| The Archive | Index of festivals and outdoor music events Summer 1979 |
| May 26-27 | Loch Lomond Rock Festival, Cameron Wildlife Park, Dumbartonshire.* |
| June 1-6 | Ruthin Free Festival, Clwyd |
| June 9 | B.Y.C. Multicultural Festival, Gilwell Park,Chingford, London. |
| June 16-24 | Stonehenge Free Festival, Wiltshire * |
| June 20-22 | Hood Faire, Totnes, Devon |
| June 21-23 | Glastonbury Fayre, Pilton, Somerset * |
| June 30-July 1 | Ashton Court-Community Free Festival, Bristol. |
| July 7 | London, Ladbroke Grove, Street Festival |
| July 14-18 | Priddypool |
| July 17-22 | Capital Jazz Festival, Alexandra Palace,London * |
| July 20-22 | Severn Vale Free Celebration, Berkeley Gloucestershire * - |
| July 27-29 | Cambridge Folk Festival * |
| Aug 2-7 | Deeply Vale Free Festival, nr Bury, [Lancashire * |
| Aug 4th | Cropredy Festival Banbury |
| Aug 4th | Knebworth Park Concert, Hertfordshire * |
| Aug 10-12 | Polgooth Faire, Mevagissey, Cornwall |
| Aug 10-20 | Bournemouth Free Festival, Dorset |
| Aug 11 | Knebworth Park Concert (2), Hertfordshire. * |
| Aug 18 | Wembley Stadium Concert, London. * |
| Aug 24-26 | Reading Rock Festival, Berkshire * |
| Aug26-27 | Notting Hill Carnival. London |
| Aug 25-26 | Bournemouth Bill Free Festival, Yeovil, Somerset |
| Aug 25-27 | Rougham Tree Fair, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. |
| Aug 25-27 | Leigh Rock Festival, Lancashire * |
| Sept 1 | Edinburgh Rock Festival * |
| Sept 2 | Rock Against Racism Concert, Rockwell Park, Brixton, London * |
| Sept 6-20 | Psilocybin Free Festival, Devil's Bridge, Dyfed |
| Sept 20-24 | Meigan Faire, Newcastle Emlyn, Dyfed. |
| Sept21 – | Gilfach Festival |
| Festivals marked * were attended by the Festival Welfare Services' Field Welfare and/or member organisations. | |
| List has been added to from original FWS list | |
Taken from the FWS report 1981 .
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