In 1966, heroes of the British rock n roll scene came together to help raise money for Lincoln City Football Club
The Bands
It's 1966.
In just two months - on July 30 at Wembley - England would lift the world cup for the first and so far, only time, after defeating the Germans.
All the people of Lincoln know on that May Bank Holiday is that a great summer is about to begin, with this concert a wonderful starting gun.
Music lovers flocked to the Sincil Bank stadium, desperate to see bands like The Who, The Kinks, The Yardbirds and The Small Faces play The Lincoln Pop Festival.
Tickets were priced at £1 for an entire day of music, and that included a programme too.
In it, you could find out about the bands playing.
They were (in alphabetical order) The Barron Knights, Crispian St Peters and the Puppets, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, Georgie Flame and the Blue Flames, The Ivy League and Division One, The Kinks, The Koobas, Screamin' Lord Sutch, The Small Faces, The Who and The Yardbirds.
Comperes DJ Keith Fordyce (of Ready, Steady, Go! fame) and the now disgraced Top of the Pops presenter Jimmy Savile introduced bands to the stage that many from Lincoln had never before had the chance to see.
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/history/lincoln-city-1966-who-kinks-5455120
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