Woodstock 1969 During the ‘60s, it was the time of drugs, love, hippies, and the Vietnam War. People were being sent to war while hippies just wanted peace. Woodstock was thought up and provided peace just for them. Before Woodstock happened in the ‘60s, there were many hippies everywhere. Hippies were involved in music, drugs, peace, and love. During this time, there were four young men, the oldest being 27, that had ideas to build a recording studio so they made up this concert to raise money for it. The partnership was named the Woodstock Ventures. It was going to be a three day festival of music and peace inspired by outdoor concerts on meadows with windy roads. They also wanted there to be peaceful music under an open sky with rolling
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A month and a half before it was planned to start, they had to find a new location and start building (Rosenberg, Jennifer). They had to get permits and had to sign contracts before they starting building, though. It was held in the Catskills on Max Yasgur’s 600 acre dairy farm (Dominis, John).
The event was named after where it was going to be originally held, Woodstock, New York. It was called ¨An Aquarian Exposition: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair.¨ There was an expected amount of 50,000 people then it grew to 200,000 people until the actual amount that showed up was 500,000 people! An estimated 50,000 people even started camping out at the sight two days before the actual event started! The construction for some things were barely finished on time! Small (but important) things like ticket booths and gates weren’t done. Some of the people providing concessions threatened to …show more content…
There was only one fight. All the people were understanding, accepting, and sympathetic. Since the Vietnam War was going on, they tried to forget it and be in peace, just listening to the music. There were many different performers over the next three days. The performers were people such as Jimi Hendrix (who ended the show on Monday morning), The Who, Johnny Winter, Santana, Ravi Shankar, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joe Cocker, Joni Mitchell, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (Weiser, Glenn.) People slept on the ground, in sleeping bags, tents, etc. It heavily rained throughout the event which caused a danger of electrical shock. It also caused technical difficulties. The people were rain-drenched, exposed, crowded, and uncomfortable but they remained calm with help of the drugs. Most of the people there were young, looking under 30 years old. Friendships were formed
A month and a half before it was planned to start, they had to find a new location and start building (Rosenberg, Jennifer). They had to get permits and had to sign contracts before they starting building, though. It was held in the Catskills on Max Yasgur’s 600 acre dairy farm (Dominis, John).
The event was named after where it was going to be originally held, Woodstock, New York. It was called ¨An Aquarian Exposition: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair.¨ There was an expected amount of 50,000 people then it grew to 200,000 people until the actual amount that showed up was 500,000 people! An estimated 50,000 people even started camping out at the sight two days before the actual event started! The construction for some things were barely finished on time! Small (but important) things like ticket booths and gates weren’t done. Some of the people providing concessions threatened to …show more content…
There was only one fight. All the people were understanding, accepting, and sympathetic. Since the Vietnam War was going on, they tried to forget it and be in peace, just listening to the music. There were many different performers over the next three days. The performers were people such as Jimi Hendrix (who ended the show on Monday morning), The Who, Johnny Winter, Santana, Ravi Shankar, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joe Cocker, Joni Mitchell, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (Weiser, Glenn.) People slept on the ground, in sleeping bags, tents, etc. It heavily rained throughout the event which caused a danger of electrical shock. It also caused technical difficulties. The people were rain-drenched, exposed, crowded, and uncomfortable but they remained calm with help of the drugs. Most of the people there were young, looking under 30 years old. Friendships were formed