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Do the Welsh Eisteddfodau have a long history?<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe annual celebrations of Welsh poetry, music and performance can trace their history back to a bardic competition held by Lord Rhys at Cardigan Castle in 1176. After two centuries in abeyance they were revived at the end of the 18th century, notably by the Gwyneddigion, a society of Welsh exiles in London. They received an added boost in the mid-19th century as a response to the \u2018Blue Books\u2019 \u2013 controversial government reports criticising the state of education and culture in Wales.<\/p>\n
- England and Wales: best of enemies?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- The conquest of Wales<\/a> (podcast)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>
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How old is the Three Choirs Festival?<\/strong><\/h2>\nCentred around the choirs of Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester cathedrals, and closely associated with the careers of composers such as Elgar and Vaughan-Williams, the festival claims to be the oldest non-competitive classical music festival in the world and celebrates its 300th birthday this year.<\/p>\n
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Where was the first large modern rock festival?<\/strong><\/h2>\nCalifornia\u2019s Monterey Pop Festival of June 1967 frequently gets that distinction but in fact a week before Jimi Hendrix\u2019s guitar-burning exploits at Monterey a similar if smaller event, the splendidly named Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival, had been held at Mount Tamalpais, also in California.<\/p>\n
The legendary Woodstock Music and Arts Fair was held two years later, in August 1969. It wasn\u2019t actually held at Woodstock. Problems finding a suitable location there obliged the organisers to site it over 40 miles away, near the town of Bethel.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> The huge crowd at Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, 1969. (Photo by John Dominis\/The LIFE Picture Collection\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
When was the Glastonbury Festival first held?<\/strong><\/h2>\nOn 19 September 1970, the day after Jimi Hendrix died. Acts included Marc Bolan, Stackridge and Al Stewart. They played before a crowd of about 1,500 and the admission price included free milk from the organiser\u2019s farm.<\/p>\n
This article was first published in the August 2015 issue of BBC History Magazine<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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How old is the Three Choirs Festival?<\/strong><\/h2>\nCentred around the choirs of Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester cathedrals, and closely associated with the careers of composers such as Elgar and Vaughan-Williams, the festival claims to be the oldest non-competitive classical music festival in the world and celebrates its 300th birthday this year.<\/p>\n
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Where was the first large modern rock festival?<\/strong><\/h2>\nCalifornia\u2019s Monterey Pop Festival of June 1967 frequently gets that distinction but in fact a week before Jimi Hendrix\u2019s guitar-burning exploits at Monterey a similar if smaller event, the splendidly named Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival, had been held at Mount Tamalpais, also in California.<\/p>\n
The legendary Woodstock Music and Arts Fair was held two years later, in August 1969. It wasn\u2019t actually held at Woodstock. Problems finding a suitable location there obliged the organisers to site it over 40 miles away, near the town of Bethel.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> The huge crowd at Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, 1969. (Photo by John Dominis\/The LIFE Picture Collection\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
When was the Glastonbury Festival first held?<\/strong><\/h2>\nOn 19 September 1970, the day after Jimi Hendrix died. Acts included Marc Bolan, Stackridge and Al Stewart. They played before a crowd of about 1,500 and the admission price included free milk from the organiser\u2019s farm.<\/p>\n
This article was first published in the August 2015 issue of BBC History Magazine<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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California\u2019s Monterey Pop Festival of June 1967 frequently gets that distinction but in fact a week before Jimi Hendrix\u2019s guitar-burning exploits at Monterey a similar if smaller event, the splendidly named Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival, had been held at Mount Tamalpais, also in California.<\/p>\n
The legendary Woodstock Music and Arts Fair was held two years later, in August 1969. It wasn\u2019t actually held at Woodstock. Problems finding a suitable location there obliged the organisers to site it over 40 miles away, near the town of Bethel.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\u00a0<\/p>\n
When was the Glastonbury Festival first held?<\/strong><\/h2>\nOn 19 September 1970, the day after Jimi Hendrix died. Acts included Marc Bolan, Stackridge and Al Stewart. They played before a crowd of about 1,500 and the admission price included free milk from the organiser\u2019s farm.<\/p>\n
This article was first published in the August 2015 issue of BBC History Magazine<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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