Newport Pop Festival 1968 Vintage Men’s T-Shirt
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The Newport Pop Festival, held at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, California, on August 3–4, 1968, was a landmark event in rock music history and the first concert to attract more than 100,000 paying attendees. Demand for tickets far exceeded expectations, with advance sales reaching nearly three times projected numbers. As organizers realized the fairgrounds could not accommodate the massive crowd, the festival was hastily relocated to a large parking area just days before opening. Temporary stages, fencing, sanitation facilities, and food concessions had to be assembled in record time, creating enormous logistical challenges. Vendors were quickly overwhelmed, with most running out of food and drinks by the middle of the first day. A year later, the follow-up event, Newport 69, drew an estimated 200,000 attendees in Northridge, California. Together, the festivals highlighted both the immense popularity of rock music and the organizational difficulties that would become common at large-scale music festivals in the years to come.
Like all our designs, this one is treated with our signature ‘relic-ing’ process which includes our own secret recipe of hand-painted chipping, cracking, fading, and just the right touch of yellowing to ensure that it looks the part of a true vintage imprint.** We lay these works of art down on premium Bella+Canvas 3001 Unisex Jersey Short Sleeve Tees, one of the softest, best-wearing t-shirts available today, via state of the art direct to garment (DTG) printing which allows us to create a vintage effect that simply can’t be accomplished with other printing methods. In short, these shirts are everything you’ve dreamed of and more – it feels soft and lightweight with just the right amount of stretch, making it comfortable and flattering for both men and women.
- 100% combed and ring-spun cotton*
- Fabric weight: 4.2 oz (142 g/m2)
- 32 singles for a softer hand
- Dyed and cut in the USA
- Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
- Side-seamed construction
- Tear-away label
- Modern retail fit
- Runs true to size
Not sure what size is your best fit? We recommend taking one of your current t-shirts, laying it flat and measuring it. The measurements in the chart below are taken with the shirt laying on a flat surface. To get the length, measure from the high shoulder point down to the bottom of the shirt. To get the width, measure approximately 1-inch below the armhole, across the chest, from seam to seam. While our tees are all made using premium, pre-shrunk, ring-spun cotton, there can be some shrinkage depending on your personal wash and dry cycles. With that said, if you’re on the fence, we always suggest going up a size.

