Woodstock wasn't all peace and love. A helicopter had to airdrop food and Jimi Hendrix performed for a tiny fraction of the original crowd-here are five misconceptions about Woodstock.

Jonathon Norcross is a feature writer for Collider. He's also written for People, InsideHook, and Brooklyn Magazine, among other outlets. He co-produced the feature documentary Break the Game, which ...

Not published in LIFE. Woodstock Music & Art Fair, August 1969. Not published in LIFE. Woodstock Music & Art Fair, August 1969.Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images The original plan was for ...

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 ...

Believe it or not, the media had to explain words like "grooving" to the less hip. And even in 1969, Woodstock's future was unsure. Erin Carson covered internet culture, online dating and the weird ...

Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York — “3 Days of Peace and Music” as the poster said. It’s being celebrated with any number of ...

Michael Lang, a co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, has died. Michael Pagnotta, a spokesperson for Lang’s family, ...

NEW YORK — Michael Lang, a co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival, which served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, died Saturday at New York’s Memorial Sloan ...

Music festivals are among the most sacred aspects of the music industry, dating back to the Middle Ages. In the modern era, music festivals have served as weekend-long safe havens for fans of a ...

NEW YORK — For the first time, an audio recording is available of nearly everything heard onstage at Woodstock 50 years ago — from transcendent music to announcements about lost people and bad acid.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Before Woodstock and Coachella, the earliest recorded festivals date ...