Woodstock 1969

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Woodstock 1969 was a landmark three-day music festival held in upstate New York that became a defining symbol of the 1960s counterculture and rock music history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf counterculture event
music festival
actualAccess largely free due to overwhelmed fencing and gates
commemoratedBy Woodstock museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance landmark event in rock music history
symbol of 1960s counterculture
endDate 1969-08-18
followedBy Woodstock '94 NERFINISHED
Woodstock '99 NERFINISHED
genre blues
country rock
folk music
psychedelic rock
rock music
hasDocumentaryFilm Woodstock (1970 film) NERFINISHED
hasSoundtrackAlbum Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More NERFINISHED
hasSubject anti–Vietnam War sentiment
peace movement
lawEnforcementPresence minimal
locatedIn Bethel, New York NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Sullivan County, New York NERFINISHED
notableEvent Jimi Hendrix performance of The Star-Spangled Banner
notablePerformer Arlo Guthrie NERFINISHED
Blood, Sweat & Tears NERFINISHED
Country Joe and the Fish NERFINISHED
Creedence Clearwater Revival NERFINISHED
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young NERFINISHED
Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
Janis Joplin NERFINISHED
Jefferson Airplane NERFINISHED
Jimi Hendrix NERFINISHED
Joan Baez NERFINISHED
Joe Cocker NERFINISHED
Richie Havens NERFINISHED
Santana NERFINISHED
Sly and the Family Stone NERFINISHED
Ten Years After NERFINISHED
The Band NERFINISHED
The Who NERFINISHED
numberOfAttendees approximately 400000
officialName Woodstock Music & Art Fair NERFINISHED
organizer Artie Kornfeld NERFINISHED
Joel Rosenman NERFINISHED
John P. Roberts NERFINISHED
Michael Lang NERFINISHED
originallyPlannedLocation Wallkill, New York NERFINISHED
safetyIssue overcrowding
sanitation problems
shortName Woodstock NERFINISHED
siteOwner Max Yasgur NERFINISHED
siteType dairy farm
slogan 3 Days of Peace & Music
startDate 1969-08-15
ticketingPlan paid festival
timePeriod late 1960s
weatherCondition heavy rain

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Santana (band) breakthroughPerformance Woodstock 1969
subject surface form: Santana
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts builtOnSiteOf Woodstock 1969
this entity surface form: 1969 Woodstock Festival
Bethel, New York historicalEventLocation Woodstock 1969
this entity surface form: Woodstock Music & Art Fair 1969
Sly & the Family Stone performance Woodstock 1969
Arlo Guthrie performedAt Woodstock 1969
this entity surface form: Woodstock Festival (1969)
Santana (band) performedAt Woodstock 1969
subject surface form: Santana
Woodstock subject Woodstock 1969
this entity surface form: 1969 Woodstock music festival