1970-06-27 [Sat]

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Coronation Park, Toronto, Canada

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Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Ron McKernan - organ, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Mickey Hart - drums, perc
Run
GD & NRPS - Coronation Park June 1970
Tour
GD-NRPS Summer 1970 Festival Express
Also Appearing
Great Speckled Bird, James & the Good Brothers, January, and The People's Revolutionary Concert Band
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Notes
  • Free show set up in a nearby park in response to protests about the stadium show (see news coverage links). Bands played on the back of a flatbed truck.
  • Deadsources has local print news coverage from the time June 27-28, 1970: CNE Stadium, Toronto (Festival Express I) and June 27-28, 1970: Festival Express, Toronto and June 27, 1970: CNE Grandstand, Toronto
  • LIA's The Festival Express Guide provides a detailed account this tour, and more general news coverage of the tour June/July 1970: The Festival Express and June/July 1970: Festival Express in the news.
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    Weather
    High: 75.8 °F
    Low: 56.0 °F
    Feels Like High: 75.8 °F
    Feels Like Low: 56.0 °F
    Wind Speed: 21.9 mph
    Humidity: 62.2 %
    Moonphase: 0.79
    Partly cloudy throughout the day.
    In Attendance
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