California jam 1978. Listen free to aerosmith california jam 1978 rats in the cellar i wanna know why and more. California jam ii also known as cal jam ii was a music festival held in ontario california at the ontario motor speedway on march 18 1978 and produced by leonard stogel sandy feldman and don branker. Upwards of 300000 people attended the california jam ii rock festival in ontario in 1978 and a high percentage of them commented on the 40th anniversary on facebook often in response to my march.
Cal jam in 1974 generated the largest gross income of its time 2 million dollars and drew in 200000 fans. The event was promoted by wolf rissmiller concerts. Forty years ago march 18 1978 ontario hosted what is still the largest event in its history.
California jam ii the sequel to the 1974 rock festival drew tens of thousands to the ontario. On march 18 1978 an estimated crowd of 250000 gathered at ontario motor speedway to witness an all day festival bringing together nine of the most popular hard rock acts at the time. They ranged from established hard rockers such as aerosmith and ted nugent the latin sounds of santana and up and coming acts in the form of heart foreigner and rubicon.
Discover more music concerts videos and pictures with the largest catalogue online at lastfm. Pacific presentations a los angeles based concert company headed by sepp donahower and gary perkins coordinated the event. California jam 2 rocks la by best classic bands staff the original california jam festival held on april 6 1974 was successful enough that it was inevitable there would be a sequel.
Cal jam cal jam ii and both were televised on abc televisions in concert series. California jam also known as cal jam was a rock music festival co headlined by deep purple and emerson lake palmer held at the ontario motor speedway in ontario california on april 6 1974it was produced by abc entertainment sandy feldman and leonard stogel.