On the opening day of the first Woodstock Festival – August 15 1969 – nearly half a million Americans descended on the dairy farm of Max Yasgur, in Bethel, New York. This three-day “Aquarian ...

While he was there for so many vital moments in classic rock history, Elvis Presley wasn’t there for Woodstock. He was part of something else that would become very famous. The King of Rock’ n’ Roll ...

Stephen Stills (left) and David Crosby of the group Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young perform at Woodstock Music and Art Festival in Bethel, N.Y., on Aug. 17, 1969. It's been over five decades since the ...

History as you’ve never seen it: albums, artists’ births, rumours and more: discover with us what happened this week in music history Bethel, New York, United States, 1969. In a humid, sunny day of ...

On August 15-18, 1969, close to half a million people were gathered in an open space in a backwater farm in Bethel, New York. The rains were constant and heavy; the ground was muddy, and the air was ...

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. This week marks the 56th anniversary of the grand-daddy of all rock festivals… Woodstock. I was in my teens the summer of 1969, ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK - The site of the Woodstock music festival, a defining moment for rock 'n' roll and hippie culture in the late 1960s, was among more than two dozen locations in New York nominated on Tuesday, ...

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. — The town was abuzz on Thursday with the return of the Woodstock Film Festival, which began on Tuesday and runs trhough Sunday, Oct. 20. Outside of the festival’s headquarters at 13 ...

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. — The Woodstock Film Festival, this fall celebrating its 25th year, has announced its main slate of films to screen from Tuesday, Oct. 15 to Sunday, Oct. 30 at venues in the Towns of ...