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The '''Woodstock Music and Art Fair''', commonly referred to as '''Woodstock''', was a [[music festival]] held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on [[Max Yasgur]]'s dairy farm in [[Bethel, New York]],<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/10/archives/max-yasgur-dies-woodstock-festival-was-on-his-farm-undaunted-by.html|title=Max Yasgar Dies; Woodstock Festival Was on His Farm|date=February 10, 1973|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 31, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908205322/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/10/archives/max-yasgur-dies-woodstock-festival-was-on-his-farm-undaunted-by.html|url-status=live}}</ref> {{convert|40|mi|round=5||abbr=}} southwest of the town of [[Woodstock, New York|Woodstock]]. Billed as "an [[Age of Aquarius|Aquarian]] Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music" and alternatively referred to as the '''Woodstock Rock Festival''', it attracted an audience of more than 460,000 attendees.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002258729 |title=Woodstock Music and Arts Fair. |access-date=August 18, 2019 |publisher=Oxford Music Online – Oxford University Press |last=Jesse |first=Jarnow |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2258729 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |archive-date=April 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415054958/http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002258729? |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="pcandsh">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wjkVAAAAIBAJ&pg=7277%2C284925 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Peace and sharing dominate festival |date=August 18, 1969 |page=10 |access-date=March 27, 2020 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026151058/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wjkVAAAAIBAJ&pg=7277,284925 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ctmafr">{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/08/18/page/3/article/music-art-fair-ends-2-are-dead |work=Chicago Tribune |agency=UPI |title=Music, art fair ends; 2 are dead |date=August 18, 1969 |page=3, sec. 1 |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 7, 2017 |archive-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908015930/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/08/18/page/3/article/music-art-fair-ends-2-are-dead/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="erggrfewo">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a9xVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6928%2C4284524 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |last=Rock |first=Naomi |title='Great' rock festival ends without violence |date=August 18, 1969 |page=4A |access-date=March 27, 2020 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026091720/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a9xVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6928,4284524 |url-status=live }}</ref> Thirty-two acts performed outdoors despite [[overcast]] and sporadic rain.<ref name="NY Times Aug 27, 1969">{{cite news |title=State Investigating Handling of Tickets At Woodstock Fair |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/08/27/archives/state-investigating-handling-of-tickets-at-woodstock-fair.html |newspaper=The New York Times |page=45 |date=August 27, 1969 |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707111039/https://www.nytimes.com/1969/08/27/archives/state-investigating-handling-of-tickets-at-woodstock-fair.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It was one of the largest music festivals in history and became synonymous with the [[counterculture of the 1960s]].<ref>{{cite news |date=July 4, 2018 |title=Music festivals: What's the world's biggest? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44697302 |access-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921205721/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44697302 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Woodstock {{!}} The Biggest Music Festival in History |url=https://www.english-online.at/music/woodstock/music-rock-festival.htm |access-date=October 6, 2022 |website=www.english-online.at |archive-date=September 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905184130/https://www.english-online.at/music/woodstock/music-rock-festival.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=London |first=Luxury |date=July 6, 2021 |title=The most legendary music festivals of all time |url=https://luxurylondon.co.uk/culture/entertainment/the-most-legendary-and-greatest-music-festivals-of-all-time/ |access-date=October 6, 2022 |website=Luxury London |language=en-US |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006184929/https://luxurylondon.co.uk/culture/entertainment/the-most-legendary-and-greatest-music-festivals-of-all-time/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-05 |title=How Woodstock Became a Symbol of U.S. Counterculture • Madame Blue |url=https://themadameblue.com/blog/how-woodstock-became-a-symbol-of-us-counterculture/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=themadameblue.com |language=en-US |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006210458/https://themadameblue.com/blog/how-woodstock-became-a-symbol-of-us-counterculture/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The festival has become widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history, as well as a defining event for the [[Silent Generation|silent]] and [[Baby boomers|baby boomer]] generations.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kilgannon |first=Corey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/arts/artsspecial/19love.html?pagewanted=all |title=3 Days of Peace and Music, 40 Years Later |newspaper=The New York Times |department=Arts |date=March 17, 2009 |access-date=February 23, 2017 |archive-date=February 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215024501/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/arts/artsspecial/19love.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/baby-boomer-generation-fast-facts/ |title=Baby Boomer Generation Fast Facts |work=CNN |date=November 6, 2013 |access-date=November 7, 2013 |archive-date=November 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109044419/http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/baby-boomer-generation-fast-facts |url-status=live }}</ref> The event's significance was reinforced by [[Woodstock (film)|a 1970 documentary film]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Woodstock|website=[[IMDb]]|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066580/|access-date=October 31, 2019|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324221429/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066580/|url-status=live}}</ref> an accompanying [[Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More|soundtrack album]], and a [[Woodstock (song)|song]] written by [[Joni Mitchell]] that became a major hit for both [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]] and [[Matthews Southern Comfort]]. Musical events bearing the Woodstock name were planned for anniversaries, including the [[Woodstock '79|tenth]], [[Woodstock '89|twentieth]], [[Woodstock '94|twenty-fifth]], [[Woodstock '99|thirtieth]], [[Heroes of Woodstock Tour|fortieth]], and [[Woodstock 50|fiftieth]]. In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine listed it as number 19 of the 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6085488/woodstock_in_1969 |title=Woodstock in 1969 |date=June 24, 2004 |access-date=April 17, 2008| magazine=Rolling Stone |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209163601/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6085488/woodstock_in_1969 |archive-date=February 9, 2007}}</ref> In 2017, the festival site became listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="NRHP listing">{{cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places listings for March 10, 2017|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20170310.htm|website=[[U.S. National Park Service]]|date=March 10, 2017|access-date=March 15, 2017|archive-date=March 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313211544/https://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20170310.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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