The originally listed performers for the festival were Whiskey Howl, Bo Diddley, Chicago, Junior Walker and the All Stars, Tony Joe White, Alice Cooper, Chuck Berry, Cat Mother and the All Night News Boys, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent, Little Richard, Milkwood (Toronto-based Polydor recording artists),[2] Doug Kershaw, and The Doors.

With sweat gushing down his heavily made up face, he jumped on the piano and drove the young crowd crazy, exhorting them to get up and dance to blazing numbers like 'Rip It Up', 'Good Golly Miss Molly', and 'Jenny, Jenny'.

By the time he finished racing through the closing notes of his 'Long Tall Sally' finale, he was sopping wet with his shirt torn to shreds by the crowd below.

As a result of Pennebaker's involvement, the performances of most of the artists were recorded and filmed which has led to many authorized and unauthorized audio and video releases.

Authorized video releases include the complete concert performances of Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard.

It featured a live band playing a selection of songs from the 1969 concert, Alan Cross and Bull as co-MCs, and documentary short films featuring interviews with Alice Cooper, Klaus Voormann, Robby Krieger, John Densmore, Alan White, Rob Bowman, and Peter Goddard.