A short visual music collage featuring photos from the greatest Chicago musical festival that time forgot... ChicagoFest At Navy Pier - 1979 to 1982. Video Produced by Victor Modlinski.
OMFG! You are AWESOME! Thanks for sharing this. I was 12 in 1979 and will always remember Sinatra, Cheap Trick and the gigantic Hercules pinball machine!
WMET ROCKS CHICAGOFEST. I still have the yellow and blue button.
mansonrkmc 2 weeks ago
i was about 9 and mom would try to skate at the loop skating rink and the sailors kept having to pick her up !!! fun times.
spksmom 3 months ago
I seldom missed a day of it. Now we have to go to Milwaukee.
boilerbob7 4 months ago
This is SOOO cool! What a great fest this was. Rock around the dock!
Lecanvey 1 year ago
when i was in marine corps boot camp. we went over to the Navy base and watched a concert by cheap trick and pablo cruise.
we weren't allowed to clap.
but i remember cheap trick being a great show. Nothing compared to the scorps though.
aknowneemus 2 years ago
@moth82 don't recall that, but we do have a DJ in chicago named johnny skafish.
hmm.
aknowneemus 2 years ago
I remember skafish and johnny 3 in '79 who opened for the scorpians
moth82 2 years ago
saw krokus at chicago fest....passed on the acid some guy was passing out....great event!
andclamruleday 2 years ago
OMFG! You are AWESOME! Thanks for sharing this. I was 12 in 1979 and will always remember Sinatra, Cheap Trick and the gigantic Hercules pinball machine!
BMFRaw 2 years ago
i remember the "scorpions" in '79
beeb1421 2 years ago