The week marks the 55th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock festival, which took place Aug. 15-18, 1969, on a grassy farm in upstate New York. An estimated 400,000 to 500,000 young music fans, many ...
From rain-soaked chaos to half-asleep fans, discover how The Grateful Dead and CCR braved Woodstock '69's legendary storm.
Welcome to this week’s Tales from the Turntable! Throughout the year, I’ve covered almost every facet possible about music, including bands, songs, albums and rumors alike; however, I’ve never covered ...
Five Village residents, to our knowledge, went to the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in upstate New York in August 1969. At the time, they were teenagers in school, a high school English teacher, a ...
The Lumineers, The War on Drugs, Tyler Childers and the Trey Anastasio Band are among the headliners at a new music festival taking place at the original Woodstock 1969 site in upstate New York.
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair is more than just one story — it's nearly a half-million stories of unique experiences at the history-making festival held in 1969 on Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New ...
More than twice the number of people expected showed up. Traffic issues caused performers to show up late – or to be thrown off the schedule entirely. Food, water and bathrooms were in short supply.
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 ...
The (about) 450,000 people who converged on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in the summer of ’69 for Woodstock didn’t all experience three days of peace, love and music. Some endured miles of traffic snarls ...