Bugün öğrendim ki: Felaket Erie Kanalı Soda Pop Festivali'nden, grupların çoğu performans göstermedi ve açlıktan ölmek üzere olan festival müdavimleri yemek yemeye çalışırken bir ineği öldürdü.

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Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival --- [](/wiki/File:Bull_island_ticket .JPG "Ticket") Genre| [Rock](/wiki/Rock_music "Rock music"), [pop](/wiki/Pop_music "Pop music") Dates| [Labor Day](/wiki/Labor_Day "Labor Day") weekend of 1972 Location(s)| [Griffin, Indiana](/wiki/Griffin,_Indiana "Griffin, Indiana") Founded by| Tom Duncan and Bob Alexander Attendance| est. 300,000 Capacity| 55,000 The **Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival** was a [rock festival](/wiki/Rock_festival "Rock festival") held on the [Labor Day](/wiki/Labor_Day "Labor Day") weekend of 1972 near [Griffin , Indiana](/wiki/Griffin,_Indiana "Griffin, Indiana") on Bull Island, a strip of land in [Illinois](/wiki/Illinois "Illinois") but on the [Indiana](/wiki/Indiana "Indiana") ") side of the [Wabash River](/wiki/Wabash_River "Wabash River"). A crowd estimated at 200,000 to 300,000 attended the concert, four times what the promoters estimated. Food and water were in short supply, and the gathering descended into relative chaos. After the show was finished, remnants of the crowd burned the main stage.[1][2]