Friday, June 15, 6-8 pm

The Opening Night Reception at the Monterey History Center will feature “Monterey Pop Revisited,” a newly installed exhibition that features:

classic and never-before-seen Monterey Pop photos by Lisa Law, Elaine Mayes and Tom O’Neal
original Monterey Pop artifacts and memorabilia from the show, lent by famed festival producer Lou Adler and art director Tom Wilkes
a very special live musical performance by Country Joe McDonald and Mark Naftalin (Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
Saturday, June 16 and Sunday, June 17, 9am-5pm

The Monterey Pop Revisited symposium will frame the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival in a historical, social and musical context. Group panels, special events and guests include:

“What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been: Setting the Tone for the Weekend”
Joel Selvin, music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle and author of “Monterey Pop” and “Summer of Love” is the ideal writer to place the 1967 concert event in its proper context. His historical analysis of rock and roll and American society will create a vivid sense of time and place to start the symposium.

“For What It’s Worth: What Monterey Pop Was Like for Me”
A lively panel discussion of the Monterey Pop experience featuring Joe McDonald, David Cohen and Barry Melton (Country Joe and the Fish), Andy Kulberg (Blues Project), Elaine Mayes (photographer), Mark Naftalin and Roy Blumenfield (Blues Project), Lisa Law (photographer), Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane), Paul Viarrigi (stage manager), John Cooke (sound man) and other guests to be announced.

Film Presentation of “Monterey Pop”
The definitive rock documentary by award-winning filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker will be screened.

“Wanna Get My Picture on the Cover…”
Talking about rock and roll journalism from Crawdaddy to VH 1, Writer Matthew Greenwald and noted photojournalists Lisa Law, Elaine Mayes, Tom O’Neal get together for a discussion of the unique aspects of covering the world of rock.

“You Say You Want a Revolution…The Sociology of 1967”
David Farber, author of “The 60’s From Memory to History,” will take us back in time to the Summer of Love. His perspective puts Monterey Pop into the middle of one of the most significant periods in American history, a time when generations were colliding and the notions of equality and peace became national movements.

“By the Time We Got to Woodstock: Monterey Pop as a Model for Woodstock”
John Morris, Woodstock’s production director, compares his experiences there with Monterey Pop as we consider the 1967 concert as the seed that created Woodstock and the many blockbuster music festivals that have followed.

“Every Picture Tells a Story: How it Came to Be”
Award-winning art director Tom Wilkes designed the original Monterey Pop festival logo and graphic images. Join him for a fascinating glimpse at how the concert’s “look” was imagined and then created.

Monterey Pop Revisited is sponsored by Monterey History and Art Association, Cultural Council for Monterey County, Monterey International Pop Festival Foundation, California Council for the Humanities, Pebble Beach Company and Armanasco Public Relations, Inc.