How Did The Woodstock Influence American Popular Culture

On August 15-17 1969 in Bethel, New York, was a 3 day event that was all about peace, love, music. It was a historic event that changed what was known back then as the “hippie movement”. This concert would feature many influential artists that later generations would embrace as a cultural revolution of sorts. Blending a sentiment and mood of what Woodstock would come to represent. People didn’t realize (until later) how historic Woodstock really was. Woodstock was actually supposed to be a simple small event that would have expected to 5,000 people to attend. It surpassed all expectations when nearly 500,000 people attended. In the end it actually become a popular part of American pop culture and influenced some of modern culture and changed the lives of the generation of the 60s. In the end, the event purveyed a sense of togetherness, culture and family that left many people with a completely different view on life and new philosophy of peace, love, and understanding. …show more content…
It was a small city that many musicians moved to in the late 60s. So, in order to build the studio, the event was promoted as a rock music festival. As ticket sales rapidly rose in anticipation for the festival. It originally was supposed to be staged at the city of Woodstock but was denied permission. The event ended up being held at Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York from August 15-17, 1969 but still kept the name “Woodstock.Since only a few thousand were supposed to attend and only a sum of number of tickets were sold, the festival became free because of how many people who showed up to the festival. Ultimately the people showed up for the event despite the fact that ticket booths were not able to set up quickly enough to sell tickets to people as they entered. The artist saw this and quick demanded Woodstock to to be