The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York, near the town of Woodstock. Billed as “an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace and Music” and also referred to as the Woodstock Rock Festival, it attracted an audience of more than 460,000. It was one of the largest music festivals in history and would become the peak musical event to reflect the counterculture of the 1960s.

The festival has become widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history. The event’s significance was reinforced by a 1970 documentary film, a soundtrack album, and a song written by Joni Mitchell that became a major hit for both Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Matthews Southern Comfort.

Performers at Woodstock Include:

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

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