![]() ![]() Soaked by rain and wallowing in the muddy mess of Yasgur’s fields, young fans best described as “hippies” euphorically took in the performances of acts like Janis Joplin, Arlo Guthrie, Joe Cocker, Joan Baez, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Sly and the Family Stone and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Close to half a million people attended Woodstock, jamming the roads around Bethel with eight miles of traffic. Fearing they could not control the crowds, the promoters made the decision to open the concert to everyone, free of charge. ![]() By Friday night, however, thousands of eager early arrivals were pushing against the entrance gates. ![]() By the time the weekend of the festival arrived, the group had sold a total of 186,000 tickets and expected no more than 200,000 people to show up. When they couldn’t find an appropriate venue in the town itself, the promoters decided to hold the festival on a 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York–some 50 miles from Woodstock–owned by Max Yasgur. Their idea was to make enough money from the event to build a recording studio near the arty New York town of Woodstock. Conceived as “Three Days of Peace and Music,” Woodstock was a product of a partnership between John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield and Michael Lang.
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