The People’s Archive® · Collection
Gigs, festivals and the people who were there.
From the Dog and Duck to Glastonbury. Our crowdsourced archive features gigs and festivals from the 1970s to 2000.
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Steve Beech“This pic sums up finishing my GCSEs in 1993 and drinking crates of cheap lager at Reading.”
Michael on his friend Pete’s shoulders.
Michael Krumstets
These photographs record British gigs and festivals through the people who went to them. The current selection includes Glastonbury, Cities in the Park in Manchester, Reading Festival and Pride at Brockwell Park. It gives space to the crowd, the clothes and the day out, with the names and memories that people have supplied.
Some photographs come with a detailed recollection. Steve Beech remembers finishing his GCSEs and going to Reading in 1993. Others carry a place and a year. We keep the available information with each photograph and welcome further details from people who recognise the occasion or the people pictured.
Cities in the Park took place at Heaton Park, Manchester, on 3 and 4 August 1991. The bill included A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Happy Mondays and Electronic. The weekend was dedicated to the memory of Factory Records producer Martin Hannett, who had died in April that year.
See the original event flyer at Manchester Digital Music Archive
Contribute to The People’s Archive
Do you have personal photographs from gigs or festivals in the UK? Pub and club gigs, local bands, small festivals and trips to see a band are welcome alongside larger events.
How to contributeRead the submission guidance and terms before sending your photographs.
Clear scans or digital copies of personal and family photographs are welcome.
Include names, locations, approximate dates and any memories. Tell us where details are uncertain.
Find out how to send your photographs. BCA reviews contributions and selects photographs for The People’s Archive.