- A celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the famed Woodstock Music and Art Festival will be held in August 2019 on the event's original site.
- Bethel Woods Center for the Arts announced a three-day celebration of the legendary festival where hundreds of thousands gathered from August 15 to 18 in 1969.
- The celebration will be held from August 16 to 18, 2019 and feature live music in addition to technology-oriented talks.
The 50th anniversary of the famed Woodstock Music and Art Festival will be celebrated in August 2019 on the event's original site.
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts announced a three-day celebration at the non-profit cultural center located at the historic site of the 1969 festival in Bethel, New York where hundreds of thousands gathered from August 15 to 18 in 1969.
The "Bethel Woods Music and Culture Festival" will be held from August 16 to 18, 2019. The event is described by the center as a "pan-generational music, culture and community event" that will include live music performances in addition to TED-style talks "from leading futurists and retro-tech experts."
The Museum at Bethel Woods will be open to visitors to depict the story of the 1960s through immersive media, interactive engagements, and artifacts from the 1969 festival.
In addition to the existing venues at Bethel Woods, entertainment villages and performance areas will be created for the festival.
More information regarding tickets and acts will be released in the coming months.
Woodstock became famous after 400,000 people attended the three-day event in 1969. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and other stars of the time played the iconic event which would be one of the defining events of the 1960s.
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