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  • This Is Pop Festival Rising (Season 1, Episode 8)
  • TV Episode | 44 min | Documentary, Music

This Is Pop

Festival Rising (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV Episode | 44 min | Documentary, Music

From the Human Be-In to Glastonbury, music festivals became a pop rite of passage as onstage electricity connects with an enormous crowd's energy.
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Release date
Apr 24, 2021 (Canada)
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2 nominations

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42 cast members
Name Known for
Jack Casady
Self - Bassist, Jefferson Airplane Self - Bassist, Jefferson Airplane   See fewer
Eric Albronda
Self - Drummer, Blue Cheer / Played the Human Be-In Self - Drummer, Blue Cheer / Played the Human Be-In   See fewer
Michelle Phillips
Self - The Mamas and the Papas Self - The Mamas and the Papas   See fewer
Michael Eavis
Self - Co-Founder, Glastonbury Festival Self - Co-Founder, Glastonbury Festival   See fewer
Emily Eavis
Self - Organizer, Glastonbury Festival Self - Organizer, Glastonbury Festival   See fewer
Miranda Sawyer
Self - Journalist and Writer Self - Journalist and Writer   See fewer
Peter Gerwe
Self - US Festival Organizer Self - US Festival Organizer   See fewer
Colin Hay
Self - Lead Singer, Men At Work Self - Lead Singer, Men At Work   See fewer
Dave Rat
Self - Sound Engineer Self - Sound Engineer   See fewer
Thomas Blake Sr.
Self - Security Guard, Woodstock '99 (as Tom Blake) Self - Security Guard, Woodstock '99 (as Tom Blake)   See fewer
Kerry Black
Self - Co-Founder, Bonnaroo Festival Self - Co-Founder, Bonnaroo Festival   See fewer
Richard Goodstone
Self - Co-Founder, Bonnaroo Festival Self - Co-Founder, Bonnaroo Festival   See fewer
Kevin Drew
Self - Broken Social Scene Self - Broken Social Scene   See fewer
Kele Okereke
Self - Bloc Party Self - Bloc Party   See fewer
Jasmyn Burke
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Lou Adler
Self - Co-Founder of Monterey Pop Festival (archive footage) Self - Co-Founder of Monterey Pop Festival (archive footage)   See fewer
Bloc Party
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Blue Cheer
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Marc Bolan
Self - Musician (archive footage) Self - Musician (archive footage)   See fewer
Broken Social Scene
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Dick Clark
Self - Host, American Bandstand (archive footage) Self - Host, American Bandstand (archive footage)   See fewer
Ice Cube
Self - Lollapalooza 1992 (archive footage) Self - Lollapalooza 1992 (archive footage)   See fewer
Fred Durst
Self - Limp Bizkit (archive footage) Self - Limp Bizkit (archive footage)   See fewer
Grateful Dead
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Jimi Hendrix
Self - Musician (archive footage) Self - Musician (archive footage)   See fewer
Michael Heseltine
Self - Defence Secretary, 1983-1986 (archive footage) Self - Defence Secretary, 1983-1986 (archive footage)   See fewer
Jim Hickman
Self - US Festival Representative (archive footage) Self - US Festival Representative (archive footage)   See fewer
Jefferson Airplane
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Janis Joplin
Self - Singer (archive footage) Self - Singer (archive footage)   See fewer
The Killers
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Limp Bizkit
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
The Mamas and the Papas
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Men at Work
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Oingo Boingo
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
John Phillips
Self - The Mamas and the Papas (archive footage) Self - The Mamas and the Papas (archive footage)   See fewer
Ronald Reagan
Self - 40th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 40th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Otis Redding
Self - Singer (archive footage) Self - Singer (archive footage)   See fewer
Vitaly Sevastyanov
Self - USSR Cosmonaut (archive footage) (as Vitali Sevastyanov) Self - USSR Cosmonaut (archive footage) (as Vitali Sevastyanov)   See fewer
Ravi Shankar
Self - Musician (archive footage) Self - Musician (archive footage)   See fewer
U2
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
The Who
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Steve Wozniak
Self - Co-Founder, Apple (archive footage) Self - Co-Founder, Apple (archive footage)   See fewer
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