| Canada Jam | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Rock music,pop |
| Dates | August 26, 1978 |
| Location | Mosport Park inBowmanville, Ontario Canada |
| Founders | Sandy Feldman andLeonard Stogel |
| Attendance | 110,000(tickets) |
Canada Jam was arock festival concert held atMosport Park inBowmanville, Ontario, Canada, about 100 kilometres east of Toronto, on August 26, 1978. The festival was produced by Sandy Feldman andLeonard Stogel, who producedCalifornia Jam andCalifornia Jam II, and was sponsored byCarling O'Keefe. It attracted over 110,000 fans, making it the largest paying rock event in Canadian history at that time.[1] TheMolson Canadian Rocks for Toronto a.k.a. "SARSfest" featuringthe Rolling Stones andAC/DC eclipsed that mark with an audience of 450,000 people on July 30, 2003.[2]
Canada Jam was the second of three major music festivals held at Mosport between 1970 and 1980. The other two were the Woodstock-esqueStrawberry Fields Festival held August 7–9, 1970, and thepunk andnew wave themed,Heatwave Festival held August 23, 1980. Both these festivals were produced by Toronto promoter John Brower who facilitated the introduction to Mosport Park for Feldman and Stogel.
Canada Jam acts in order of appearance:
The program ran for 18 hours (3 hours behind schedule) and ended with Triumph's encore at 3:35 AM.
Four television specials were made from the event and broadcast across the CTV television network in Canada. Several performances from the show were eventually released on CD and video, both inbootleg and authorized form including performances by Kansas and Triumph. The event was hosted by CFTR-AM (AM680) in Toronto.
Approximately 350 people were treated in the medical tent for fatigue, cuts and drug and alcohol-related ailments but no major incidents or problems occurred. Tickets for the event sold for $20.00 in advance and $30.00 on the day of the event and the event grossed an estimated 2.5 million dollars.[1]
