"Woodstock" is the name of a town in New York, United States, which in 1969 served as the setting for the Woodstock Music and Art Fair (Woodstock Music and Art Festival), where legendary rock bands gave a sample of his music and thousands of hippies flocked. This took place on August 15, 16, 17 and 18, with an estimated 400,000 attendees. Popularly, the festival is recognized for being an icon of the prevailing counterculture at the time; This defined an entire generation and has remained through time as one of the most important cultural events in contemporary history.
The festival, originally, would take place in the aforementioned Woodstock; However, villagers opposed the event, so it was rescheduled on a 240-hectare farm in Bethel, about 40 miles from the main town. NYPD assumed no more than 6,000 people would attend, while event organizers expected about 60,000; Despite these calculations, data reveals that at least 400,000 people attended the festival and another 100,000 claimed to have been present. It was documented in the "Woodstock: 3 days of peace and music", which would win an Oscar in 1970.
32 acts were celebrated, with important figures of rock of the 60, like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joan Baez, The Band and The Who. Other bands, like The Beatles and The Doors, declined the invitation; the first because Lennon refused to play if the Plastic Ono Band did not perform and the second because he did not agree as to where it would take place. Bob Dylan, in the same way, rejected the invitation and even presented complaints, since several of the attendees decided to go to his house (he lived in Woodstock at that time), while he was on vacation due to an accident.
