Organization: Library and Archives Canada
Year: 2021
Month: July
Request Number: A-2020-08136
Request Summary: This access to information request targets the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Fund and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Fund for postdoctoral research on the monitoring and suppression of dissent in the field of popular music. I would like to consult all the documents (correspondence, surveillance documents, investigation reports, administrative files, immigration and customs documents, etc.) concerning the Transcontinental Pop Festival (alias Festival Express) .The following artists had to travel by train to give five concerts (Montréal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver) from June 24 to July 5, 1970: among others, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, Flying Burrito Bros, Robert Charlebois, Mountain, Ten Years After and Traffic. Thank you very much for your attention to my request and for your help in making this project happen.
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