Isle of Wight Festival the world, with estimates of over 600,000, surpassing the attendance at Woodstock. Included in the line-up of over fifty performers were Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, The Doors, The Who, Lighthouse, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Joni Mitchell, The Moody Blues, Melanie, Donovan, Gilberto Gil, Free, Chicago, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Leonard Cohen, Jethro Tull, Taste and Tiny Tim. The unexpectedly high attendance levels led, in 1971, to Parliament adding a section to the Isle of Wight County Council Act 1971 preventing overnight open-air gatherings of more than 5,000 people on the island without a special licence from the
Isle of Wight Festival to 2006. The promoters of the event now are Solo Promoters Ltd. Held 3 June 2002 Held 14–15 June 2003 Held 11–13 June 2004 Held 10–12 June 2005 Held 9–11 June 2006 Held 8–10 June 2007 Held 13–15 June 2008 Held 12–14 June 2009 Held 11–13 June 2010 Held 10–12 June 2011 Held 22–24 June 2012 Held 14–16 June 2013 Held 12–15 June 2014 Held 11–14 June 2015 Held 9–12 June 2016 Held 8–11 June 2017 Held 21–24 June 2018 On 6 November 2007, the Isle of Wight Festival was named 'Best Major Festival' at the UK Festival Awards. The