1.1M views · 11K reactions | With the Isle of Wight Festival kicking off today we thought it would be a good time to look back to 1970 where an estimated 600,000 people came to the festival to watch Jimi Hendrix play one of his last ever gigs. #IOW2025 | BBC Archive | Facebook

76K views · 779 shares | #OnThisDay 1970: People were arriving at East Afton Farm for the Isle of Wight festival - which would feature Jimi Hendrix, The Who and a lot of tea. | BBC Archive | Facebook

467K views · 1.2K reactions | #OnThisDay 1970: "Home for who knows how many hippies, weirdies, beatniks, dropouts and just plain old-fashioned pop fans" BBC News reported from 'Devastation Hill', just outside the Isle of Wight Festival arena. | BBC Archive | Facebook

159K views · 1.5K reactions | Ein paar Töne und die Zeit steht still. Joni Mitchell brachte beim legendären Isle of Wight Festival 1970 mehr als eine halbe Millionen Menschen zum Innehalten und bezauberte allein mit ihrer Stimme und einer Gitarre in der Hand. so.arte/JoniMitchell1970 | ARTE Concert | Facebook