 a free concert was given in Central Park featuring the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, three of the top acts at that time. 6,000 people "jammed into the bandstand near the [Central Park] Mall while thousands more sprawled out on the grass and under the trees."
Club owner and musician Hilly Kristal co-founded the series with producer and concert promoter Ron Delsener. Over the years a veritable Who's Who of superstars of the popular music scene performed there. Inexpensive tickets, which started at $1 in 1967 and rose to only $3 by 1976, further contributed to the event's popularity. While the capacity of the Wollman Rink was usually limited to about 6,000 to 7,000 people, it is reported that Bob Marley's performance in 1975 had attracted about 15,000 people.
In 1976, Dr. Pepper assumed sponsorship of a Central Park concert series, renamed the 'Dr. Pepper Central Park Music Festival'. Due to residential noise complaints, this series was moved to Pier 84 on the West Side in 1981. In 1983 Miller Beer took over sponsorship, continuing it as the 'Miller Time Concert on The Pier' until 1988.
Procol Harum
Pink Floyd
H.P. Lovecraft
Winterland
San Francisco, CA
Herman's Hermits
The Animals
Dallas Memorial Auditorium
Dallas, TX
Buffalo Springfield
Count Five
New Generation
The Third Eye
Redondo Beach, CA
Bo Diddley
Little Walter
Sons of Adam
Longshoreman's Hall
San Francisco, CA
Jimi Hendrix
Pink Floyd
Jefferson Airplane
The Queen's Theatre
London, UK
Jim Kweskin Jug Band
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Electric Train
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
Grateful Dead
The Loading Zone
Longshoreman's Hall
San Francisco, CA
13th Floor Elevators
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
Euphoria
The Daily Flash
The Rising Songs
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
Love
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
Otis Redding
Garnet Mimms, Sam & Dave
Patty La Belle & The Blue Belles
Percy Sledge, Mitty Collier, James Carr
The Ovations, Sad Sam (comic M.C.)
Carrs Beach
Annapolis, MD
Motortown Revue
Stevie Wonder
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The Marvelettes, The Contours
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Chris Clark, Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers
Willie Tyler & Lester (the dummy)
Fox Theatre
Atlanta, GA
The Animals
Sam The Sham & The Pharohs
Brutus & The Roamin's
Winchester Roller Rink
Winchester, VA
Country Joe & The Fish
Moby Grape
Lee Michaels
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Big Brother & The Holding Company
The Grateful Dead
The Grassroots
Sunshine
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
The Byrds
Buffalo Springfield
The Dillards
Swing Auditorium
Nat'l Orange Show Grounds
San Bernadino, CA
The Beatles
Reycard Duet, Wing Duo
Lemons Three, Eddie Reyes & D'Downbeats
Dale Adriatico, Pilita Corrales
July 4, 1966 - The Beatles played two shows at Rizal Memorial Football Stadium, Manila, in the Philippines to over 80,000 fans. The Beatles failed to appear at a palace reception hosted by President Marcos' family, who were not informed that the Beatles had declined their invitation. The next day, as The Beatles make their way to the airport they were greeted by angry mobs, the Philippine government had retaliated by refusing them police protection.
Rizal Memorial Football Stadium
Manila, Phillipines'
The Beach Boys
Lulu
David & Jonathan
Sounds Incorporated
The Golden Brass, Jerry Stevens
Odeon Theatre
Leeds, UK
The Grassroots
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
The Blues Project
The Matrix
San Francisco, CA
The Mothers
Oxford Circle
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
Great Society (featuring Grace Slick)
The Mod Hatter
Mill Valley, CA
The Grateful Dead
Jr. Walker & The All Stars
The Glass Family
Fillmore
San Francisco, CA
The Kinks
The Yardbirds
The Mickey Finn
Jeff & Jon, The Riot Squad, Val McKenna
Goldie & The Gingerbreads, Bob Bain (MC)
Guild Hall
Portsmouth, UK
Jefferson Airplane
Butterfield Blues Band
Muddy Waters
Winterland / Fillmore
San Francisco, CA'
Young Rascals
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
Earthquake Party!
Bo Diddley
Big Brother & The Holding Co.
