Venue Address: 999 Inderrieden Rd. - Chandler, IN 
Promotion: Alexander and Duncan Productions/WAKY/WKDQ
Event: Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival

Also Performing:
Albert King Amboy Dukes Black Oak Arkansas Brownsville Station Canned Heat Cheech & Chong Dr. Fuchs Flash Foghat Gladstone Gentle Giant Nazareth Mike Quatro Rory Gallagher	The Allman Brothers (Aborted) Black Sabbath (Aborted) The Chambers Brothers (Aborted) The Eagles (Aborted) Fleetwood Mac (Aborted) The Faces (Aborted) Joe Cocker (Aborted) John Mayall (Aborted)

Setlist:
(N/A)

Recordings / Film:
Unavailable

Photographers:
Unavailable

Reviews / Info:
-This festival takes place from September 2nd-4th.
-Promoters anticipate a crowd of 60,000 to attend the festival.
-An Elektra ad for Full Circle lists The Doors performance date at this festival as September 3rd.
-The Doors perform in Detroit on September 3rd and are moved to play this festival on September 4th.
-On August 9th, public health officials declare that the festival site does not meet health department requirements.
-On August 16th, promoters receive a restraining order to stop the advertising and sale of tickets for this festival.
-Promoters receive a ban on the festival by Judge Lester Nixon on August 23rd.
-Last minute plans are made to hold the festival on Bull Island in the Wabash River.
-Approx. 300,000 persons attend the festival.
-The Doors are paid in advance and show up to perform.
-Many acts, including The Doors, do not perform due to an inability to reach the site of the festival stage.
-This event escalates into disaster and is considered one of the worst music festivals in history.

ARCHIVE/MEMORABILIA:

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Newspaper: The Evansville Courier
Author: Pat Wathen
Publish Date: August 18th - 1972
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Newspaper: The Evansville Courier
Author: Tom Steinkamp
Publish Date: August 23rd - 1972
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Newspaper: Muncie Evening Press
Author: Unknown
Publish Date: August 24th - 1972
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Newspaper: The Evansville Courier
Author: Tom Steinkamp
Publish Date: August 25th - 1972
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Newspaper: The Evansville Courier
Author: Tom Steinkamp
Publish Date: August 26th - 1972
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ARTICLE #6:

Newspaper: The Republic
Author: Unknown
Publish Date: August 31st - 1972
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REVIEW #1:

Newspaper: The Evansville Courier
Author: Scott P. Hill & Phil Wallace
Publish Date: September 6th - 1972
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REVIEW #2:

Newspaper: St. Louis Dispatch
Author: Thomas Uhlenbrock
Publish Date: October 1st - 1972
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