The Stonehenge Free Festival had been held at the Summer Solstice since 1974. However at 1977 event, numbers suddenly increased and this became the Annual People's Festival. Since then, the numbers involved doubled each successive year.
The 1984 festival attracting hundreds of thousands over a six week period. It was the last. Through June, the gathering grew, until it is estimated that well over 30,000 were in attendance. Track-ways laid out, toilets and standpipes... alcohol, food and crafts and of course drugs, were on sale. Bands played all over the site almost 24hrs a day. Festival Welfare Services, First Aid, Samaritans and Lost Children tents were on site... it was a spontaneous experiment in human trust and co-operation…. to live an alternative without the State.
