Woodstock Music and Art Fair

Aug 15 - 18, 1969 (55 years ago)

Max Yasgur's Farm     Bethel, New York, United States

The Woodstock Music & Art Fair, or simply Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969 that helped to popularize large-scale, multi-day music festivals. The festival was to be held in Woodstock, New York, hence its name; however, residents rejected the location and a dairy farm owned by Max Yasger in Bethel, New York was selected instead. Originally expected to attract 50,000 people, the event drew an estimated 400,000 and became an enduring symbol of the 1960s countercultural movement.

Band Line-up


Bands Seen

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The Who Neil Young Sly and the Family Stone Grateful Dead Canned Heat Joan Baez Mountain Blood, Sweat & Tears Ten Years After Melanie Arlo Guthrie The Band Ravi Shankar Jimi Hendrix Sha Na Na Johnny Winter Paul Butterfield Blues Band John Sebastian The Incredible String Band Creedence Clearwater Revival Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Country Joe McDonald Janis Joplin sweetwater Keef Hartley Band Bert Sommer Tim Hardin Janis Joplin Quill Swami Satchidananda Joe Cocker and The Grease Band

Concert Details


Date:
Friday, August 15, 1969 – Monday, August 18, 1969
Venue:
Max Yasgur's Farm
Location:
Bethel, New York, United States

Genres Seen


Classic Rock 4 bands

Classic Rock:

Rock 4 bands

Rock:

Blues Rock 3 bands

Blues Rock:

Folk Rock 3 bands

Folk Rock:

Psychedelic Rock 3 bands

Psychedelic Rock:

Acid Rock 2 bands

Acid Rock:

Contemporary Folk 2 bands

Contemporary Folk:

Country Rock 2 bands

Country Rock:

Hard Rock 2 bands

Hard Rock:

Pop Rock 2 bands

Pop Rock:

Psychedelic 2 bands

Psychedelic:

Singer-Songwriter 2 bands

Singer-Songwriter:

Mellow Gold 2 bands

Mellow Gold:

United States 2 bands

United States:

West Coast Rock 2 bands

West Coast Rock:

Blues 1 band

Blues:

Chamber Pop 1 band

Chamber Pop:

Folk 1 band

Folk:

Freakbeat 1 band

Freakbeat:

Funk 1 band

Funk:

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Photos


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