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The concert was recorded by Barry Benson and was available as 20th Anniversary Festival: A Musical Documentary of Woodstock '89. "An estimated 150,000 people passed by, or stopped to participate in the celebration of the 1969 concert," as reported by the Sullivan County Democrat on August 22, 1989.
The Woodstock Fine Arts Association was formed in 1961 with the purpose of restoring the Opera House through the next decade. [7]: 4 Woodstock Opera House. In 1972, the Opera House was declared a "landmark" by the city and the Woodstock Opera House Community Center, Inc. was formed to raise funds for a restoration effort.
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival held on a 600-acre (2.4-km 2) dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969.Thirty-two acts performed during the sometimes rainy weekend in front of nearly half a million concertgoers.
Woodstock '99 riots 25 years later: Photos show how festival devolved into violent chaos, destruction. Laura Clark. July 22, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Woodstock '99 veered sharply from the "peace and love ...
During an appearance on Kevin Bacon’s podcast, “Six Degrees With Kevin Bacon,” the 59-year-old shared the story of his disastrous dance audition for the 1984 movie musical Footloose.
Sweetwater was an American rock band originally from Los Angeles, California.They were the act scheduled to open the Woodstock festival in 1969 but were delayed by traffic, so folk singer Richie Havens's trio became the first act to perform.
Chip Monck may be the second-best known behind-the-scenes person from the original 1969 Woodstock festival, thanks to his having been drafted as a master of ceremonies for the daytime parts of the ...
In 2009, Woodstock Ventures (Michael Lang, Joel Rosenman, and the John Roberts estate) formed joint venture with Sony Music Entertainment and launched a new woodstock.com. [16] The site celebrates the history of the original Woodstock Festival. In the Ang Lee film Taking Woodstock (2009), Michael Lang is portrayed by actor Jonathan Groff.