Big Sur Folk: The 1960’s most anti-commercial festival

Big Sur Folk: The 1960’s most anti-commercial festival

Where festivals such as Woodstock and Monterey Pop dominated the music-centred idealism of the 1960s, a humble alternative came about in 1964, from the minds of a recent university graduate and an emerging folk icon in California. In 1961, Joan Baez was quickly becoming the darling of the roots revival, a leading voice among the young folk artists of her era, from Joni Mitchell to the burgeoning Bob Dylan. In the coming years, Baez would adorn t…