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Piedra Roja

Piedra Roja
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.


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