August 1969’s Woodstock Pageant was nothing wanting legendary. With an epic lineup that included everybody from Jimi Hendrix to the Grateful Lifeless, the competition has gone down in historical past as one of the vital iconic occasions of 1960’s youth counterculture and set a precedent for epic music festivals that we’ve in the present day.
However “Three Days of Peace and Music” wasn’t fairly as superior as you would possibly suppose. Actually, it was an overcrowded, trash-filled, muddy catastrophe that left lots of people depressing for your entire weekend. Learn on to see simply precisely what Woodstock was truly like and why you’d be glad you weren’t there.
Extra Than Double The Anticipated Quantity Of Folks Got here
There had been loads of festivals main as much as Woodstock the place attendees solely numbered as much as 50,000. Everybody thought that Woodstock would draw the identical kind of crowd and organizers had been stunned to see that almost 200,000 tickets had been bought main as much as the occasion, in order that’s what they ready for by way of attendees.
Unexpectedly, double the quantity of individuals confirmed up and lots of had been shopping for tickets on the gate. Ultimately, Woodstock was declared a free occasion when folks determined to only stroll in by gaps within the fences.
