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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.
Sri Swami Satchidananda opened the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, New York on August 15, addressing a crowd of approximately 500,000. “My Beloved Brothers and Sisters: I am overwhelmed with joy to see the entire youth of America gathered here in the name of the fine art of music.
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.
The Woodstock lineup is one of the most legendary in history. The hottest and most diverse collection of bands of 1969 gathered here and created a playlist that would forever shape music to come.
With iconic sets from Santana, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and more, the 1969 festival changed music history.
WOODSTOCK 1969 COMPLETE audio/video playlist of all of the artists that performed at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, August 15, 16 and 17 near Bethel N.Y....
When they performed at Woodstock, jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat and Tears were still riding high from their 1969 Grammy win for Album of the Year for their self-titled sophomore album. The band's five-song set at Woodstock included "Spinning Wheel" and "Something Coming On."
Woodstock was an Aquarian Exposition held on August 15 through 18, 1969. The festival had been scheduled to be held in Walkill, New York. However, after the townspeople of Walkill objected, the concert site was moved to the farm of Max B. Yasgur (Max Yeah-zgrrr).
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.
Top acts. Fees paid to bands who played the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969. Santana: $1,500. Tim Hardin: $2,000. Incredible String Band: $4,500. Ravi Shankar: $4,500. Arlo Guthrie: $5,000...