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1000 BCE
Vine Flower
The three-day Festival of the Vine Flower held in Greece
brought talents in togas to the city of Athens. Even more enthusiastic about boozing than modern festival-goers, the Ancient Greeks started the party with a silent drinking contest before enjoying song and dance performances. -
600 BCE
Pythian Games
The Pythian Games featured dance, art, and musical displays. The Pythian Games, held in honor of Apollo (the god of music) Moving into the 10th century BC, Greece was still the hotbed of musical happenings. Every spring, the three-day Festival of the Vine Flower brought talents in togas to the city of Athens. Even more enthusiastic about boozing than modern festival-goers, the Ancient Greeks started the party by drinking -
John Banister
The first known public concerts with charged admission were given in London by the violinist John Banister at his home in Whitefriars in 1672. -
Prominade concert
A promenade concert was an outdoor concert where The audience would walk through the garden while listening to the orchestra play. -
Opera music Halls
The rise of Opera caused larger music halls to be built. Orchestras also grew in size. Opera gave more people a reason to go out and experience different music than normally offered. -
Jazz lounges
In the early 1900s, smaller concerts were being held. They were less like concerts and more like intimate performances in bars or jazz lounges and speakeasies where the audience could drink smoke, and dance. -
The Blue-Print for modern music festivals
The world's most famous modern music festival, Woodstock, was first held at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, in 1969. Billed as "three days of love and peace", the event attracted some of the biggest artists of the day and more than 500,000 party people to the 600-acre farm. -
Mosh Pits
A mosh pit is part of a concert where an artist designates an area for people to let loose. They originated in the southern California hardcore punk scene. In mosh pits people are seen dancing carefree and in many cases people are injured. -
Micheal Jackson Moonwalk Motown 25
Micheal Jackson Debuts his new movie "The Moonwalk" While performing Billie Jean on the Motown 25 TV special. The "Moonalk" is known as his signature move. -
Tina Turner
Tina Turner's performances added elements of rock with country, and soul. While performing she encouraged the crowd to sing and dance with her which is what most modern concertgoers do. She set a record for the largest concert with 188,000 fans in Rio De Janeiro. -
Micheal Jackson Anti-Gravity Lean
Micheal Jackson debuts a new show the Anti-gravity Lean in his Smooth Criminal music video. This is one of his most famous stage tricks. The stunt is a mixture of illusion, back strength, and stage mechanics. The heel of the shoe contained a slot that locked onto a metallic peg that emerged from the stage at the right moment, locking his foot in place and providing an anchor to allow the extreme angles. -
Renaissance World tour
This concert is turned into a fashion show for both her and her fans. She is seen wearing many custom fashions from various prestige designers. Concertgoers are there to look and and have a great time. Several interactive props are used: A flying horse, dancing robot arms, robot fans, a giant clam, and a dismantling robot suit.