history of concerts By mekhi Pahlana 2a Sep 19, 700 Ancient Greece has pythian games which also featured musical preformances Jan 1, 1001 4500 B.C.ancient egyptians held festivals that had religious rites and ceremonies which included music and dance Nov 18, 1897 Irish hold their first musical event that we have celbrated music festival held in Dublin Ireland and Ohio May 22, 1937 berkshire music festival in M.A. was first music festivalin america Mar 21, 1952 rock and rolls first concert Aug 16, 1963 beetles first artist to do an international "Tour of Sweden" Aug 15, 1969 Woodstock which had a crowd of 400,00 Jun 30, 2008 Hot 97 introduces summer jam Jul 30, 2008 first "Made in America"music festival is held Aug 13, 2014 On thr run tour by beyonce and jay-z attracts crowds of 850,000