Woodstock
1969 music festival in New York, United States
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Woodstock was a music festival held August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 40 miles (65 km) southwest of Woodstock. Billed as "an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", it attracted an audience of more than 400,000. It was alternatively referred to as the Bethel Rock Festival. Thirty-two acts performed outdoors despite sporadic rain.
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