The Plumpton Festival
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The National Jazz & Blues Festival was the precursor to the The Reading Festival and was the brainchild of Harold Pendleton, the founder of the prestigious [l266223] in Soho. Initially called The National Jazz Festival, it was a showcase for British and US jazz and was held at Richmond Athletic Ground in the sedate London suburb of Richmond. The first festival took place on 26-27 August 1961. The festival moved from Richmond to Windsor in Berkshire (1966–1967), to Sunbury in Surrey (1968) and then to Plumpton at the Plumpton Racecourse (1969–1970). By this time the jazz content was almost non-existent and the festival was featuring a mix of progressive rock, folk and blues and drawing crowds of around 30,000.
In 1971, the festival finally found a permanent home when Pendleton moved base to Reading as The Reading Festival.
[b]1961–1965:[/b]
Richmond Athletic Ground
Richmond
London
England, UK
[b]1966–1967:[/b]
Windsor
Berkshire (near London)
England, UK
[b]1968:[/b]
Sunbury
Surrey
England, UK
[b]1969–1970:[/b]
Plumpton Racecourse
Plumpton
East Sussex
England, UK
[b]1971–: (as [l308627])[/b]
Reading
Berkshire
England, UK