The Midwest Rock Festival was a

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held at the State Fair Park in

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, on July 25–27, 1969. The festival featured

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, The First Edition, Sweetwater,

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, SRC and Shag (July 25);

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, Shag,

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, MC5 and SRC (July 26); and

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and the Grease Band, Bob Seger System, Jim Schwall Blues Period, MC5, Zephyr, Shag,

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and SRC (July 27).Newspaper advertisement for the Midwest Rock Festival.
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. , p. 34.

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