--- title: "Festivals" description: "On a Monday night in August of 1972, a lineup of Johnny Cash and June Carter with the Tennessee Three, Carl Perkins and the Statler Brothers opened Pine Knob's doors for country music, and it's remained a home for the genre ever since" canonical: "https://www.313presents.com/venue/pine-knob-music-theatre/50th-anniversary-photo-exhibit/festivals" dateModified: "2022-05-19T16:53:30-04:00" type: "page" --- https://www.313presents.com/venue/pine-knob-music-theatre/50th-anniversary https://www.313presents.com/assets/img/313-presents-pk-50th-anniversary-photo-exhibit-spotlight-cab4d0a672.jpg # Festivals Pine Knob has served as ground zero for the first editions of many traveling festivals that have dotted the concert landscape over the decades – including Lollapalooza, Ozzy Osbourne's OZZFest, H.O.R.D.E., Furthur, the Vans Warped Tour and more. Pine Knob was one of four venues in 1996 where Sarah McLachlan tested her all-female Lilith Fair concept, topping a bill that included Patti Smith and others, while Moby brought his two Area festivals to town, with David Bowie making his only Pine Knob appearance as part of Area2 in 2002. https://www.313presents.com/assets/img/313-Presents-Pine-Knob-Music-Theatre-50th-Anniversary-Exhibit-KEN-SETTLE-Patti-Smith-Lilith-Fair-1996-75cd0f77dc.jpg Patti Smith - Lilith Fair, 1996 | Ken Settle https://www.313presents.com/assets/img/313-Presents-Pine-Knob-Music-Theatre-50th-Anniversary-Exhibit-KEN-SETTLE-Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-Lollapalooza-1992-57331d88e0.jpg Red Hot Chili Peppers - Lollapalooza, 1992 | Ken Settle https://www.313presents.com/assets/img/313-Presents-Pine-Knob-Music-Theatre-50th-Anniversary-Exhibit-KEN-SETTLE-Sarah-McLachlan-Lilith-Fair-1996.-c22137219e.jpg Sarah McLachlan - Lilith Fair, 1996 | Ken Settle https://www.313presents.com/assets/img/313-Presents-Pine-Knob-Music-Theatre-50th-Anniversary-Exhibit-David-Bowie-Sue-Plummer-7b07f9f1a1.jpg David Bowie - Area: 2, 2002 | Sue Plummer https://www.313presents.com/assets/img/313-Presents-Pine-Knob-Music-Theatre-50th-Anniversary-Exhibit-Lollapalooza-Sue-Plummer-d5b1823c86.jpg Lollapalooza, 1991 | Sue Plummer https://www.313presents.com/assets/img/313-Presents-Pine-Knob-Music-Theatre-50th-Anniversary-Exhibit-KEN-SETTLE-Ozzy-Osbourne-OZZfest-1989-4acadea22a.jpg Ozzy Osbourne - OZZfest, 1989 | Ken Settle https://www.313presents.com/assets/img/313-Presents-Pine-Knob-Music-Theatre-50th-Anniversary-Exhibit-CHRIS-SCHWEGLER-Mayhem-Festival-2013-2cd37d01a2.jpg Mayhem Festival, 2013 | Chris Schwegler --- ## **MORE COLLECTIONS** [![](https://www.313presents.com/assets/img/313-Presents-50th-Anniversary-Exhibit-David-Cassidy-600x600-05c4001c19.jpg)](https://www.313presents.com/venue/pine-knob-music-theatre/50th-anniversary-photo-exhibit/so-it-begins/) 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