Original 1st printing 23 x 35" concert/event poster for the 1968 Schaefer Music Festival, held at Wollman Rink in New York City from 6/27-8/24/1968. *this was the first year that the series was underwritten by Schaefer Beer

 Design by Elaine Grove/Pentone Co., Inc., no acts are listed, but the series featured shows by: Count Basie Orchestra & Joe Williams (6/27), The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (6/28), Moby Grape; Muddy Waters (6/29), Mongo Santamaria; Hugh Masekela (7/1), Mitch Ryder; Spirit (7/3), Sarah Vaughan; Herbie Mann (7/5), Nina Simone; The People's Choice (7/6), Ray Charles Orchestra & The Raelettes (7/8), Pete Seeger; Len Chandler (7/12), Montego Joe Septet; Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66 (7/13), Indrani's Indian Music & Dance Festival w/ Ali Akbar Khan (7/17-21), Chrysalis; Rosko (poetry); Theodore Bikel (filling in for Janis Ian) (7/22), Vanilla Fudge; Ultimate Spinach (7/24), Richie Havens; (7/26), Duke Ellington Orchestra (7/27), B.B. King; Fats Domino (8/1), Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention; Buddy Guy (8/3), Lou Rawls; Joe Keyes (8/5), The Who; Mandala (8/7), George Shearing Quintet; Amanda Ambrose; Hal Waters (8/9), Flip Wilson; Little Anthony & the Imperials (8/10), Jimmy Smith; Gloria Lynne (8/12), Joni Mitchell; Arlo Guthrie (8/14), Tom Paxton; Patrick Sky (8/16), The Chambers Brothers; Little Richard (8/17), Traffic; Tim Buckley (8/19), Country Joe and the Fish; Eric Andersen (8/21), Judy Collins (8/23), Herbie Mann; Cal Tjader (8/24)

 Medum-thick flat index stock poster is in good/decent (B to B/B-) condition; there are tack holes in all four corners, along with a couple of small tears and a moderate amount of creasing/wear around the outer margin area, a series of thin stress bends/handling creases throughout the image area, a bit of surface wear in the lower right corner and a few other little minor issues here and there... definitely a bit of a worn relic, but still all there and in very presentable shape.

 GREAT design on this one, highlighted by a portrait of 1967 festival performer Lou Rawls surrounded by ladies and roses, with a multi-colored rainbow arching overhead... not to mention the INCREDIBLE lineup of acts, highlighted by the Who, Frank Zappa & the Mothers, Moby Grape, Traffic, Joni Mitchell and a HOST of jazz/blues/big band legends from Count Basie to Ray Charles to Jimmy Smith. KILLER mid-'68 NYC event poster!