Which California city hosted the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival?

Monterey, California, hosted the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.

The festival took place from June 16 to June 18, 1967, at the Monterey County Fairgrounds. It was organized by John Phillips, Lou Adler, and Derek Taylor, with support from other figures in the music industry.

Monterey became a landmark because it presented major rock, soul, and folk performers to a large audience. The lineup included Otis Redding, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Simon & Garfunkel, and Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company.

The event also introduced many American listeners to Jimi Hendrix, whose dramatic guitar performance became one of its best-known moments. Monterey is sometimes confused with San Francisco festivals associated with the Summer of Love, but the festival itself was staged in Monterey, a coastal city south of San Francisco.