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The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, [3] [4] 40 miles (65 km) southwest of the town of Woodstock.Billed as "an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music" and alternatively referred to as the Woodstock Rock Festival, it attracted an audience of more than 460,000.
Mar 9, 2018 · The Woodstock Music Festival began on August 15, 1969 in Bethel, New York. Billed as "3 Days of Peace and Music,” the epic event become synonymous with the counterculture movement of the 1960s.
Sep 25, 2024 · Woodstock was the most famous of the 1960s rock festivals. Its full name was The Woodstock Music and Art Fair. It took place on a farm property in Bethel, New York, August 15–18, 1969. Woodstock was organized by four inexperienced promoters who managed to sign rock acts that included , and the.
Dec 22, 2022 · This video captures the iconic Woodstock 1969 music festival.
This month marks 55 years since the start of the most legendary three days in music history- Woodstock ’69! Photo courtesy of Getty Images Over half a million gathered on a 600-acre farm for peace and music during the Vietnam War. This festival was a defining moment for counterculture and transformed Rock ‘n’ Roll.
Aug 15, 2023 · 3. Woodstock was originally intended as a profit-making venture. It only became a free festival when it became apparent the gig was attracting hundreds of thousands more people than the organisers had readied themselves for. The final straw was when the fence was torn down by desperate swarms of ticketless fans. 4.
Mar 23, 2009 · A 1971 YouTube video featuring Crosby, Stills, Nash performing their iconic Woodstock concert.
Woodstock 1999 (also called Woodstock '99) was a music festival held from July 22 to July 25, 1999, in Rome, New York, United States. [2] [3] After Woodstock '94, it was the second large-scale music festival that attempted to emulate the original 1969 Woodstock festival.Like the previous festivals, it was held in upstate New York; the festival site was the former Griffiss Air Force Base in ...
Woodstock is a 1970 American documentary film of the watershed counterculture Woodstock Festival which took place in August 1969 near Bethel, New York. [6] [7]The film was directed by Michael Wadleigh in his directional debut. Seven editors are credited, including Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese, and Wadleigh. Woodstock was a great commercial and critical success.
Woodstock: Directed by Michael Wadleigh. With Richie Havens, Joan Baez, The Who, Sha-Na-Na. Oscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.
