What was it like to attend Woodstock?

There Was A Lot Of Sex And Nudity At Woodstock While some accounts say this aspect of the festival was exaggerated, many others said they were shocked at the lack of inhibition when it came to sex and nudity.

Was Woodstock 1969 Peaceful?

Woodstock was advertised as being “three days of peace and music,” and to a large extent, the festival did remain peaceful to the end. But not everything went according to plan. The three-day open air concert had originally been planned to be held near Bob Dylan’s residence, in the New York town of Woodstock.

Were there drugs at Woodstock?

With the aroma of marijuana wafting across the fields of the Woodstock ’94 festival last weekend, and tabs of LSD changing hands as easily as candy bars, it was as if there had never been a drug war. Woodstock 25 years later was still a big, sprawling party with plenty of drugs.

How many people died at Woodstock 1969?

Overall, there were three deaths, Woodstock historian Michael Lang told the Denver Post last month.

What happened in Woodstock 1969?

How Woodstock Happened. Woodstock 1969 was a music and art festival, billed as An Aquarian Exposition, held at Max Yasgur ’s 600 acre dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel , New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969.

Who died at Woodstock 1969?

Janis Joplin. Another member of the 27 club, Janis Joplin‘s career also didn’t expand far beyond her performance at Woodstock 1969. She lived for a little longer than a year after Woodstock and was in and out of drug and alcohol. She died of a heroin overdose in 1970.

How many attended Woodstock 1969?

From August 15-18, 1969, an estimated 400,000 spectators attended Woodstock, a music event held in Bethel, New York, that quickly became a defining moment in the counter-cultural movement of the era. Nearly three dozen acts performed over the course of four days, ranging from the Grateful Dead to The Who to Jimi Hendrix, who closed out the show.