Qızıl payız

Golden Autumn-69 (Azerbaijani: Qızıl Payız-69) was a musical week held on October 23–29, 1969 in the Palace of Hand Games of Baku in pop, mugham and jazz genres. The festival was held by the All-Union Communist Youth Union of Lenin and the Culture Department of the Baku City Executive Committee. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, various song and rock competitions were held in Baku. "Golden Autumn-69" was the first of the "Golden Autumn" festivals and included the previous Baku music festivals. It was considered more successful than its predecessors, both in terms of the number of viewers and the level of professionalism of the performers. Thus, more than 400 members of the artistic self-activity association participated in the festival, most of them were professional musicians. The number of spectators was tens of thousands.

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