The 1st Quaker City Music Festival, a three-day jazz festival produced by George Wein, was held at Connie Mack Stadium in August 1960.

The lineup included Gloria Lynne, Dizzy Gillespie, Chico Hamilton, Herbert Mann, Nat Adderley, Ornette Coleman, Thelonius Monk, Art Blakey, and Lee Morgan.

Connie Mack Stadium was demolished on July 13, 1976.