Woodstock Festival, a historic 1969 music event, symbolized counterculture and peace, attracting thousands to celebrate music, art, and freedom.
Woodstock, the most famous of the 1960s rock festivals, held on a farm property in Bethel, New York, August 15–18, 1969. It was organized by four inexperienced promoters who nevertheless signed iconic acts such as Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, the Who, and Janis Joplin.
The Woodstock Music Festival began on , as half a million people waited on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, for the three-day music festival to start. Billed as “An Aquarian ...
The Woodstock City Center Project will bring thousands of square feet of new office, restaurants, and retail as well as a new hotel with conference space to downtown Woodstock. Now that the city has delivered on the public sector components of the project, a new smart-technology, six-floor parking deck, the private sector is working to deliver the commercial components.
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About In August 1969, the Woodstock Music & Art Fair took place on a dairy farm in Bethel, NY. Over half a million people came to a 600-acre farm to hear 32 acts (leading and emerging performers of the time) play over the course of four days (August 15-18). Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, the Who, Janis Joplin and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were among the line-up ...
Discover the history of the 1969 Woodstock festival, its iconic performers, cultural impact, and legacy preserved at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts museum.