Piedra Roja | |
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Genre | Rock music |
Dates | 10 - 12 October 1970 |
Location(s) | Santiago, Chile |
Years active | 1970 |
Piedra Roja was a music festival in Chile noted as an expression of the hippie counterculture in South America. Following the success of , a similar music festival was held in Chile between 10 and 12 October 1970 in the eastern area of Santiago. Among others, the following bands performed in the festival: Aguaturbia, Los Blops, Lágrima Seca and Los Jaivas. Similarly to , chaos marked the festival, involving problems with sound, drugs and delinquency. The festival showed for the first time that the young population in Chile during that time was a group to reckon with. It also showed the increasing social tension that would end in the ascension of Pinochet.