The (about) 450,000 people who converged on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in the summer of ’69 for Woodstock didn’t all experience three days of peace, love and music. Some endured miles of traffic snarls ...

The week marks the 55th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock festival, which took place Aug. 15-18, 1969, on a grassy farm in upstate New York. An estimated 400,000 to 500,000 young music fans, many ...

Leading Sly and the Family Stone, he helped redefine the landscape of pop, funk and rock in the late 1960s and early ’70s. By Joe Coscarelli A new photography show celebrates the 30th anniversary of ...

It was promoted as “2 More Days of Peace and Music.” It ended in a muddy and chaotic mess —anarchy to some and epic to others. It was a weekend of legendary performances. While much has been made ...

Melanie, the singer-songwriter who rose through the New York folk scene, performed at Woodstock and had a series of 1970s hits including the enduring cultural phenomenon “Brand New Key,” has died. Her ...

A volunteer staffs the Museum at Bethel Woods tent at ComFest in 2023. The Woodstock Oral History Initiative is back this year to collect more accounts from Woodstock attendees and stories of the ...

From the 1970s through the 90s, rock music’s A-listers flocked to the tiny Woodstock hamlet of Bearsville to record some of the era’s most iconic albums. The Band, Ringo Starr, Patti Smith, Todd ...

Summer arrived in 1999 with bold promises of nostalgia. Organizers Michael Lang and John Scher planned to resurrect the magic of 1969, marking thirty years since half a million gathered for three days ...

On this very day in 1994, Woodstock kicked off once again. The revival, Woodstock 1994, took place to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock festival, which debuted in 1969. That ...