08-15-2012, 03:42 PM
August 15, 1969
The Woodstock Festival opened in Bethel, New York.
Over 400,000 attended for the concert (including Vietnam War protests) without violence, despite a lack of serious organization and security. Originally, the promoters intended to raise funds for a music studio and record, but so many people showed up and were just slipping through cracks in the fences that it became a free (dream line-up) concert.
The Woodstock Festival opened in Bethel, New York.
Over 400,000 attended for the concert (including Vietnam War protests) without violence, despite a lack of serious organization and security. Originally, the promoters intended to raise funds for a music studio and record, but so many people showed up and were just slipping through cracks in the fences that it became a free (dream line-up) concert.