Oregon Experience
Vortex 1: How a Rock Festival Saved Portland from Chaos
TV-G
S4 • E3 Oct 28, 2010 30mIn the summer of 1970, some tens of thousands of people converged in rural Clackamas County for an event called Vortex I. This festival celebrated freedom - freedom from violence, from drug laws and from clothes. It also served as an elaborate ploy to lure young people away from Portland. Vortex I is the only state-sponsored rock festival in U.S. history. Content Alert - Partial Nudity.
