Online Lecture: Monterey Pop — When Music Changed Everything

Join author and historian James Dalessandro for a look back at the groundbreaking Monterey Pop Festival, held in June 1967. Often considered the first major music festival, it drew more than 50,000 people to the Monterey Fairgrounds and marked the height of San Francisco’s Summer of Love. The event introduced Janis Joplin to the world and featured the first U.S. performances by Jimi Hendrix and The Who, along with appearances by Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding and others. Learn how this three-day celebration of music helped launch the counterculture movement and changed the course of popular music history.

Your online lecture will take place live over the course of 1-2 hours. All times are listed in the EASTERN time zone. If you live in a different time zone, please adjust your schedule accordingly. This live online experience uses Zoom Webinar, an easy-to-use web video service that includes closed captioning. All you need is an Internet connection and your computer. You will receive a confirmation email when you enroll, and a reminder email one week and one day before, as well as the morning of the event with a link and instructions on how to tune in. You will not be pictured on screen during the lecture, but you will have the opportunity to ask the instructor live questions using the Q&A box. Unless otherwise noted, all those who enroll in this program receive access to the live event as well as a recording of the lecture that you can watch any time within the two weeks following the live event.