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Bono at the 1983 US Festival

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The 1982 US Festival took place on September 3, 4 & 5, 1982

and the 1983 US Festival took place on May 28, 29, 30 & June 4, 1983

 

With performances by;

 

Alabama l Berlin l Dave Edmunds l David Bowie l Divinyls l Eddie Money l Emmylou Harris l Fleetwood Mac l Flock of Seagulls l Gang of Four l Hank Williams Jr. l INXS l Jackson Brown l Jerry Jeff Walker l Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band l The Joe Sharino Band l Joe Walsh l Judas Priest l Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul l Men at Work l Missing Persons l Motley Crue l Oingo Boingo l Ozzy Osborne l Pat Benatar l Quarter Flash l Quiet Riot l Ricky Skaggs l Riders in the Sky l Santana l Scorpions l Stevie Nicks l Stray Cats lThe B-52’s l The Cars l The Clash l The English Beat l The Pretenders l The Grateful Dead l The Kinks l The Police l The Ramones l The Talking Heads l Thrasher Brothers l Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers l Triumph l U2 l Van Halen l Wall of Voodoo l Waylon Jennings l Willie Nelson

 

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"Thanks Woz"

"This must be the best US Festival site around.

It's concise and on the mark. It brought back a lot of strong memories

and feelings for me, and even taught me a few things I've forgotten. 

I do stop extra long to shake hands with and smile at everyone

I encounter who says they attended the US Festivals"  

Steve Wozniak

This website is a work in progress, we are always updating.

Please visit often, you never know what new things you will find....

All of US at the 1983 US Festival

 

Thanks SO VERY much Woz. You are my hero to this day

R. Jones

1982 US Festival

Thanks to Dan Whelan for this great photo!

 

Dedicated to honoring the greatest vocal groups of the world.

 

Bob Crosby was the Production Design Consultant on the original US Festivals

and is now the President / CEO of the The Vocal Group Hall of Fame Foundation

 

http://www.vocalgroup.org/index.html

 

The Vocal Group Hall of Fame is a 501c3 Non-Profit Foundation. It was founded in January 1997 to honor the “Greatest Vocal Groups of The World” in every genre of music. The basic concept is to induct vocal groups into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, to preserve their music, perpetuate their memory and display their memorabilia in a world class Vocal Group Hall of Fame Museum, while paying tribute to the Inductees as international music treasures.

Memorial Day 1983

 

Memorial Day, also called Decoration Day, is a patriotic holiday in the United States. 

It is a day to honor Americans who gave their lives for their country. 

Originally, Memorial Day honored military personnel who died in the Civil War (1861-1865). The holiday now also honors those who died in any war while serving the United States.

 

For those who might not remember,  the US Army was an US Festival Sponsor. We want to thank every person who has ever served in America's Armed Forces.  You have made us the Land of the Free and You are the Brave.  Bless you for all you have done for America.

 

 

The “Us Festival 1983 Opening Day” program from award winning producer Glenn Aveni,

premiered on Encore Sunday morning December 28th at 12:20am

(part of Saturday evening programming).

 

This program will be available on DVD at some point in 2009,

but we do not have the release dates yet.

 

Click below to go to the ICON website to see a cool preview...

Icon Television Music, Inc.

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THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH THE WORLD HAS CHANGED IN 25 YEARS.

CHECK OUT VH1's I LOVE THE 80'S

 

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How Far We've Come

We challenge you to live a single day without technologies that were either non-existent or just emerging when the first US Festivals were held.

Here is a sample of technologies that have emerged since the original US Festivals: