on the East Coast where people don't have to worry about dying from heat exposure, the 'weekend campout' two day or three day concert was a thing since the early 1970s.
despite Woodstock, being a horror, it was very common for there to be varous concerts and multiple bands. There would be trees, a river, mountains, forests, and many people.
and it would go on and unless you heard about it, you didn't hear about it.
and then we had the Grateful dead who would come and East Coast deadheads weren't jaded addicts and fan-boys, but people who were also interested in meeting people from other parts of the country. It was a totally different experience.
and we had, in VErmont, a yearly event called 'Bread and Puppet'.
all of this went on for years, it wasn't a big deal in the news. No one cared on the radio. No one reported about it. You heard about it from friends. You'd go if you were near by. If you didn't go, it wasn't a big deal. there would always be other shows.
and I think that the Silicon Valley and LA people were a bit jealous.
they made Coachilla (sp) and Burning man into horrid events, devastation of the environment, everyone obviously on chemicals, people camped side by side. No trees. no shade, no where to go swimming, no gorges, no rivers, nothing to do but drugs and listen to corporate crappy music.