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FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY STADIUM - 05/09/1970

FAIRFIELD, CT - U.S.A.

Venue Address: 1073 N. Benson Rd. - Faifield, CT
Promotion: Belkin Productions/Ballantine/WVOF
Event: Dogwood Weekend

Also Performing:
John Sebastian
Lighthouse

Info:
-This performance is scheduled to take place during the University's annual Dogwood Weekend event.
-This show is conceived as a 'blanket concert' where attendees are allowed to occupy the stadium playing field at their will.
-7:30pm scheduled start time.
-Outdoor performance.
-Belkin Productions expects 20,000 at this show.
-Local police enforce a 1965 agreement and set a limit on concert attendees to 13,000 due to parking and other concerns.
-The performance is cancelled on April 15th.
-Belkin Productions cancels this show due to the limit on concert attendees.
-This show is reportedly cancelled due to concerns from the University's board of trustees, an issue stemming from the Miami incident.
-The head of student affairs later tells the public that The Doors would not perform for a limited audience.
-Students strongly protest the cancellation of this show but do not succeed in having The Doors perform.
-WVOF Radio initiates a student meeting in protest of the cancellation.
-The cancellation of this show adds to a list of grievances by students who later strike for the resignation of the university president.
-Students strike from April 21st to 22nd and vote to remove the university president.