Pink Floyd Posters - Bath Festival, June 27, 1970

Pink Floyd
Bath Festival, June 27, 1970
Posters & Handbills

by The Pink Floyd Archives


This section of the Pink Floyd Poster Gallery documents posters for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music held on June 27-28, 1970.
Ads from magazines and newspapers are not included.

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Bath Festival 1970
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  1. Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music, June 27-28, 1970

    1. Poster & Handbill
      1. Poster #1
      2. Poster #2
      3. Bannister poster reprint
      4. Window poster
      5. Handbill
        1. Handbill
        2. General Information Sheet

    2. Alternate Poster Designs
      1. Alternate poster #1
        1. Poster
        2. Poster reprint
      2. Alternate poster #2
        1. Poster
        2. Poster with ticket outlet strip
        3. Shoreditch College 1968 poster
      3. Alternate poster #3
      4. Alternate poster #4


Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music


Bath Festival poster #1
June 27-28, 1970

1a) Bath Festival poster #1
Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970
Bands: Canned Heat, John Mayall, Steppenwolf, Pink Floyd, Johnny Winter, It's a Beautiful Day, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Keef Hartley Band, Maynard Ferguson Big Band / Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Moody Blues, Byrds, Rock, Santana, Dr. John the Night Tripper, Country Joe, Hot Tuna.
Poster Design: poster design by OOOZDESIGN 01-722-7083.
Poster Size: 30 15/16" x 21"
PT: .0048"
Notes: The original poster for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music held on June 27-28, 1970.
Pink Floyd performed at the festival on June 27, 1970.
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1b) Bannister poster reprint:

Size: 30" x 20"
Note: An authorized reprint was done by the promoter of the festival, Freddie Bannister in 1998. The reprint was a limited edition of 750 posters that were all signed and numbered by Bannister.
At the bottom of the poster it says: "Reprint 1998."
A subsequent copy of this reprint was issued in a signed, numbered edition of 100.



Bath Festival poster #2
June 27-28, 1970

1c) Bath Festival poster #2
Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970
Bands: Canned Heat, John Mayall, Steppenwolf, Pink Floyd, Johnny Winter, It's a Beautiful Day, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Keef Hartley Band, Maynard Ferguson Big Band / Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Moody Blues, Byrds, Rock, Santana, Dr. John the Night Tripper, Country Joe, Hot Tuna.
Poster Size: 20" x 15"
Notes: This is a small poster for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music that was sent to various colleges to help advertise the event.



Bath Festival window poster
June 27-28, 1970

1d) Bath Festival window poster
Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970
Bands: Canned Heat, John Mayall, Steppenwolf, Pink Floyd, Johnny Winter, It's a Beautiful Day, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Keef Hartley Band, Maynard Ferguson Big Band / Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Moody Blues, Byrds, Rock, Santana, Dr. John the Night Tripper, Country Joe, Hot Tuna.
Size: 10" x 8"
Notes: A small window poster for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music held on June 27-28, 1970. Pink Floyd performed at the festival on June 27, 1970.



(front & back)
Bath Festival handbill
June 27-28, 1970

1e1) Bath Festival handbill
Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970
Bands: Canned Heat, John Mayall, Steppenwolf, Pink Floyd, Johnny Winter, It's a Beautiful Day, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Keef Hartley Band, Maynard Ferguson Big Band / Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Moody Blues, Byrds, Rock, Santana, Dr. John the Night Tripper, Country Joe, Hot Tuna.
Size: 10 1/4" x 8 3/16"
HT: .0075"
Notes: A handbill for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music held on June 27-28, 1970. Pink Floyd performed at the festival on June 27, 1970.
On the back of the handbill is information about trains to the event, camping sites, car parking and catering arrangements.
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1e2) Bath Festival General Information Sheet

Size: 8" x 5 15/16"
HT: .0051"
Notes: Issued with the handbill was a General Information Sheet about the festival.


Alternate Poster Designs

Four additional posters have been found for the Bath Festival that differ from the original poster used to promote the festival.
Speculation was that these were proposed designs that were not used, or that these were made to sell at the festival, although which is not clear.


Bath Festival alternate poster #1
June 27-28, 1970

2a1) Bath Festival, alternate poster #1
Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970
Bands: Canned Heat, John Mayall, Steppenwolf, Pink Floyd, Johnny Winter, It's a Beautiful Day, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Keef Hartley Band, Maynard Ferguson Big Band / Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Moody Blues, Byrds, Rock, Santana, Dr. John the Night Tripper, Country Joe, Hot Tuna.
Poster Size: 30" x 20"
Notes: A poster for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music held on June 27-28, 1970. The poster lists the names of the performers.
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2a2) Bannister poster reprint:

Note: An authorized reprint was done by the Bannisters in 2019.
This reprint was a limited edition of 100 posters that were signed by Wendy Bannister and Henrietta Bannister, in memory of Freddy Bannister who passed away on August 11, 2019.



Bath Festival alternate poster #2
June 27-28, 1970

2b1) Bath Festival, alternate poster #2
Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970
Bands: Canned Heat, John Mayall, Steppenwolf, Pink Floyd, Johnny Winter, It's a Beautiful Day, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Keef Hartley Band, Maynard Ferguson Big Band / Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Moody Blues, Byrds, Rock, Santana, Dr. John the Night Tripper, Country Joe, Hot Tuna.
Notes: A poster for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music held on June 27-28, 1970. The poster is red with an artist rendering of a guitar player.
The art on this poster is not original to this poster (see below).
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2b2) Alternate poster #2 with ticket outlet strip

Notes: A copy of this poster has been found with a ticket outlet strip glued to the bottom of the poster. This indicates that this poster was used at some point as a pre-concert poster to advertise the festival.
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2b3) Shoreditch College 1968 poster

Notes: The poster for the Valedictory Ball at Shoreditch College on June 21, 1968.
The art on this poster was reused for the Bath Festival alternate poster #2.
This is not a Pink Floyd poster.



Bath Festival alternate poster #3
June 27-28, 1970

2c) Bath Festival, alternate poster #3
Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970
Bands: Canned Heat, John Mayall, Steppenwolf, Pink Floyd, Johnny Winter, It's a Beautiful Day, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Keef Hartley Band, Maynard Ferguson Big Band / Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Moody Blues, Byrds, Rock, Santana, Dr. John the Night Tripper, Country Joe, Hot Tuna.
Notes: A poster for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music held on June 27-28, 1970. The poster is green with an artist rendering of trees.



Bath Festival alternate poster #4
June 27-28, 1970

2d) Bath Festival, alternate poster design #4
Date & Venue: Bath Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, June 27-28, 1970
Bands: None listed.
Poster Size: 30" x 20"
Notes: A poster for the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music held on June 27-28, 1970. The poster is an artist's drawing of a woman.
No performers are listed on the poster.
This poster is believed to be a commemorative poster that was sold at the festival.