Woodstock

Woodstock Festival 1969 Three Days of Peace and Music Woodstock was held in Bethel, New York from August 15th-18th. The Festival took place on the 600 acres of land owned by Max Yasgur, a dairy farmer.

Woodstock was organized by Michael Lang, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, and Artie Kornfeld. At first, the men had planned to charge an admissions fee of 24 dollars. They abandoned this idea when 500,000 (aprox.) people assembled just outside of the concert grounds on August 15th. **Problems at Woodstock  20 mile long traffic jam, due to concert-goers traveling to Bethel. Not enough food, provisions for sanitation, or other heath services, due to the number of concert-goers. Torrential rain storm turned the camping grounds into a "sea of mud."

Although there were many reasons for anger and dispute, the audience stayed in high spirits and there was no violence.

Performers at Woodstock There were many well-known artists of the 1960's that performed at the festival...  Joan Baez ** Sly and the Family Stone Jefferson Airplane The Who The Grateful Dead Blood Sweet and Tears Crosby Stills & Nash (&Young) Santana Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin Country Joe and the Fish The Paul Butterfly Blues Band Links @Audience @Counterculture @Artists of the 1960's @Cause and Effect @Vietnam War @Stonewall

During those three days people focused on peace and music rather than war and anger. After the festival, Max Yasgur called Woodstock,  "A victory of peace and love."