Archives Treasure #3: 1971 Satsop rock festival photos
Part of the crowd enjoying the music at Satsop (Photos courtesy of Washington State Archives) New York state had Woodstock. And Washington had Satsop. A four-day rock festival held during Labor Day weekend of 1971 was held at a 77-acre farm near the small town of Satsop in Grays Harbor County. Officially called the Satsop Riverfair and Tin Cup Races, the music festival was inspired by Woodstock, which was held two years earlier. The Satsop festival drew 60,000 people. Several…