Monterey Pop

Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. Although not all musicians who performed at the Monterey Pop Festival are on film, some of the notable acts include the Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Otis Redding, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hendrix's post-performance antics -- lighting a guitar on fire, breaking it and tossing a part into the audience -- are captured.Monterey Pop featuring Scott McKenzie and Denny Doherty is streaming with subscription on HBO MAX, streaming with subscription on The Criterion Channel, streaming via tv everywhere with TCM, and 2 others. It's a documentary and musical movie with a high IMDb audience rating of 8.0 (3,957 votes) and was very well received by critics.