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Woodstock: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As The Woodstock Music and Art Fair
Date August 15, 1969 - August 17, 1969
Location New York • United States • Bethel
Participants Joan Baez • the Band • Creedence Clearwater Revival • Grateful Dead • Jimi Hendrix • Jefferson Airplane • Janis Joplin • Ravi Shankar • Sly and the Family Stone • the Who

Photos

Original 1969 Woodstock poster with a white bird perched on a blue and green guitar neck against a red background, and large text reading 3 Days of Peace & Music.
Large crowd of spectators sitting and lounging on blankets at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, Bethel, New York, August 1969.
Joe Cocker stands at a microphone singing onstage at Woodstock, wearing a tie-dye shirt and jeans, with band members and instruments visible behind him.
Carlos Santana and David Brown perform on stage with guitars, smiling and facing each other, during Santana's set at Woodstock in Bethel, New York, 1969.
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