Woodstock (aug 15, 1969 – aug 18, 1969)

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The 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair is a legend in rock 'n' roll history. Approximately 500,000 people attended the three-day outdoor concert in a farmer's field in New York State. Great rock and folk performers such as The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Santana, Joan Baez and Jefferson Airplane played at Woodstock. Many of the audience members were "hippies" who believed in peace and love. Most were against U.S. involvement in Vietnam and believed in "flower power." The Woodsstock was so important because the members of this growing counterculture often chose simple lifestyles to escape the social and political problems of modern society. Their behavior at Woodstock shows what hippie culture in the late 1960s was all about. There wasn't enough water or food at the festival, but people didn't get upset. It rained and the fields turned to mud, but the people angry or hostile. There were so many people that couldn't even hear the music, but people who were there said they had a great time. Even with so many problems and so many people, there was no voilence.

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