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The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
Consortium, plays at the Alex Disco in The Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury,Wiltshire, UK, with DJ Kazoon.
The Move play at The Royal Hall, Bridlington, UK.
Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young play the sixth of seven nights at The Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Joni Mitchell.
Spirit and Savoy Brown play the second of three nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
The three-day long Texas International Festival gets underway at Dallas Speedway, Lewisville, Texas, USA, attracting 120,000 punters to boogie with Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Canned Heat, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Winter, Sly And The Family Stone, Sweetwater, Chicago Transit Authority, The James Cotton Blues Band, Delaney And Bonnie, Space Opera and Ten Years After. The event is kicked off by Grand Funk Railroad.
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The Isle Of Wight Festival begins at Wootton, Isle Of Wight, UK. Bob Dylan and The Band are rehearsing at Forelands Farm, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, UK. Over the next three days there will be appearances by Bob Dylan, The Who, The Band, The Nice, Richie Havens, The Moody Blues, Free, Joe Cocker, Fat Mattress, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Family, The Pretty Things, Marsha Hunt, Battered Ornaments, Aynsley Dunbar, Blodwyn Pig, King Crimson and The Edgar Broughton Band.
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John Mayall plays the fifth of six nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Zephyr.
The Byrds, Taj Mahal and Cat Mother And The All Night Newsboys play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Ten Years After play at The Catacombs, Houston, Texas, USA.
The Moody Blues, featuring Swindon-born singer and songwriter Justin Heyward, play in the Isle Of Wight Festival at Woodside Bay, Isle Of Wight. Headline acts for 1969 include The Who and Bob Dylan.
Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.
Led Zeppelin, Buddy Guy and Larry Coryell play at the Singer Bowl Music Festival, State Pavilion, Flushing Meadow Park, New York City, USA.
Black Sabbath plays its first ever gig under that name, at The Winter Garden, Malvern, UK. Formerly a jazz-blues combo called Earth, they have taken their new name from a Boris Karloff horror movie.
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Dusty Springfield flies to Sweden, Europe, for two concerts in the Tivoli Gardens, Stockholm.