The Kralingen Music Festival was a music festival held in the Kralingse Bos, in the Kralingen

Kralingen

Kralingen is a former village in the Dutch province of South Holland, now a neighbourhood of Rotterdam. It is located about 3 kilometres east of the city centre, in the borough Kralingen-Crooswijk....

 neighbourhood of Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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, on the 26th-28th June 1970. Performing bands included T-Rex

T. Rex (band)

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, Pink Floyd

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, The Byrds

The Byrds

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, Santana

Santana

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 and Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane

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. Festival posters show that the festival was billed in Dutch as 'Pop Paradijs' and 'Holland Pop Festival 70', and that it was sponsored by Coca-Cola

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. In both English and Dutch, the festival is also known by the English name Stamping Ground, and is often billed as the European answer to Woodstock. It took place approximately one year after Woodstock, and two months before the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival

Isle of Wight Festival

The Isle of Wight Festival is a music festival which takes place every year on the Isle of Wight in England. It was originally held from 1968 to 1970. These original events were promoted and organised by the Foulk brothers under the banner of their company Fiery Creations Limited...

(the first Isle of Wight Festival was in 1968).