10/09/1969 Essen, Germany

55 years, 11 months and 28 days ago

Thursday, October 9, 1969

Essen, Germany

Grugahalle

9,500 capacity

"International Essen Pop and Blues Festival"

Lineup

Jon Anderson

Vocals

Peter Banks

Guitars

Bill Bruford

Drums

Tony Kaye

Keyboards

Chris Squire

Bass

Setlist

No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed

Time And A Word (1970)

Support Bands

Yes (1969)

	Concert	Announcements 3 total	Advertisements 5 total	Articles & News 2 total	Tour Programs 2 total	Ticket Stubs 1 total
	Downloads 1 total	YouTube 9 total

Concert

Notes

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The German blog "Rockzirkus.de" has more information and images from the three-day festival.

Reviews (3)

Klemen Breznikar - It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine

Sunday, September 28, 2025 8:00 PM

[Link]

Klemen Breznikar has a great interview with International Essen Pop and Blues Festival promoter Konrad Mallison for It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine.

Anon.

Sunday, December 4, 2016 9:37 AM

Some footage of this concert can be found here...
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Steven Sullivan

"First German Blues Festival"

also on the bill are Fleetwood Mac, Pretty Things, Spooky Tooth, Keef Hartley, Warm Dust, Free, Hard Meat