Woodstock Music & Art Festival

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Woodstock_Music_&_Art_Festival

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	music festival
gptkbp:actualAdmission	free (after fences were torn down)
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Woodstock
gptkbp:attendance	over 400,000
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Woodstock_99 gptkb:Woodstock_94 Woodstock 50 (planned, cancelled)
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:culturalSignificance	inspired later festivals and pop culture
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:Woodstock:_Music_from_the_Original_Soundtrack_and_More gptkb:Woodstock_(1970_film)
gptkbp:duration	4 days
gptkbp:endDate	1969-08-18
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:Country gptkb:rock blues folk psychedelic rock
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Woodstock Music & Art Festival
gptkbp:influenced	subsequent music festivals
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Bethel,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	extensive national and international press
gptkbp:movedTo	gptkb:Bethel,_New_York
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Jimi_Hendrix's_performance_of_The_Star-Spangled_Banner food shortages Richie Havens opened the festival helicopter airlifts for food and medical supplies hundreds of drug overdoses treated last act: Jimi Hendrix medical tents set up by volunteers no major violence despite crowd size two births reported two deaths reported
gptkbp:notablePerformer	gptkb:Janis_Joplin gptkb:Jimi_Hendrix gptkb:Joan_Baez gptkb:The_Band gptkb:mountain gptkb:Arlo_Guthrie gptkb:The_Who gptkb:Grateful_Dead gptkb:Jefferson_Airplane gptkb:Santana gptkb:John_Sebastian gptkb:Ravi_Shankar gptkb:Richie_Havens gptkb:Canned_Heat gptkb:Quill gptkb:Sly_and_the_Family_Stone gptkb:Sweetwater gptkb:Alvin_Lee gptkb:Blood,_Sweat_&_Tears gptkb:Country_Joe_and_the_Fish gptkb:Keef_Hartley_Band gptkb:Leslie_West gptkb:Max_Yasgur gptkb:Melanie gptkb:Paul_Butterfield_Blues_Band gptkb:Sha_Na_Na gptkb:Ten_Years_After gptkb:The_Incredible_String_Band gptkb:Tim_Hardin gptkb:Creedence_Clearwater_Revival gptkb:Crosby,_Stills,_Nash_&_Young gptkb:Johnny_Winter Joe Cocker
gptkbp:organizer	gptkb:Artie_Kornfeld gptkb:Joel_Rosenman gptkb:John_P._Roberts gptkb:Michael_Lang
gptkbp:originalPlannedLocation	gptkb:Wallkill,_New_York
gptkbp:owner	gptkb:Max_Yasgur
gptkbp:publicTransit	$18 in advance, $24 at the gate
gptkbp:significance	icon of 1960s counterculture symbol of peace and music
gptkbp:startDate	1969-08-15
gptkbp:subjectOf	gptkb:Woodstock:_3_Days_of_Peace_&_Music_(box_set) gptkb:Woodstock:_40_Years_On:_Back_to_Yasgur's_Farm_(album) gptkb:Woodstock:_50th_Anniversary_Archive_(exhibition) gptkb:Woodstock:_Back_to_Yasgur's_Farm_(book) gptkb:Woodstock:_The_40th_Anniversary_Edition_(album) gptkb:Woodstock:_The_50th_Anniversary_Box_Set_(album) gptkb:Woodstock:_The_50th_Anniversary_Collection_(album) gptkb:Woodstock:_The_50th_Anniversary_Documentary_(film) gptkb:Woodstock:_The_50th_Anniversary_Exhibition_(exhibition) gptkb:Woodstock:_The_50th_Anniversary_Experience_(exhibition) gptkb:Woodstock:_The_Director's_Cut_(film) gptkb:Woodstock:_The_Lost_Performances_(video) gptkb:Woodstock:_The_Oral_History_(book) gptkb:Woodstock:_The_Road_Back_to_Yasgur's_Farm_(documentary) gptkb:Woodstock:_Three_Days_That_Defined_a_Generation_(film) gptkb:Woodstock:_Three_Days_of_Peace_and_Music_(book) numerous books and documentaries Woodstock: The 50th Anniversary Book (book)
gptkbp:theme	peace and music
gptkbp:weather	heavy rain and mud
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Michael_Lang
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6