Coronation Park June 1970

Venue

Also Appearing

Great Speckled Bird, James & the Good Brothers, January, The People's Revolutionary Concert Band, Grateful Dead, Si Potma, P.M. Howard, and New Riders of the Purple Sage

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
Dalton and Cott in Rolling Stone, September 3 1970, say there were free gigs the first and second days in Toronto.

Events

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Date	Venue	Band	Songs	Category	Act Type	show_id
1970-06-27 [Sat]	Coronation Park, Toronto, Canada	Grateful Dead		Public	GD	19700627_310
1970-06-28 [Sun]	Coronation Park, Toronto, Canada	New Riders of the Purple Sage		Public	Side-Project	19700628_310
1970-06-28 [Sun]	Coronation Park, Toronto, Canada	Grateful Dead	Partial Show: Good Lovin', New Speedway Boogie	Public	GD	19700628_310

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GD & NRPS - Coronation Park June 1970

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