It was promoted as “2 More Days of Peace and Music.” It ended in a muddy and chaotic mess —anarchy to some and epic to others. It was a weekend of legendary performances. While much has been made ...

In the summer of 1969, the festival to top all festivals took place on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York (the festival site was not actually in the town of Woodstock itself). The Woodstock Music and ...

Leading Sly and the Family Stone, he helped redefine the landscape of pop, funk and rock in the late 1960s and early ’70s. By Joe Coscarelli A new photography show celebrates the 30th anniversary of ...

On August 15 through 18 in 1969, one of the most iconic music festivals was held on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York: Woodstock has become widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history ...

An event advertised as "three days of peace and music" kicked off on a farm in Bethel, New York, on this day in history, Aug. 15, 1969. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, which would come to be known ...

Melanie, the singer-songwriter who rose through the New York folk scene, performed at Woodstock and had a series of 1970s hits including the enduring cultural phenomenon “Brand New Key,” has died. Her ...

Summer arrived in 1999 with bold promises of nostalgia. Organizers Michael Lang and John Scher planned to resurrect the magic of 1969, marking thirty years since half a million gathered for three days ...

A volunteer staffs the Museum at Bethel Woods tent at ComFest in 2023. The Woodstock Oral History Initiative is back this year to collect more accounts from Woodstock attendees and stories of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. It was promoted as “2 More Days of Peace and ...

A new photography show celebrates the 30th anniversary of Woodstock 1994, middle child to the festivals of 1969 and 1999. By Annie Aguiar Just 22 when she charmed the festival crowd, she went on to ...