[1] Towards the end of 1966, Grantham promoter, former footballer Brian Thompson,[2] set about booking Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band and the Move for a Bank Holiday concert in Spalding.

[1] The event was held in Spalding at the Tulip Bulb Auction Hall, most likely the largest building in the town that could hold a large crowd.

[4] The Spring Bank Holiday was sunny and hot, which would have been very uncomfortable in a large crowd inside the venue, which was essentially a metal shed.

Hendrix had many technical issues, including tuning problems, was late on stage, meaning only a half-hour set, and finished by throwing his guitar into his speaker stack, the same red Fender Stratocaster he would burn at the Monterey International Pop Festival the following month.

[3] In 2017 the 50th anniversary of the event was to be commemorated in the town at The Punchbowl with a Jimi Hendrix Experience tribute band and local covers groups.