1969 Music Festival in Lewisville Texas

Labor Day weekend 1969, just two weeks after Woodstock, Lewisville was the location of one of the largest music events Texas had ever seen. The event drew more than 100,000 music fans -- including more than a fair share of colorfully dressed hippies that sparked a bit of controversy among the locals -- for three days of live entertainment at the former Dallas International Motor Speedway (near the modern-day Waters Ridge development) and a smaller free stage on the shores of Lewisville Lake. The Texas International Pop Festival was headed by promoter Angus Wynne and featured such performers as Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Santana, Sly & the Family Stone, Canned Heat, Grand Funk Railroad, Chicago Transit Authority, Johnny Winter, Sweetwater and B.B. King. According to participants, it was during this event that Wavy Gravy got his nickname. But it was reports of nude bathing in the lake and easily obtained narcotics that fascinated (and scandalized) much of the public outside the concert grounds. The Texas International Pop Festival was a music festival held at Lewisville, Texas, on Labor Day weekend, August 30 to September 1, 1969. It occurred two weeks after Woodstock. The site for the event was an open field just south and west of the newly opened Dallas International Motor Speedway, located on the east side of Interstate Highway 35E, across from the Round Grove Road intersection. The festival was the brainchild of Angus G. Wynne III, son of Angus G. Wynne, the founder of the Six Flags Over Texas Amusement Park.[2][3] Wynne was a concert promoter who had attended the Atlanta International Pop Festival on the July Fourth weekend. He decided to put a festival on near Dallas, and joined with the Atlanta festival's main organizer, Alex Cooley,[4] forming the company Interpop Superfest.