A tribute to Nambassa - rock festivals 1969-1981
 

It might not seem worth it to devote an entire thread to the Nambassa Music Festival, held in NZ from 1976-1981. However, a little digging has revealed some intriguing info and pics. What I learned is that in 1979, it is estimated that 75,000 attended, and that 35% were partially or totally naked. Does that include shirtless males? Look at the pics below and be the judge. If not, I doubt that any other major music festival in history could boast that much nudity. What all this means is that ordinary pics taken at Nambassa have a high potential to include some female skin. These pics are out there on the net, and below are a few i unearthed today. All are low quality unfortunately which is to be expected, but they are still noteworthy. So I will open this thread up to any and all pics from Nambassa that anyone can dig up and that show, however faintly, some female nudity. And it is my hope that at some point, someone will unearth a cache of higher Q pics that will make all of this effort truly worthwhile. If you weren't able to attend this feast of flesh, you can at least have this thread, my tribute to Nambassa. Woodstock may be the granddaddy of rock music festivals, but Nambassa would appear to be the crowd fav at OCC.

Also, recollections from anyone from this festival would be nice to have. There was a lot of skinny dipping as you can see, and communal showers too. What else...?

cheers,

Klondike

more. Some have been previously posted, but most of these are new to OCC. KLondike

more. KLondike

a few more. Klondike

last two for now. Klondike

I may expand this to include all retro rock festival pics because as I've been looking for Nambassa pics, I've also run across some other stuff. There were a lot of festivals back in the period 1969-1981 or so that deserve checking. Names like Isle of Wright, Vortex 1, Strawberry Fields, retro Roskilde, Sweetw*ter, more...

here is a link to a few pics from Strawberry Fields, 1970:

hxxp://johnphillipsphotography.com/Strawberry_Fields/Mud_People_all/Index.html

click around to the various galleries and you will find a few more with nudity.

Klondike

this is a new Woodstock '69 pic I found yesterday. Down in the hardcore section, nakedhippie has been posting a lot of pics from these festivals, and I've posted many myself repeatedly over the years. I don't mean to rain on his thread, but it is not as accessible being in the hardcore section where threads get buried very quickly. So, this is my retro rock festival thread. Stay tuned. My hope is that nakedhippie will contribute pics here and check this regularly. I decided just now to make one thread for all retro festival pics, and this is it..before finding the Nambassa pics above, I wouldn't have said there were enough pics for a thread all its own. Now there may be...

Klondike

a few pics from getty images from the Isle of Wright festival 1970. KLondike

hxxp://www.gettyimages.com/detail/3254988

Klondike

ever hear of the ngaruawahia festival? me neither...

KLondike

click around here: one of the festival's names is "knebworth". new to me, and a new search term:

hxxp://www.gettyimages.com/detail/HE6767-001

Klondike