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Woodstock Festival, 15.-18. August 1969

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Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 40 miles (65 km) southwest of the town of Woodstock. Billed as “an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music” and alternatively referred to as the Woodstock Rock Festival, it attracted more than 400,000 attendees.

Thirty-two acts performed outdoors despite overcast and sporadic rain. It was one of the largest music festivals in history, and became synonymous with the counterculture of the 1960s. The festival has become widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history as well as a defining event for the silent and baby boomer generations.

Baron Wolman Woodstock, Guitar Traffic, 1969 via

Baron Wolman, Woodstock, Groovy Way, 1969 via

Baron Wolman, Woodstock, Couple in the Grass, 1969 via

Baron Wolman, Woodstock, Couple Resting, 1969 via

Henry Diltz, Woodstock Stage, Bethel, NY 1969 via

Henry Diltz, Grace Slick (singer of Jefferson Airplane), at Woodstock, Bethel, NY, 1969 via

Opening ceremony at Woodstock 15. august, 1969 via

Baron Wolman, Woodstock, 300, 000 Strong, 1969 via

Baron Wolman, Woodstock 1969, Love Your Animal Friends, 1969 via

Henry Diltz, John Sebastian, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Woodstock, Bethel, NY, 1969 via

Couple sleeping on car, Woodstock Festival, 1969 via

Photo taken near the Woodstock music festival on August 18, 1969 via