The Monterey International Pop Festival, held on the Monterey County Fairgrounds in California in 1967, has a legacy of a Summer of Love touchstone and a key showcase for rock music's canonization as capital-A Art. However, during the 50th anniversary concert held over the weekend, it seemed most notable as a blueprint for our current festival-saturated landscape, one that crossed generations
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Monterey Pop Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Classic Covers, Mellow Vibes