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US Festival 1983
Three days. One giant stage.
Return to the Memorial Day weekend shows at Glen Helen Park near San Bernardino. Explore the New Wave, Heavy Metal and Rock Day collections, plus setlists for the full festival.
GLEN HELEN PARK
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The 1983 Return
The US Festival was a pair of early-1980s music and culture events near San Bernardino. The 1983 edition returned over Memorial Day weekend, with three concert days and a later Country Day.
This archive starts with the three weekend day pages and keeps the original link to setlists for all four days.
MAY 28–30, 1983
Pick a Festival Day
The original archive separates the weekend into three performance pages. Start with the day and lineup that you remember, then browse the clips and notes collected there.
SATURDAY • MAY 28
Day 1: New Wave
The Clash, Men at Work, The English Beat, Oingo Boingo, INXS and more.
SUNDAY • MAY 29
Day 2: Heavy Metal
Van Halen, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe and more.
MONDAY • MAY 30
Day 3: Rock Day
David Bowie, Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders, U2, Berlin and more.
THE FULL WEEKEND
Setlists for All Four Days
The three main concert days took place over Memorial Day weekend. A separate Country Day followed. The original page links to a setlist collection covering all four days.
ARCHIVE NOTE
The Festival on Video
The day pages gather available performance clips and setlists. Some artists’ videos were not available to the original archivist, so the collections are incomplete.
KEEP EXPLORING
Back to the KROQ Archive
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KROQJingles.com is an independent historical fan archive and is not affiliated with KROQ-FM or the US Festival.