27 Photos From Goa Wild Parties That Show What A Hippie Paradise It Really Was In The 70s & 80s

Goa is literally notorious for its party scene, overcrowded beaches and EDM festivals. It’s been one of the best places not only now but since the 70s and 80s. The vibe was flipped by a few hippies when they had trickled in and the scene was pretty damn magnificent. People seemed more carefree, listened to better music and seemed more laid-back as well.

IsraTrance, a Facebook page has put together some of the rare pictures from Goa during 70s and 80s when the hippies and hedons would carry sound systems to empty beaches and bands would party out all night. Have a look!

1. Anjuna lookin’ wild in the 70s

2. A full moon party either starting out or ebbing away

 

3. The first flea market in Anjuna

4. An early Flea market on Anjuna Beach

5. A hippie selling charas at the Anjuna flea market

6. An untouched Calangute beach in 1974

7. Back at the flea market

8. A full moon party on South Anjuna Beach, Goa, 1976

9. The pristine Anjuna beach, 1976

10. The Anjuna Jam Band playing a full moon party at Anjuna Beach

11. Someone selling things to get high and jewellery at the Anjuna flea market, 1976

12. A full moon party coming to a close in 1977

13. The Gilbert Garcia band playing in Goa alongside some Goa hippie pioneers

14. A full moon party at Anjuna in 1978

15. A costume party throwin’ it down in North Anjuna

16. 8 Finger Eddie (RIP) with the band in New Years Eve party in the late 70s

17. Snap of what looks like one hell of a full moon party winding down in 1979

18. Full moon party morning, Anjuna, Goa, 1979

19. Morning of New Years Eve party, Goa, 1979

20. The Anjuna flea market in 1982

21. A party in Vagator in 1987 with some very 80s threads!

 

22. A party in Baga in 1988

 

23. A party on top of Chapora Fort in 1988

 

 

24. Another one from Fort Chapora

25. Hippies and freaks partying it up at Disco Valley,  Vagator in 1988

 

26. Little Vagator, Goa, 1980

27. Party at Goa in 90s