<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Website </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> www.isleofwightfestival.com </Td> </Tr> <P> The Isle of Wight Festival is a British music festival which takes place annually on the Isle of Wight in Newport, England . It was originally a counterculture event held from 1968 to 1970 . </P> <P> The 1970 event was by far the largest and most famous of these early festivals and the unexpectedly high attendance levels led, in 1971, to Parliament adding a section to the Isle of Wight County Council Act 1971 preventing overnight open - air gatherings of more than 5,000 people on the island without a special licence from the council . </P>

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