The 1970 Soul of a City Festival, August 20-23, 1970, was organized by Lonnie Morgan of F&M Bank, and took place on Nicollet Mall, the U of M, and Fair Oaks Park by the Art Institute.  The list of acts scheduled to perform is below.  The Insider reported that some of the acts didn’t get paid.

• Mojo Buford
• Lazy Bill Lucas
• George Avaloz jazz group
• Sam Bivens Sextet
• Cyril Paul’s group
• Grizzly
• Cottonwood
• Light
• Midwest
• Mauraders
• House of Fire
• Paisleys