How The Fest Was Born…
The Fest started in 1974 as the brainchild of a New York-born, New Jersey-raised Beatles fan – Mark Lapidos. In 1974 he was a 26-year-old manager of a Sam Goody record store. He was a Beatles devotee and he simply wanted to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the year in which the Beatles first came to America. So he decided to create a weekend convention in Manhattan for fellow Beatles fans. Read more on the history of how Beatles Fest started here…
SID BERNSTEIN
BEATLES FEST GUESTS
PETER ASHER OF PETER AND GORDON
TALKING WITH PETER ASHER
POET, SHARES HIS RAP WITH GOOD NEWS