In the summer of 1970, some of the era's biggest rock stars took to the rails for Festival Express, a multi-artist, multi-city concert tour that captured the spirit and imagination of a generation. What made it unique was that it was portable; for five days, the bands and performers lived, slept, rehearsed and let loose aboard a customized train that traveled from Toronto, to Winnipeg, to Calgary, with each stop culminating in a mega-concert. The entire experience was filmed both off-stage and on.

• 1 hr 29 min
• Directed by

  Bob Smeaton

• Starring

  The Band

  ,

  Delaney & Bonnie & Friends

  ,

  The Flying Burrito Brothers

  ,

  The Grateful Dead

  ,

  Buddy Guy Blues Band

  ,

  Ian And Sylvia And Great Speckled Bird

  ,

  Janis Joplin

  ,

  Mashmakhan

  ,

  Sha Na Na

  ,

  Eric Andersen