Woodstock timeline

  • Woodstock organizers select Yasgur's farm as venue

    On July 20, 1969, Yasgur, meeting with the organizers at a White Lake restaurant called The Lighthouse, agreed to rent 600 acres (2.4 km2) for... Read more

  • Woodstock Music & Art Fair 1969 - Day one

    Woodstock Music & Art Fair (informally, Woodstock or The Woodstock Festival) was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition", held at Max... Read more

  • Woodstock Music & Art Fair 1969 - Day two

    Saturday, August 16 The day opened at 12:15 pm, and featured some of the event's biggest psychedelic and guitar rock headliners. * Quill,... Read more

  • Woodstock Music & Art Fair 1969 - Day three

    Sunday, August 17 to Monday, August 18 Joe Cocker was the first act on the last officially booked day (Sunday); he opened up the day's events at... Read more

  • Woodstock Music & Art Fair 1969 - Day four

    Sunday, August 17 to Monday, August 18 Joe Cocker was the first act on the last officially booked day (Sunday); he opened up the day's events at... Read more

  • Woodstock Reunion 1979

    Woodstock Reunion 1979 was a rock concert held in NY in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the original 1969 Woodstock festival. Read more

  • Woodstock 1989

    Woodstock '89 was a rock concert that took place in August 1989 on the site of the original Woodstock concert of 1969 as a spontaneous celebration... Read more

  • Woodstock 1994

    Woodstock '94 was a music festival organized in order to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival of 1969. It was... Read more

  • Woodstock 1999

    Woodstock 1999, performed July 23-25, 1999 was the second large-scale music festival (after Woodstock '94) that attempted to emulate the success of... Read more

  • Woodstock 1999

    Despite the years of planning, bathrooms had not been taken into consideration and as a result, none were built. Instead, we were offered portable... Read more

  • Woodstock 2009

    Woodstock 1969 veterans Jefferson Starship, Canned Heat, Mountain, Tom Constanten, Ten Years After, Levon Helm Band, Big Brother and the Holding... Read more