Photo Special: Remembering Woodstock
This pictorial looks back at the world famous, and possibly world changing, Woodstock Festival that took place 40 years ago.
The event was billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music”. It took place at Max Yasgur’s 600 acre dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969.
Thirty-two acts performed over the course of the four days (full list below) and this gallery captures several performances plus a selection of shots taken during the festival of the peace loving hippie crowd and surrounding area.
Friday, August 15
* Richie Havens
* Swami Satchidananda
* Sweetwater
* The Incredible String Band
* Bert Sommer
* Tim Hardin
* Ravi Shankar
* Melanie
* Arlo Guthrie
* Joan Baez
Saturday, August 16
* Quill, forty minute set of four songs
* Keef Hartley Band
* Country Joe McDonald
* John Sebastian
* Santana
* Canned Heat
* Mountain
* Grateful Dead
* Creedence Clearwater Revival
* Janis Joplin with The Kozmic Blues Band
* Sly & the Family Stone
* The Who
* Jefferson Airplane
Sunday, August 17 to Monday, August 18
* The Grease Band
* Joe Cocker
* Country Joe and the Fish
* Ten Years After
* The Band
* Blood, Sweat & Tears
* Johnny Winter featuring his brother, Edgar Winter
* Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
* Paul Butterfield Blues Band
* Sha-Na-Na
* Jimi Hendrix
Posted on August 18, 2009 | Filed Under Music
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