Seattle Pop Festival 1969: The West Coast’s original WoodstockReigning above all festivals, even nearly 60 years later, is Woodstock, the culmination of the 1960s’ counterculture that saw live music and a mantra of ‘peace and love’ coalesce into one celebratory weekend. Still, in championing the peace and love ethos it was founded on, Woodstock remains an irreplicable beacon of its time. Grafmyre conceptualised a festival that would host 25 performers over the course of three days. Groundbreaking performances filled the three-day weekend, but the Seattle Pop Festival was no stranger to hiccups throughout. The Seattle Pop Festival turned out to be a success, as Grafmyre intended, and pre-dating its more well-known associate in Woodstock, the festival was an early example of live music’s dominance across the decade as a cultural centerpoint.