Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Home > Stonehenge free festival
The Stonehenge free festival was a festival from 1972 to 1984 held at Stonehenge in England. The festival was a celebration of various alternative cultures, in particular neo-paganism. The festival attendees were viewed as hippies (and some were, in fact, self-described hippies) by the wider British public. This probably contributed to the increase in restrictions on access to Stonehenge, as fences were erected around the stones in 1977. Stonehenge's meaning has been historically contested, and that trend was dramatically continued in 1985 when English courts banned the Free Festival from being held at Stonehenge. The ruling came late enough that many Free Festivallers did not know about it, and several hundred attempted to show up anyway.The ensuing confrontation with police ended in the Battle of the Beanfield and no free festival has been held at Stonehenge since.
External links
Read more »