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
Murray the "K" Presents
The Rolling Stones
Carnegie Hall
NYC
Grateful Dead
Andrew Staples
The Old Cheese Factory
San Francisco, CA
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Blackburn & Snow
Sons of Champlin
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
The Charlatans
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
The Grass Roots
The Sons of Adam
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
Allen Ginsberg
Ken Kesey & The Merry Pranksters
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Grateful Dead
Longshoreman's Hall
Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco, CA
Jefferson Airplance
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
James Brown
The Apollo Theatre
NYC
The Beatles
Shea Stadium
Flushing Meadows
Queens, NY
Bob Dylan
Royal Albert Hall
London, UK
MC5
Chosen Few
The Grande Ballroom
Detroit, MI
Andy Warhol's
Exploding Plastic Inevitable Show
Velvet Underground'
Nico (Pop Girl of '66)
Poor Richard's
Chicago, IL
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Tim Buckley
Kindred
Brotherhood of Light
Pepperland
San Rafael, CA
Grateful Dead
Oxford Circle
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Fillmore
San Francisco, CA
The Byrds
Village Gate
NYC
13th Floor Elevators
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
Timothy Leary
Andy Warhol
Anita Ventura
The Ronnettes, The Shangrila's
Left Bank, Lenny Welch
Monti Rock III, Brian Hyland
Terry Knight & The Pack
Clay Cole & Scott Muni M.C.'s
The Action House
Island Park, NY
Little Gary Ferguson
The Mothers of Invention
The West Coast Pop Experimental Band
Count V
The Factory (featuring a young Lowell George)
Shrine Exposition Hall
Los Angeles, CA
Sam The Sham & The Pharohs
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
The Yardbirds
Frost
MC5
Grande Ballroom
Detroit, MI
Them
The Association'
The Grassroots
The Baytovens, The WildFlower
The Harbinger Complex
Wm. Penn & His Pals
Oakland Auditorium Arena
Oakland, CA
Grateful Dead
Moby Grape
The Morning Glory
Santa Venetia Armory
San Rafael, CA
Beau Brummels
The Triumvirate
Unknown Venue
The Turtles
Oxford Circle
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
Andy Warhol Presents
The Plastic Inevitable Who
Velvet Underground
Nico chanteuse
The Trip
Los Angeles, CA
The Velvets were supported by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and accompanied by members of Warhol's entourage. Although scheduled for a two-week residency, the shows ground to a halt after just three nights when the Sheriff's Department closed the club down. Nonetheless, numerous stars were spotted in the audience on May 3-5, including Sonny and Cher, Jack Nicholson, Jim Morrison and Ryan O'Neal.
Pink Floyd
The Animals
Jimi Hendrix
Jammin Jim Johnson
Eaton's Park
Boston, MA
The Yardbirds
The Breakouts
Spring Gardens Teen Club
Lima, OH
Johnny Cash
Statler Bros.
Harden Trio
Carl Perkins
Waylon Jennings, The Tennesee 3, June Carter
KRNT Theatre
Des Moines, IA
The Monkees
Cow Palace Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
Otis Redding & His 10 Piece Orchestra
Continental Club
Oakland, CA
Little Stevie Wonder
Ricky-Tick
Windsor, UK
Grateful Dead
Lightning Hopkins
Loading Zone
The Yardbirds
Country Joe & The Fish
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
Jefferson Airplane
Grateful Dead
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
Jefferson Airplane
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Lightning Hopkins
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, CA
The Righteous Brothers
Nino Tempo & April Stevens
Gaylord & Holiday
Oakland Coliseum Arena
Oakland, CA
The Temptations
Continental Club
Oakland, CA
The 4 Seasons
Maysers Gymnasium
Franklin & Marshall College
Lancaster, PA
The Beach Boys
Mayser's Gym
Franklin & Marshall College
Lancaster, PA
Rolling Stones
Long Beach Arena
Long Beach, CA
Rolling Stones
The McCoys
The Standells
The Ronettes
Cleveland Arena
Cleveland, OH
Bob Dylan & The Hawks
New Center Arena
Seattle, WA
Bob Dylan & The Hawks
Royal Albert Hall
Manchester, UK
The Beatles
The Cyrkle
The Ronettes
The Remains
Nick Charles (M.C.)
Busch Memorial Stadium
St. Louis, MO
The Beatles
Maple Leaf Garden
Toronto, Canada
LAUGHING BUDDHA - MC SSO & THE REFLECTORS
A LITTLE ROCK & ROLL - JOHNNY PIERRE
GREEN ONIONS - MIGHTY YOUNG FISH
THE ISLAND IS ALIVE - FREELANCE VANDALS