On August 15, 1969, something extraordinary began happening on a quiet dairy farm in Bethel, New York. What was supposed to be a three-day music festival for 200,000 people became a four-day cultural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A car on the way to Woodstock On the opening day of the first Woodstock Festival – August 15 1969 – nearly half a million ...

Amy Grant talks to us about her new song, which recalls the Woodstock era and asks us to contemplate "unrest." ...

About 450,000 people flocked to Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y. on Aug. 15, 1969, to celebrate three days of peace, love and music at the legendary Woodstock Music and Art Fair, replete with ...

Organizers expected 50,000 people — nearly 400,000 showed up, shutting down the New York State Thruway and overwhelming every plan in place. The festival nearly collapsed before it started, rejected ...

Woodstock 1969 became one of the most legendary music festivals in history, defining a generation and launching careers into ...