2. Content
1) Basis - Counterculture, Hippies and Music
2) Woodstock ‘69
a) Festival planning and preparations
b) During the festival
i) Woodstock by numbers
3. Basis
Counterculture of the 1960s :
- Originated in UK & US
- Gain momentum as Civil Rights Movement
grows
- Become revolutionary with US military
intervention in Vietnam
- Social tensions
4. Basis
A dynamic subculture : a modern incarnations
of Bohemianism, the hippie movement and
other alternative lifestyles
Music : Beatles, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez
5. Woodstock ‘69
3 Days of Peace & Music
15th-17th Aug 1969, White Lake New York
On a dairy farm
32 acts performed
An audience of more than 400,000 people
6. Woodstock ‘69
Planning and preparation
Tickets for the three-day event in advance and at the
gate
Around 186,000 advance tickets were sold
The organizers anticipated approximately 200,000
people
7. Woodstock ‘69
Planning and preparation
Original place for the festival : Wallkill, New York
Alternative place: A dairy farm in the Catskill
Mountains of southern New York
300 Acres = 1.21406 Square Kilometers area
8. Woodstock ‘69
Planning and preparation
An audience of over 400,000 attented the concert
Not enough time to be prepare for the late change in
venue
The organizers forced to make the event free
9. Woodstock ‘69
During the festival
Massive traffic jam around concert area
The problems and difficulty in dealing with the large
crowds
The facilities not equipped to provide sanitation or
first aid
People struggling against bad weather, food
shortages, and poor sanitation
10. Woodstock ‘69
During the festival
Woodstock by numbers:
- 200,000 people expected
- 400,000 people attended
- 32 acts performed
- 2 people died
- 2 births
12. Following Years
Woodstock '79 (10th anniversary), Woodstock '89
(The Forgotten Woodstock), Woodstock '94 (25th
anniversary), till Woodstock 2009 (Heroes of
Woodstock Tour)
In popular culture:
One of the biggest rock festivals of all time
Cultural touchstone for the late sixties
