Vortex 2020

Vortex 2020, or Vortex2020, was a planned music festival scheduled to be held in the U.S. state of Oregon in 2020, fifty years after Vortex I. The event was to be held on August 22–23 at Milo McIver State Park, near Estacada.[1]

Vortex 2020
DateAugust 22–23, 2020 (2020-08-22 – 2020-08-23)
LocationMilo McIver State Park, Oregon, U.S.

Slated performers included Blind Pilot, Storm Large, Pink Martini, The Dandy Warhols, and Gus Van Sant.[2]

The original festival was a collaboration between local peace activists and Oregon's Republican governor, concerned about the chaos that could arise around a planned Nixon visit to the state.[3]

The 2020 event was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon.[4]

References
  1. Ramakrishnan, Jayati (December 31, 2019). "Vortex 2020 is on: State-sponsored music festival will return, 50 years after the first one". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  2. "A Sequel to Vortex, the Only State-Sponsored Music Festival in American History, Is Coming to the Portland Area This Summer". Willamette Week. January 21, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  3. https://www.opb.org/article/2020/08/29/oregon-history-vortex-1-rock-festival-1970-vietnam-war-tom-mccall/
  4. https://pamplinmedia.com/en/459928-374279-vortex-event-postponed-in-wake-of-coronavirus


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