Other News About The Arts: Woodstock Revival > The Bethel Arts Center

Yeah! 1 fun thing: Way back in 1969 your MesaZona blogger was there, driving up from Philadelphia with five other Temple University grad students - along with more than 400,000 other people arriving in one huge celebration in August 1969 for what was to become a history-making 3-day event of almost over-sized biblical proportions to a small town in New York State. The surprise gathering blew everyone's minds when thousands arrived en masse in unprecedented numbers all-at-once at Max Yasgur's farm for a music festival soon-to-become an American legend that no one was really prepared for . . .

Woodstock!

N.Y. Daily News Archive via Getty Images A three-day music festival will be held in August at the original Woodstock concert site in Bethel, N.Y., to mark the 50th anniversary, the AP reports: "The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, a concert venue built on the original Woodstock site, announced ... that it will host the golden anniversary event Aug. 16-18." "The center says performers will include 'prominent and emerging artists spanning multiple genres and decades.' The venue says talks by 'leading futurists and retro-tech experts' will also be featured." "The Woodstock Music and Arts Fair held Aug. 15-17, 1969, drew more than 400,000 people to Max Yasgur’s farm in the Sullivan County town of Bethel, 85 miles ... northwest of New York City."