The Woodstock music festival is iconic when it comes to the musical history of America. During the last month of summer in the 1960s, thousands of young hopefuls came together and defined their era as well as the entire generation. The festival turned out to be a hub for sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll, and remained just as significant 50 years later. It’s a festival that changed the world, but the story behind it is often misunderstood.
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For starters, Yasgur’s dairy farm was 43 miles away from the actual Woodstock. That’s not even walking distance! How did such a famous festival have so much misleading information? Who started it? What about the festival is true and what is only a myth? This is the true story of what happened in upstate New York during that legendary weekend in August 1969. We included some fun facts about Woodstock and debunked some of the rumors.
Here is the story of Woodstock and how it became so epic.